IV HOPE for Haiti Nov. 28th

Today Ryan went into the city to pick up Joe and Sally from the airport, work on paperwork, purchase the property, rent a trencher and a backhoe – he was there all day and for a while tonight, we were getting worried because Joe and Sally got a ride back to the mission but then we never heard from Ryan.  We went out on the porch to make phone calls to find out where he could be and low and behold, a backhoe comes driving through the front gate and there is Ryan – some people were surprised, but to me, that was just Ryan – ha!

This morning, the girls sorted through some love bundles (gift bags prepared by people back home for specific ages and genders of kids) and took some to Pastor Louissainte’s orphanage to pass out to the kids.  This is the orphanage that they came across last year where the pastor has such a good heart, but no money, and the kids were starving and living in horrible conditions.  Since then, Lifeline has been giving them food and the kids are doing much better.  While we were there we ran into Pastor Moore and John Hawk who were teaching about 12 Haitians how to lay form boards for a foundation for a building they are going to build for the orphanage – this one is right down the road from our orphanage property.  The rest of the men were up at our site working away with another crew of Haitians, who basically get on waiting lists in hope of work with us – it’s a blessing to be able to bless them.

Now that we are buying the property, we are working on re-designing some of our plans.  They are going to lay the foundation for the guest house we are building for future teams that come in as well as for a small building to house our generator that was donated by a Valley farmer that will power the whole compound.

In the afternoon, Sally, Aly and Kerstin sorted through a whole bunch of donated shoes in the Lifeline storage room and labeled them for specific kids at another orphanage based on a list Candice had with names and sizes.  I think they will take those tomorrow.

The dinner the Haitian ladies made tonight was really good!  This team is just wonderful.  The men are such hard workers, have huge hearts, are great with the people and children here – the community loves them.  It makes my heart proud of our Valley boys.  J  God has really blessed this ministry with wonderful people and I can hardly wait to see the fruits of their labors when this orphanage opens – but even in the process, God is doing wonderful things.