The first session of the Conferencia: Educando la Semiente Santa de Dios last night went very well! God was gracious beyond our expectations by bringing over 90 people - mostly couples, fathers and mothers, Even a young couple that had had their civil marriage...
This evening will be the first session of our Education Conference. A lot of planning has gone in to this event, and we are praying for it to be an encouragement to the parents and a challenge to be raising their children biblically. So far today, no rain! And we...
Another overcast, rainy day in Bogota. They tell us this is NOT the rainy season. This morning we went to the church where our education conference will be held tomorrow and Saturday. We had an Uber hired for us and met Becky and Joe at the church to go over the...
Safely arrived in Bogota last night, about 40 minutes ahead of schedule. However, we used that extra time up, first by a bus shuttle ride from the airplane to the terminal which took 20 minutes, and then by standing in a long line at immigration which took another 30...
On our way to Bogota, Columbia
We all are back on U.S. soil! After a three-day delay in getting out of Haiti, we left Ennery at 6:30 am yesterday and arrived at the Port Au Prince airport by 11:00 a.m. We cannot express how grateful we are for so many prayers on our behalf. While we never were...
We are still here in Haiti, "sheltering in place" as we've been told, and we are so grateful for the place we are staying put, it could have been much worse. Psalm 121 assures us of God's watch care over us. We have internet access, one U.S. news station, coffee, and...
Well, we thought we were headed home today, but it is not going to happen. We woke up this morning, knowing there was some unrest in Haiti and not realizing the extent until we got notified one-by-one that our flights have been cancelled. The major road blocks were in...
Out fifth and last day of teacher training. This morning Carla started the day by reading a children's book, "The Runaway Bunny," to the class. She then related a biblical lesson from this secular book explaining how it is our bent to often sin and run from God, but...
Our fourth day of teacher training here in Gonaives. Day two for Quentin's course on strategies for teaching a second language, in this case French, using story books. It has been a good opportunity to encourage the teachers here to be using all the new library books...