Long time....no write.
Oct 2013 until Nov. 12, 2013 David and I were in the US. We did MOT (Missionary Orientation Training) in Tupelo, MS the first week of Oct and then GO Mission Fair and GO Board meeting the first weekend in Nov. David also underwent some medical testing at Vanderbilt trying to discover the problem with his shoulders and an upper and lower GI. They found nerve damage in two nerves. They think this may be causing the "shakey hands". Taking some meds to overcome the symptoms of the stomach and intestines.
We had the blessing of sharing an early Thanksgiving with our family before returning to Haiti.
We had the pleasure of hosting the CEO of Agape and a photographer the first week of Dec. Agape had been given money during the earthquake. They still had several grants to give out to ministries doing post earthquake projects. We applied for a $15,000 grant to drill three wells and were blessed to receive the entire amount. We were able to show the Agape crew how their funds had blessed so many. Each well provides water to approximately 500 per day.
Christmas.....Such a joy to hand out the gifts to the school children. Over 500 hundred children were blessed with toys, candy and hygiene products. THANK YOU First Baptist Church Hendersonville, NC for gathering and bringing all these gifts to share. We love Christmas in Haiti with all our Missonary staff and Haitian staff. Such fun having our Mennonite neighbors come Christmas caroling on the 23rd. We had lasagna and all kinds of finger foods and desserts for the 53 in attendance. Thirty-two for Christmas dinner. God is good !!!! !
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
September 16, 2013
September has already been a very full and eventful month and it is only half over. Westport Road Baptist Church sent their second team for this summer. There were 7 men and 3 women. Last year when the team was here from WRBC they asked to partner with the church in Blanquette. One of the projects they wanted to do was fence in the church property. David looked and looked for fencing for the project and it wasn't until one week before the team arrived that he found it at a hardware store we use all the time. They had just received it and had not even put the price in the computer yet. PTL! Lord is always on time. There were 120 posts to be put in and 1200 ft of fencing in some extremely rough terrain. The church had volunteers to dig the holes and our crew poured the cement and set the poles. The men worked Monday through Thursday and the ladies helped out on Tuesday and Thursday. The guys really bragged on how well the ladies worked. ALL came in hot and tired but satisfied to get the job completed.
At the same time Jan Flanagan and 3 ladies from the US came and stayed in our two apartments upstairs at the VQ. They had 8 ladies and 1 man come to the compound each day for a sewing conference. What fun to see them make all the different items...hopefully will be able to make and sell some of them. Both groups interacted well and had great fellowship.
Friday ended with a BANG!!! Healing Hands....Curt King driller....drilled in a new well for us on the compound. After two dry holes of 627ft SUCCESS....a 12 gallon per minute well. This one well is producing more than 6 other wells we have on property.God is good!
MONDAY!!!! When David and one of the team members started to put a new part on the well rig machine...they noticed that the entire mast had a HUGE bend in it. Our Haitian well driller finally gave some reason for the problem. We had another well driller on property and he wasn't encouraging that it could be fixed. Any of you who know David know that he never sees anything as impossible. After 4 days of hard labor and lots of prayer the rig was back in working condition. The rig was moved today and started drilling again.
At the same time Jan Flanagan and 3 ladies from the US came and stayed in our two apartments upstairs at the VQ. They had 8 ladies and 1 man come to the compound each day for a sewing conference. What fun to see them make all the different items...hopefully will be able to make and sell some of them. Both groups interacted well and had great fellowship.
Friday ended with a BANG!!! Healing Hands....Curt King driller....drilled in a new well for us on the compound. After two dry holes of 627ft SUCCESS....a 12 gallon per minute well. This one well is producing more than 6 other wells we have on property.God is good!
MONDAY!!!! When David and one of the team members started to put a new part on the well rig machine...they noticed that the entire mast had a HUGE bend in it. Our Haitian well driller finally gave some reason for the problem. We had another well driller on property and he wasn't encouraging that it could be fixed. Any of you who know David know that he never sees anything as impossible. After 4 days of hard labor and lots of prayer the rig was back in working condition. The rig was moved today and started drilling again.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
24 August 2013
August has been another abundant month for GO Haiti. Steve and Amy Piper with their girls Emmy and Ellie came to spend a week with us. They have encouraged us as they began to expose their girls to Haiti at a very early age. The girls are now teens and have been doing foreign missions for several years. They helped in the clinic as well as helping in the office. We were so far behind in copying and entering receipts. We are now all caught up due to theirs and Kristie Runk's help.
August 7th Andy and Pat Richardson and their grandson Zane arrived. Pat is the one who has decorated all the team rooms and a couple of rooms in my house. She wanted to know if we needed new curtains this year. I told her the VQ kitchen and my office. (the curtains in the office had been there for almost 20 years plus we needed a little "staging" in the room. Really looks great and much more inviting to work in there. Andy picked out the material for the VQ and the curtains really add a lot of color. Our Haitian ladies say the curtains are "HOT". He and Zane did so many needed repairs around the compound. Hey! maybe they will come and stay longer. Many of the staff houses need a facelift!!!
The week of Aug 8th Sheryl Brumley received word that her father was going to have to have both legs amputated. Sheryl spent hours trying to find a seat on any flight out. Nothing! She ended up taking a small plane to the DR then a taxi about 30 miles to the large airport in Santo Domingo to fly to CO. Praise the Lord...He provided a way.
