{"id":1731,"date":"2016-04-12T04:50:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T04:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/?post_type=blog_post&#038;p=1731"},"modified":"2016-11-11T23:49:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T23:49:08","slug":"treasured-memories","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/blog-post\/treasured-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasured Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mission trip to Haiti was a life-changing experience. \u00a0I have always been\u00a0thankful for all the blessings God has given me, but I was even more thankful<br \/>\nafter visiting Haiti. \u00a0Seeing how happy the Haitian people are with the\u00a0little they have was amazing to me. \u00a0I loved the Sunday church services! \u00a0 Just\u00a0being a part of the service was a blessing and witnessing how they praise and worship our\u00a0God in the heat and never complain. \u00a0We complain if the air conditioning\u00a0isn&#8217;t cool enough or if the service lasts too long.<\/p>\n<p>My job was to take pictures while we were there. \u00a0 During Vacation Bible School,\u00a0one of the activities was to have the children decorate picture frames. \u00a0I\u00a0took individual pictures of each child for their frame. \u00a0They were so thrilled\u00a0to have their pictures taken! \u00a0Well, my little printer could not develop the\u00a0pictures fast enough, so I finished printing them at the camp and took them\u00a0back the next day. \u00a0There were twice as many kids there the next day! \u00a0 Due to our resources, we had\u00a0to say you could only get your picture taken if you had a frame. \u00a0Well, the\u00a0children that had frames took their pictures out and gave their frames to\u00a0the new children so they could get a photo too! \u00a0We heard\u00a0that one little boy even walked all the way home to show his mother his\u00a0picture and came back, he was so proud.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1684\" src=\"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/proud-of-frames-photos.jpg\" alt=\"proud-of-frames-photos\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/proud-of-frames-photos.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/proud-of-frames-photos-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/proud-of-frames-photos-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/proud-of-frames-photos-131x97.jpg 131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the Haitian children asked\u00a0me if I was Haitian and when I told him, &#8220;No, I&#8217;m American,&#8221; he said, &#8220;You\u00a0look like me.&#8221; \u00a0I replied, &#8220;Yes, I do.&#8221; \u00a0I think we were the largest group of\u00a0Black Missionaries to work with Nehemiah Vision Ministries (before Ezra Vision Ministries existed). \u00a0My prayer is more Blacks will want to\u00a0go and experience the life-changing blessing I was given. \u00a0I\u00a0can&#8217;t wait to go again, and I hope to see some of the children I met on my first trip.<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Gail McIntyre, EVM Director, Travel Preparation\/Coordination<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mission trip to Haiti was a life-changing experience. \u00a0I have always been\u00a0thankful for all the blessings God has given me, but I was even more thankful after visiting Haiti. \u00a0Seeing how happy the Haitian people are with the\u00a0little they have was amazing to me. \u00a0I loved the Sunday church services! 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