Monday Jan 24, 2011

It was a great week. The WEAG team was exactly what we needed. There were guys on the team that worked on plumbing the new fuel tanks and the fuel tanker we have for storing extra fuel on property. The others worked on laying block for the new building that contains the two 3,000 tanks. ...YES...even the women laid block. The building they were working on is near the main gate to our property. The security people at the gate were shocked to see ladies laying block. Later in the week they told Chris that "this was very good". Interesting how different cultures view working situations.
Samaritan's purse changed out their country coordinator this week. Judd Johnson and his wife Peg will be here overseeing the ministry. They arrived from Ecuador. We enjoyed sharing a night of food and fellowship with them, John Freyler from SP's main office and Betsy Hall...deputy country coordinator. We will be praying for Matt Ellington and his family as they take on other responsibilities at the home office of SP.
Saturday night we had 3 men overnight and then 10 for Sunday night from Global Compassion. This group is working in the northwest and trying to work two teams for two weeks. They will come back again for Wed. and Thursday night. We have another guest house team of 11 men arriving from VA on Wed along with 5 people for GO. Four of these guys are coming to help David switch out our 60KW generators for 100KW generators. They are having to rewire the entire generator house. Pray for all involved as this will take lots of coordination in trying to keep all buildings functioning as they make the change over. Joyce Scott is coming with her husband Paul and she will help cook for all these hungry men.

Monday Jan 17, 2010

We continue to hear great reports from the prayer and fasting services that took place on Jan. 12th. So many people with their hearts turned toward the Lord. In two churches we are associated with... TiTanyen and Second Baptist in town they had 91 people accept Jesus as their personal savior. PTL!!!!
Saturday a team from WEAG in Richmond, VA arrived....the plane was over 2 hrs late so it was around 7:45pm before they arrived at the compound. Sunday morning we left the compound at 6am and David preached in town at Jim Cartright's church. After that we took the team to brunch and then on a tour of the earthquake damage and the tent cities. Long day..arrived back home at 3:00pm Bible study with the team and our staff at 5:00pm. At 6:00 a team of 15 arrived from MO to guest house with us for 2 days. They minister in the north of Haiti. They are out buying supplies for their two week trip. We will guest house them on their way back in also.
We fixed supper for 44 last night. (all our families and the two teams)
When we returned to the house we had a message on the computer that Jean Claude Duvalier ...former president...ousted in 1986...had returned to the country. Should be an interesting week.

Thursday Jan 13, 2011

Yesterday was a day of prayer and fasting for most churches in Haiti. The government declared a holiday so that all could be off to mark the one year anniversary of the earthquake. The churches were packed and overflowing. TiTanyen church was full and the reports were that at least 650 were standing out in the yard. God has certainly turned the hearts of the Haitian people toward Him. The Billy Graham chaplains headed up a service here on our compound. People gathered at 4:30pm to sing praises to the Lord and then Kevin Bruns shared his testimony of where he was when the earthquake shook Haiti and how the earthquake has effected him this year. It was a time to remember for so many people.

Jan. 04,2011

Back in the swing of things here on the compound. We arrived Tuesday at 12:30 pm and a team from Guatemala arrived at 2:30pm I came on home and David stayed to get the team out of the airport. Chris and Kevin brought the team back to the compound while David waited till 3:45 for the nephew of Nicky Runk to arrive. As if that wasn't long enough he had to wait for the 4:30 flight to see if our missing piece of luggage might be on this later flight. It was the last piece on the last cart to arrive but PTL! it arrived.
This is a team of 22 from Guatemala. For those of you who know us know we don't do teams over 12 but the missionary that brought them had already purchased their tickets so.....here they are. They are a great group. We have 2 doctors working with medical, 8 painting and and 10 constructing temporary shelters. Language is a little bit of a barrier but most speak a little English and one speaks French. Their spirits for the Lord are what has touched our hearts. Here is a group of young adults who have raised $1,200 per person to make this trip. In Guatemala $1,200 is an average salary for a school teacher. Also this group makes up 10 % of their church congregation. What a sacrifice! Their vision is to start sending missionaries out of Guatemala to other countries. This is a first step.

Jan 3, 2011

Has it only been 10 days since Mom went on to be with the Lord? The days have been packed. On Friday we met with the funeral home director and completed the arrangements. After sharing Christmas with our family we had Mom's viewing on Sunday afternoon and the funeral on Monday. What a celebration!!! My nephew Rick Simpson shared some of his memories about Mom ( she would have been so pleased) and then David did her service. He said in all the funerals he has done this one was the toughest. What an anointing the Lord had on David and His Word. Our church was so gracious ...along with the Pairs and Spares Sunday School class to furnish a meal after the service. This allowed the family some special time to share with each other. Next we needed to prepare Mom's condo for selling. I wanted to help my brother get this done before I went back to Haiti so that all this wouldn't fall on him. What a blessing to have our kids and grand kids to come and help go through, box, sort and move all her things. Everyone worked in such sweet harmony. It was fun to reminisce as each trinket brought up memories. Also found a couple of poems she had written about me and my brother. By 5pm Sunday the condo was staged and ready for the realtor to show, family had taken rememberances they wanted and the garage was loaded with items for giveaway. Late this afternoon we will drive to Nashville, spend the night with Tommy and Becky Scott and head for the airport Tuesday morning at 4am. We will arrive in PAP at 12:15pm and have a team from Guatemala arriving at 2:30pm. Pray for strength.