“Our Guide till Death”

Since living here in Haiti for over 30 years, we have been through a lot of experiences, most of them taking place in the mountains. The mountains of Haiti are beautiful from a distance, but actually, they are mostly sparse because of the Haitians cutting down trees since the 1950s. Once, when we were in the mountains of Savaan Pit, dark storm clouds began to gather. We had a team with us and when we finished the Mobile Medical Clinic, Mr. Occius (the papa of the village) began to tell us to “hurry up, because rain is coming.” We didn’t even see any rain coming and we kind of “dwindled.” Then, the really dark clouds appeared suddenly, and it was getting dark. Mr. Occius led us all out by foot, under the dark clouds. We did not know where we were going, but this older Haitian man knew what he was doing. We came to the gorge between the two mountains and all of a sudden, a rushing river of water came right down like a mighty force. We had to forge that river! Someone got a rope from one side to the other and tied it to some trees, and we hung on to the rope through the rushing river current! There was Mr. Occius, as calm as ever, leading us out to safety.

David, the psalmist said, “For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.” Psalm 48:14

Our Lord God is the best guide we could ever have, and He will be our guide unto death! That’s good enough for us! Have a wonderful day! Sherry