Tuesday, January 24, 2012 – Update #2
Our team of 10 flew overnight via LA and Miami and arrived in Port-au-Prince at 9:30 am safe and sound. We drove the hour and a half out to Lifeline so the team could eat a quick lunch and then go over to the building site to join Ryan and Jeremiah working. They hit the ground running, meeting a truck at the blacktop full of supplies that Ryan had purchased yesterday. They began construction of the Agriboard buildings, which will serve as our guest house in the future. They also started working on what needs to be done to finish the future orphanage administration building, which will be Jeremiah’s temporary house.
Gary & Kathy Rinkenburger had an issue with their flight so they won’t be arriving until tomorrow afternoon.
I personally only had time to use the bathroom and fill up my water bottle and I was back on the Lifeline bus headed back to Port with Candice, Michelle and Adrian. Adrian had a meeting set up with an American lady at an orphanage who does adoptions to discuss the process of a couple from Ohio adoption Jean Fritz, the little boy Adrian cares for. That turned out to be a divine appointment! The lady, Chris, was amazing. We spent more than 3 hours with her and learned so much about the orphanage and adoption process that I could say that one meeting made my entire trip worthwhile and I could go home now and feel like I got something huge accomplished! She has great connections with people we will need to work with, understands the system, has a heart for the kids, is well organized and since she sees this all as a ministry of the Lord, she was VERY willing to help us any way she can. I am so excited! Oh my goodness though, this is a HUGE undertaking…Lord, be with us!
I want to take this opportunity, on behalf of the, let’s say…”thin skinned” in the bunch, to give a big shout out to Donald Curtis and all those who made possible…HOT WATER!!! After 2 days of travel with no shower, and wondering if it would have to be a cold one, that was quite possibly the most enjoyable shower ever in my life. Thank you! Aaaahhh….it’s the little things, right? :-)
Blessings,
Nikki
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