Rehoboth Ministries

  We are back from spending five days in West Virginia. We just met the most gorgeous grandbaby ever! It all went by way too quickly, but we look forward to our daughter, Deb, and her family coming to visit us in our new home in just a few weeks.…

June seems to be a month for celebrating. Friends and family threw us a housewarming on June 2. I celebrated a birthday on June 6. Our new granddaughter was born on June 11. Our 37th wedding anniversary was on June 13. On Monday, we’re heading to West Virginia to see…

Guest Ministry Since the last few weeks have been a whirlwind, I am finally getting caught up in writing an update. Below are pictures from the final week before we boarded the plane with longtime friend, Pastor Matt Garrett, (from Sanford) to return stateside.  Pastor Matt was our guest speaker…

Being travel weary, getting our taxes caught up, and working to get our new home in order, I haven’t had much time or energy to post. But this one can’t wait! Lorelei Edelen made her grand debut into the world at around 5:10 this morning. We have a granddaughter! We…

I watched as the suitcases went around and around on the carousel. We were finally back in Jacksonville, NC! It wasn’t hard to pinpoint the two that belonged to us. They were the dirtiest and most beat up of them all. I watched as my once royal blue suitcase came near…

It’s been a flurry of activity around here and it’s fixing to get a whole lot busier. We are in the process of turning the upstairs conference room into our new IBAG Headquarters for the fall. It’s amazing what a fresh coat of paint will do! We give a special…

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…

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…

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…

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…