Trip Diary #2

Greetings!

It is so good to write you all again! It has been a very busy past couple of
days! The youth rally, which began Thursday night, was definitely a success.
Youth came from all over - even as far as Cap Haitian. And they slept
everywhere! The rally consisted of two services a day on Friday and Saturday
and then a "round table" in the afternoons. The services were full of
preaching, dancing, and a lot of stuff we are not too used to seeing back in
our Church of the Brethren church! It was exciting to say the least! The
round tables consisted of the youth asking the pastors questions about anything
they wanted to. Every question except for one was about relationships (it
appears Haitian youth are not all that different from American youth! haha!).
Allen got to preach on Saturday morning. Yesterday (Sunday), we had church in
the morning for a service that lasted almost five hours! It was a blessing
though! After the service we ate a fabulous lunch and then we went outside and
took a ton of pictures of the youth! They loved it! Last night was a concert
and that was amazing! Whitney made the comment "American Idol should come
here!" They even convinced Allen to do his Books of the Bible rap again and
obviously Haitians don't know what rap is supposed to sound like because they
seemed to enjoy it. We are both pretty tired this morning as the youth rally
kept us pretty hopping and without much sleep. This morning we are going to
the market and this week we plan to complete all the water tests (the trial
test was a success!) and spend time playing with the orphans. Thank you so
much for your prayers, God is so good, and we look forward to seeing you all
again! God Bless!

In Christ,
Whitney and Allen