Fall Haiti Trip

This trip started off by going in a different direction then we wanted. Hurricane Tomas came along and canceled our flight. It can be deflating when you are so excited for something and then out of nowhere, from events that are not in your control, your plans get changed. I was initially frustrated but I told myself, as I have from the beginning, I am not in control and God has a reason and a purpose for doing the things He does. The choice could have been made to cancel this trip, to postpone this trip and or change the trip to just Florida, but I believe God has called us to Haiti now, so the next possible flight was scheduled and off to Florida we flew. Through connections our team was able to help out a struggling Haitian church here in Florida. They had started to build a church building three years ago but through the poor economy and the massive amounts of red tape from the city, they are out of money and have to do everything themselves. They have been worried because they haven't had all the skill sets necessary to complete the church, specifically tile work for their floor. As God designed from the beginning, on my team is a couple who have done tile work plenty of times before and the rest of us who are completely willing to learn and do whatever else that is required. 48 hours later we left the building with trenches dug, yard cleaned, dirt prepared for grass, and just about all the tile work completed! Two days earlier we had no idea what to do in Florida. Two days earlier the Haitians had no idea how to get their work done on their church. Two day earlier God knew it all and he was already at work. Today God knows what the next two days will bring here in Florida, in Haiti, and in YOUR life. What choice are you going to make? Are you going to change your plans or are you going to continue with what God has called you to do, no matter how big the "storm" is and see how he can use you? Tomorrow we leave for Haiti.