What a great start to the year of 2013.!!!! many have already come to be a part of short term missions in Haiti.
January 8th Thomas and Rachel arrived in Haiti for a two month stay. They know they are called to foreign missions but not sure of the country. Their pastor suggested they come with an established mission on their first extended stay out of the US. What a blessing these 24 yr old young people are to this mission. Thomas said he came to be a "help" and HELP he is....willing to do whatever...from painting, to laying blocks with our Haitian staff building a wall, to cutting down trees to make way for the new wall, to cooking breakfast for guest housing groups, to leading worship for our Sunday night Bible study. Rachel is an RN and works every day with Sheryl in the clinic. Great to have extra hands.
We hosted two teams from KY in January. The first team from Danville, KY. This team was headed up by Tom Christopher. Tom has been doing a John Maxwell Leadership Conf. in Haiti for the last three years. His wife and sister plus three others made up the team. They went to Cite of Reparatries Church and School and trained teachers, taught sewing to the church ladies, built a swing set and painted cartoons, etc on the outside of the school The kids as well as the adults loved the swing set.
Jan.19-26 we had a team of six from Owensboro, KY. Todd Heady, David's second cousin, headed up the team from Owensboro Christian Church as well as John Warren from Bellevue. This was a very multi-talented team. They helped us catch up on so many maintenance needs around the compound. People have no idea that when they are willing to do these tasks how much pressure they take off our long term staff. It saves hours and days of laboring.
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