June 10, 2016: Debodè - OVERFLOW

Debodè - overflow...our greeter Abby at the Matthew 25 House in Port-au-Prince bears this word tattooed on her shoulder.  Debodè - let your love and grace overflow.  A new word that aptly fits our trips to Haiti.  It is a two-way street - the gracious people we meet here in Haiti exemplify debodè even in the face of poverty and unemployment.  We as visitors extend to others - we debodè with care and desire to empower them towards a life that is different through education and health care.

Today we arrived in Port-au-Prince around 6:00 PM to the familiar smells, noises, and sights.  A trench of water running through the street serving as a bathing and laundering area.  Houses upon houses with little electricity and few if any beds.  Baskets and boiling pots of oil manned by Haitians attempting to make a sale on the crowded streets.

No traffic lights or direction as every imaginable vehicle makes its way in harried way towards their destination.

Back to a land of debodè - overflowing with need - as we share a limited amount of time with the resilient people of Haiti.