July 2017 October 2017 On the right side of first picture, you can see the columns of the new seminary building being constructed at the Living Stones Reformed Mission. A lot of progress has been made since July, as you can see in the second picture, but the...
Today was the best of the best - we got to observe the little ones - three year-old pre-school to kindergarten! Of the 400 kids in the school, 91 of the students fall into this catagory. They have their own space in a seperate building on the school’s property....
This week of teacher observations and evaluations is going very smoothly, with special thanks to the school Administrator Taylor Fevrin for his organizational leadership and Esaie and Natacha for their translating. Not being the trained educator in our group, I have...
This morning we arrived at the Chrisian Academy of Docine just in time to see the kids lined up to go into their classrooms. They looked so sharp in their navy and yellow uniforms. The girls ALL wear their hair parted with bright yellow barettes and hair ribbons,...
The sanctuary was brightly decorated this morning for the 9th anniversary worship celebration of Eglise Presbyterienne La Trinite. The service lasted about three hours, with the traditional elements of worship, several special singing groups, an hour-long sermon...
A beautiful sunrise this morning as we headed down to Miami. We just made our connection there and arrived early into Port-au-Prince. Then a three hour drive up the coast to Gonaives - we are so thankful for the safety God provided on our journey here today. We...
Our last full day in Haiti and the last day of teacher training! We appreciate all the prayers for our week, God has certainly blessed us! The good news- last night was the first night that the power stayed on all night since we've been here. The bad news- it went...
Today the temperature outside is supposed to be in the high 90's, but we realize those back home are also experiencing very warm weather, so we won't complain. The teachers started the day singing this song, which is a good reminder of the precious hope we have...
Another day of teacher training has begun. And the power just went off again ?. The day always starts with a familiar hymn (in French) and prayer led by Esaie. Then Dale does an hour of Peacemaker before Carla does her training. Attendance by...
Today is the second day of teacher training and all is going well, although we have been having real issues with consistant electric power. As a matter of fact, we have spent more hours since we got here on generator power rather than the local power - the...