Day 1 (May 2, 2011)
For the past 2 years, AIS Haiti has had a partnership with the “Right to Play” club of the University of Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada. This club works hard to collect soccer equipment for us. Last year they arrived with over 60 bags of equipment which greatly helped our ministry.
They also help us by doing physical education activities with the schools we work with.
This year they came with over 100 bags of equipment and they are helping us open up a new territory in the North-east department of Haiti in a town called Terrier Rouge near Ft. Liberte.
The team of 36 students from the University of Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada arrived on May 1st after much trial. Some of their flights were cancelled due to bad weather in their area, and the airline said they wouldn’t be flying out until Tuesday. Eleven members of the team that could not get out of Halifax drove 10 hours to Montreal so they could arrive on time. They did not sleep for 3 days, and when they were re-united with the team in Port-au-Prince everyone cheered!
Monday, May 2, 2011 was our first day visiting schools in Terrier Rouge, and before our first school visit, we were greeted by the mayor who gave an address in the town square complete with music, singing and dancing!
Right now I am sitting in my car at a small school outside of Terrier Rouge and the team is playing with the kids who are laughing and having a great time.
At each of the schools we visit, we are giving them a booklet called “25 stories from the Bible”. In addition we are sharing with them a simple way to present the Gospel using the 5 “Gospel colors”. Today we gave out more than 1,000 of these books. As God’s Word goes out, we are praying for a great harvest.
Please be praying for us Wednesday as that is the day of the tournament final, and we will be doing evangelism at half-time!
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