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Continue reading →: Tutoring, Prayers for Haiti, & Mother’s Day
The year’s winding down quickly. Yesterday was my last day tutoring Dane and today was my last day with Dominique. They have been awesome students and I’ve enjoyed working with them so much. It’s been very interesting and enlightening to study American History through the eyes of a Haitian. It’s…
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Continue reading →: Vroom! Vroom!
Recently, we sent out a letter asking some of our supporters if they’d make a one-time $50 (US) gift towards helping us raise money to purchase motorcycles for two students that we are sending to a university far outside of Cap-Haitian. The response was overwhelming and we have already managed…
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Continue reading →: 10 Signs That We Need A Vacation!
We are beginning to manifest the signs that we are in dire need of a vacation. Although we’ll miss our Haitian family, we definitely need a break! We’ll be flying out the end of May and are looking so forward to being stateside. Here are a few tell-tale signs that…
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Continue reading →: Wrapping Up!
Winding Down We hope everyone had a great Easter. Things are busy as usual here and soon we will be winding down for the year. So many great things have happened, but we must admit that we are ready for some much-needed rest and family time. Sam, our grandson, just…
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Continue reading →: Special Easter Sunday Service
Yesterday, we had an incredible Easter Sunday service with many special visitors attending. Evangelist Joel Trimble preached a great message entitled ‘‘Who will roll away the stone?” Joel has been in Haiti since 1975. He later married his wife, Yvonne, and she came back with him to Haiti shortly thereafter.…
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Continue reading →: It Takes So Little To Please Them
The Sunday school class at Pastor Lefort’s church here in Sainte-Philomène received candy canes that a recent team left behind. They were thrilled to get a treat. It’s amazing how little it takes to make them happy. Good Friday Speaking of being thankful, today is Good Friday! It’s a good…
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Continue reading →: Recuperated, Refreshed,& Revived
It has now been around three weeks since a sickness pummeled me and left me flat on my back. Many of our Haitian friends were sick too. Virus. Epidemic. Malady. Satanic attack. These were many of the words that came to my mind during this trial. The only way I…
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Continue reading →: A Jeep For John
For several months we have been raising money to help John get a new vehicle. We had $17,000 raised, and a very dear friend recently surprised us with a $15,000 check! With $32,000 in the bank, he is just a few thousand short of being able to buy a brand…
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Continue reading →: A Load of Rubbish
This week marked the end of years of patience and forbearance with our neighbors. Several folks occupy the apartment building behind us on the other side of our back wall. Instead of gathering up their trash to be hauled off by the garbage truck or burning it themselves, they elected…
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Continue reading →: Catching Up!
Hi Everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve posted. We stay pretty busy here and life is full of challenges. Here are just a few of the things that have kept me busy lately. 1) Working as a tutor 5 days a week, 2) Meeting with our ladies and looking…
