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God bless you all.
Ricot

Golf Tournament

God bless you all.

Under the coconut trees, behind our house, beneath a tent, around a table sit two eager men.  Patrick and Ednar, the first two to join our weekly bible study, can not get enough theology talk with Ricot.  It is a blessing to see the excitement they have to learn and the joy it brings Ricot to be a part of it.  Please pray as the study continues to develop.

Fourteen children, one teacher and a yard make up a preschool a few houses down from ours.  With our arrival the students sang us a welcome song and were happy to have us visit their school.  We watched as they told us the days of the week and the months of the year.  We played games with them and handed out backpacks filled with supplies.  It’s encouraging seeing how much the teacher loves children and is happy to be doing what she’s doing.

The country has had a problem with fuel.  Since the 14^th the gas stations have rarely to none been giving gas, diesel nor propane, for reasons we can’t say for sure.  So, we have been cautious about how much we drive and how long we have the (propane) stove on.  We received electricity yesterday for the first time in 5 days, which, as usual, is not here full time.   Running the generator is not something we do often so living with the musical symphony of mosquitoes around our heads and candlelight have been our evenings.  The excitement in the neighbourhood is uplifting when they turn on the power!!  People cheer and yell, it really is a good feeling!!

Next week, with a team of six men from Vernon, we will work with the orphanage we have been helping since the earthquake.  They will build a shelter for the 80 plus kids, and workers who have been sleeping in tents and under tarps for 3 months.  If that’s not tough, it started raining and flooding their yards, the kids have been getting wet and spending some nights awake.  We are eager to get these buildings up and running.

Being in this country comes with its share of troubles and setbacks, but it also comes with major blessings and joy.  Seeing people live in community, and ready to help loved ones opening up their home with no question is an amazing testimony of unconditional love.  Preneze (no photo available) is a lady who is always there to help out people in need.  She has opened her house to many relatives over the years, adopted a child who needed help, she goes to the hospital with family and is the one people call when in trouble.  I praise God for her! Please pray that God continues to help and guide her and that more can learn to love like she does

I want to thank you for being there for us!  God Bless!

The Leon’s.

A van was donated to us.  Since Ricot’s parents have been out of Haiti for a few years, due to health problems, they have decided to give us their van.

Besides the van, they have donated items such as, couches, beds, chairs, tables, tools, kitchen wear, sheets, blankets etc.. After the earthquake, the house that Ricot grew up in did not fall to the ground; however, it would not stand on it’s own for very long.  Many things Ricot and a group of people from the neighbourhood were able to save.  It’s amazing to know that the house did not fall and the people inside were safe!

We experienced our first aftershock last month.  Ricot and I were sitting in the living room when the house started shaking back and forth fast in small rapid movements, but softly.  We looked at each other and without talking we went outside.  Our hearts were beating fast and adrenaline was high.  This was a tiny aftershock miles away from the source.  After feeling the little thing I felt and feeling the way I did, I cannot imagine what it would have been like to be in the center of the earthquake when it happened.  Wow!  I thank God that we personally did not have to be a part of that!

Easter this year was spent with the missionaries in Aux Cayes.  Their tradition is to have a sunrise service at 6am, 5:30 to see the sun rising.  We had the service on the roof of a missionary family’s house.  It has an amazing view of Aux Cayes, the ocean and many trees! It is breath taking!  After the service all the families had a big breakfast together, celebrating Christ’s resurrection.

I want to thank you for supporting us; only together can we make any kind of  positive indent in the lives of broken people.