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| Our Sous Espwa Team Group Photo |
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| Sharon helped to organize the 2017 Spiritual Retreat led by Seminarian Cara DeHaan. |
One of the final tasks left for us in Haiti was to organize the 2017 Sous Espwa Retreat. Sous Espwa is the collaboration in Haiti of three denominational agencies of the Christian Reformed Church, World Renew, Christian Reformed World Missions, and Back to God Ministries International. A huge part of our ministry over the last twelve years has been managing and encouraging that collaboration. At times this aspect of our work has felt like a burden as the cultures and visions of these three agencies seem very different. Other times, facilitating the collaboration of Sous Espwa has been a huge blessing as we see how each agency compliments the others in developing a holistic Christian worldview among the Haitians with whom we work. Our final Sous Espwa Retreat was definitely a blessing. We enjoyed seeing the families of Sous Espwa staff members get to know each other and build on a shared experience of growing in Christ. One lesson that we will carry away from Haiti is that time spent building a team is always time well-spent--especially when that time is spent reflecting on Christ and his blessings. Cara DeHaan, our recent Calvin Seminary intern, returned to Haiti for a week to lead our retreat as a speaker and musician along with her husband, Dave and three children. Thanks for your work, DeHaan family! You led us in a brief but grace-filled pause.
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