The Haitian people and children are kind, humble, and everyone loves to joke and laugh. But in the last year and a half, their joy has been stolen. Gangs roam the streets terrifying the young and old. If you leave in the morning, you don’t know if you will be coming home that night. There are more kidnappings now in Haiti than in any other country. We can see the sorrow on the faces around us. They do not laugh and joke. Smiles are rare, but tears are abundant.

They remind me of the Jews taken captive and those that held them captive. They would make fun of them and tell them to play on their harps the songs of Zion. “We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song…” (Psalm 137:2-3) The Haitian people are so sad, it’s as if “they have hung their harps on a willow tree.” But the Lord, our God, is the only one who can deliver us, and soon, we must believe, that the Lord will deliver and that “joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5) You too, in that struggle you are going through, it will not last! This too shall pass, and joy cometh in the morning! Let’s hang on!

Sherry