Haiti Mission Possible: Day 8

Saturday, July 3, 2010 - There were smiles all around today. After hours of work and many revisions, we had the opportunity to reveal the polished and refined plan to the ministry, but they’d already seen most of what we’d been working on throughout the week, it wasn’t until we presented the model we built to the client that we got a spirited reaction. You could tell in Zack, Licia and Lori’s reaction that the model somehow represented all the hopes and dreams they’ve had for the past eleven years. As simple as our model was (it was made from cardboard and random items we found lying around), it was a clear indication that God was moving their plans forward; it was a stepping stone that was the transition from dream to goal. At once, they all smiled from ear-to-ear, which was something they had not done during any of our previous meetings.

My favorite part of the model was the rainbow we added at the last minute over the property. When we first arrived, and Zack was driving us from the airport to the ministry’s home, he stopped by the future site and we all piled out of the truck. He saw a rainbow on the horizon and told us that was a sign from God that our team would surely be a blessing to the Real Hope for Haiti (RHFH) ministry. Throughout the week he kept referencing that rainbow, and we knew it would be a neat idea to make it part of the model. We got the biggest grin, laugh and smile from him when he saw the rainbow.

In that moment, we’d somehow brought them once step closer to fulfilling their hearts’ desire and God’s will for their ministry. It’s an indescribable feeling, that feeling you get when you know you’ve tapped into a source of true happiness for someone else.