We’ve all been very busy today. Gary and Harley continue working on water system and bathroom. Everyone else is continuing updating children’s pictures and information, fluoriding teeth and keeping the poor restless ones in the back of the line entertained. We have gone through about 250 kids and are apparently only about half way, with […]
Sunday reflections + pictures
4AM We’ve been waking up each morning at 4am to beautiful singing to the Lord. Last night there was men’s singing coming from one of the empty classrooms, still dark without electric lights, but brightened by their passion and praise. Beautiful. 12PM Church was good this morning, with a message chosen from Luke 15. Pastor […]
Beauty, sadness
We worked hard this morning updating the kid’s student sponsorship information, doing all we could for a Saturday. In the process of that work, we were saddened to hear of another small boy in our school who died recently, as well as many of our students’ fathers passing away. After we finished for the day, […]
Friday in Nan wo – a full day
Today the team rose early and set to work gathering school children from the surrounding area to take photos and update their information. It happened to be a holiday from school, so the usual mob of students wasn’t even there! Dixie asks for prayer that they would be able to get all 400+ students interviewed […]
Start of the November trip
The team slept fairly well as we were exhausted. First thing this morning we went shopping at Haiti’s version of Home Depot to get supplies. Bless Byron for being so patient with us all. We will be heading up the island in two vehicles and should arrive early to mid afternoon.
Hurricane Matthew: An update from Nan wo
I have been in touch with Pastor Louinet since last night as I had heard that Hurricane Matthew was going to hit Haiti. I assured him that we would be praying for him, his family and his people. Throughout the day we have been texting and he says there has been lots of wind and […]
Where, O death, where is your victory?
As I sit here writing you I have tears streaming down my face. I just got a call from Pastor Louinet telling me that Jobnel Dorilien, a twelve year old boy in our school in Nan wo died today. It’s the same story…. he had a fever. They took him to the hospital in Dessalines […]
Pastor Alekè remembered.
On June 8th, a long-time partner in our work in Haiti passed into eternity. The following is one of a series of tributes to the man we knew as Pastor Alekè. Pastor Alekè (64 years) was small in stature, but had giant-sized faith. He was one of the poorest of the poor, living deep in […]
Aleke on the brink
Nine days ago, we passed on the word that our dear friend Aleke, a pastor and community leader serving the desperately poor people of Kawo and partnering with us in student sponsorship there, was very sick and seeking urgent medical attention. He was transported to Dessalines and then to St. Marc where he had surgery […]
Coming Home
I didn’t realize how involved we were with the working mechanisms of the orphanage until we got to the PAP airport. It feels like it’s the first chance Dixie and I have truly talked….. I mean really talk to each other about more than just the situation in front of our face… Long and short….. […]