Hello all back in Iowa and Illinois! After morning devotion we split up again. Some finished cleaning and organizing the clinc. One group painted the clinic waiting room and a third woked on the lighting again. After finishing the lighting, they joined the painters. We took a break to see the ladies put the bread to be baked in the solar (sun) ovens. Boy did those smell amazing!! It cool how they can harness the sun's energy to bake wonderful breads. After lunch some of us worked on cleaning the windows and screens in the lower house. The others worked on fixing a drainage issue behind that house. After Jack our driver returned to the compound, we went to a local school to deliver a water treatment unit. That is really an amazing set up. To use electicity and salt water to make chlorine which makes their water safe to drink. We really do take A LOT for granted in the US. The principal was exstatic to say the least. There was a lot of Allelueas by all! :) He gave us a tour of the school and learned classes hadn't been held there in about a month due to lack of funds. This concerned all of us and lead to ideas to help sponsor the school. We're getting more info from Spring (overseeing our stay) as to how much it is.
Our prayers today included friends and family. At least two of our prayers were answered. Kayla's family posted good news about her check up and Bev's grandsons are out of the hospital! Praise God! Joe, you were included and we hope your first day of the new job went well. Tracey, you are also in our prayers that today and tomorrow go well for you. Can't wait to hear about your experiences!
Today's Rusty-isms: revelation-ing and bad yoke-ages. Oh and and in a discussion on how thick and heave bibles can be, we found to lighten his bible, he apparently has removed all the parts he doesn't need. :) Spring is really finding our group (especially Rusty) rather entertaining. We're at lest brining laughter to her life.
Not sure what tomorrow will bring for us so we'll have to let you know then!
Good night all and thank you for your comments to our posts. It's great to know we're being supported and people are enjoy following our adventures!
This blog updates people on the day to day activities of Children's Lifeline and Haiti. It is posted to regularly. Feeding children, healing the sick, educating the children, and preaching the gospel is what this mission is about.
Sounds like you've had a good day. Have you met your sponsor child yet? We share the joy at Kayla's good report. That girl has been through so much! A group from the bank (including Natalie Steffener) will be selling cupcakes for Kayla and decorating and distributing at Sperry church. How is the weather? Cold and windy here-rain has just started. Blessings! Linda Jones
ReplyDeleteGotta love Rusty! :-) (my brother in law) So proud of Rusty and Chad (my brother) and the rest of the gang being over there~enjoying this blog~praying for you all!!! Stacie Whitaker
ReplyDeletePraying for you all! I passed the interview process so it's provisional commissioning in June! Thanks for your prayers! Tracey
ReplyDeletePraying for you all! I passed the interview process so it is on to provisional commissioning in June! Thanks for your prayers
ReplyDeleteMy dear husband Jason is with the haiti group. i am so very proud of him. his family misses him here,but we truly know that GOD has called him to do this. That is truly an understatement "we take things for granted" so many things people here in the states complain about this or that, how would you u like to watch your child starve, or know that they only have a 50% chance of living. heart breaken. As we americans then go blow $ on countless needless things all those children want is LOVE, FOOD,(maybe some sunglasses&gum) Anyways our family has been prayen for the whole group. I especialy want to thank the guys (jasons buddies) who made this come a true reality for him. (jason) as well as us. so thank-you, and may GOD be with you all. with love jasons wife Lori
ReplyDeletePraying for you all! I passed the interview process so it is on to the next step of provisional commissioning in June! God's speed and thanks for the prayers! Tracey
ReplyDeleteSo very proud of my husband,(jason schmitz) with the help of his friends he was able to experiance this for the first time. i know this is going to be a life changer. My family (schmitz,s) are prayen for the whole group and the familys that are waiten for there husbands to eagerly return. May the peace of GOD be with you all! lori schmitz
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