The Runk's left on their scheduled furlough on August 8th. With all that has happened it left Chris Brumley, David and myself as the Am. staff on property. GOD ALWAYS PROVIDES.... The Team from Vision church in South New Jersey came with 10 team members on the 10th of August. One team member just happened to be PA. A couple we met a few weeks ago here in Haiti...the wife is a nurse so as Sheryl had to leave the Lord provided help for me in the clinic. While the team was here they did a Youth Camp for 190 youth from TiTanyen for 3 days.
We "guest housed" another group for Dr. Vlad. This time 15 team members. We put them all in Staff House #3. I told them we were shorthanded and they would have to fix their own breakfast and make their sandwiches for lunch. They were fine with that. Our VQ staff fixed the supper meals for all the guests on the property...some ate at the VQ...Dr Vlad's team was served in Staff house #3.
This was a lot to cram into a week but God's grace was sufficient.
Aug 22nd...Gene Self along with 2 friends arrived in Haiti. Gene has been here several times but the other two ...it is their first time in Haiti. Randy Levens is an oil well driller. HEY>>>that's similar to water well drilling. He and Curt King are starting today on a new well for GO. This rotary rig can go much deeper and quicker than ours. The guys also started painting on our Afternoon school yesterday.
Each year we treat the TiTanyen Youth to a day out on the GO property...to play, sing, do skits...whatever. Today is that day. We will feed them lunch....all 150 of them
Sheryl is returning to Haiti today. Her father is doing as well as can be expected.
August 7th Andy and Pat Richardson and their grandson Zane arrived. Pat is the one who has decorated all the team rooms and a couple of rooms in my house. She wanted to know if we needed new curtains this year. I told her the VQ kitchen and my office. (the curtains in the office had been there for almost 20 years plus we needed a little "staging" in the room. Really looks great and much more inviting to work in there. Andy picked out the material for the VQ and the curtains really add a lot of color. Our Haitian ladies say the curtains are "HOT". He and Zane did so many needed repairs around the compound. Hey! maybe they will come and stay longer. Many of the staff houses need a facelift!!!
The week of Aug 8th Sheryl Brumley received word that her father was going to have to have both legs amputated. Sheryl spent hours trying to find a seat on any flight out. Nothing! She ended up taking a small plane to the DR then a taxi about 30 miles to the large airport in Santo Domingo to fly to CO. Praise the Lord...He provided a way.
The Runk's left on their scheduled furlough on August 8th. With all that has happened it left Chris Brumley, David and myself as the Am. staff on property. GOD ALWAYS PROVIDES.... The Team from Vision church in South New Jersey came with 10 team members on the 10th of August. One team member just happened to be PA. A couple we met a few weeks ago here in Haiti...the wife is a nurse so as Sheryl had to leave the Lord provided help for me in the clinic. While the team was here they did a Youth Camp for 190 youth from TiTanyen for 3 days.
We "guest housed" another group for Dr. Vlad. This time 15 team members. We put them all in Staff House #3. I told them we were shorthanded and they would have to fix their own breakfast and make their sandwiches for lunch. They were fine with that. Our VQ staff fixed the supper meals for all the guests on the property...some ate at the VQ...Dr Vlad's team was served in Staff house #3.
This was a lot to cram into a week but God's grace was sufficient.
Aug 22nd...Gene Self along with 2 friends arrived in Haiti. Gene has been here several times but the other two ...it is their first time in Haiti. Randy Levens is an oil well driller. HEY>>>that's similar to water well drilling. He and Curt King are starting today on a new well for GO. This rotary rig can go much deeper and quicker than ours. The guys also started painting on our Afternoon school yesterday.
Each year we treat the TiTanyen Youth to a day out on the GO property...to play, sing, do skits...whatever. Today is that day. We will feed them lunch....all 150 of them
Sheryl is returning to Haiti today. Her father is doing as well as can be expected.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
July 30, 2013
Another busy busy month. We had the privilege of guest housing one of Dr. Vlad's medical teams. He is the Haitian doctor who worked with North Carolina Baptist Rescue 24 for 3 1/2 years. On Saturday July 13th we had a delightful time at a cookout with our neighbors Christian Aid Ministries. We all try to get together a couple of times each year...either at our place or theirs. We always have a great time of fellowship and food...this time we had 3 different kinds of homemade ice cream. What a treat!!! On July 14th a couple of men...Jaime and Scott from Global Compassion, came to install a shade house on the GO property. Because of the major winds we have to contend with it was decided that the shade house would be installed beside our home. David and Odelin...one of our Haitian workers... have been working for the last two days to prepare the soil and sow some seeds. Pray for Harvest. Two men from Louisville, KY with Hopeful Hearts, Bob and Trip, who were in Haiti visiting ministries, came to our compound for a couple of days. What a delight to meet them and see their hearts for missions.
July 22nd we had 28 Americans with 5 of their Haitian staff arrive to hold a conference for 180 sponsored teens with Hope for Haiti. The same day the Kate family from Ohio arrived to participate in well drilling. The ladies worked the clinic and any other odds jobs where they were needed. On July 26th the Gerald and Mattie Jones came to spend a week with us. They are from Owensboro, KY, our hometown. Friday, Saturday and Sunday night we had 200 young women sleeping in our dorms. They were from an overflow of a neighbor holding a conference on their property. Westport Rd. Baptist church arrived on Saturday with 9 team members....7 who had never been before. The doctor and nurse on the team have worked in the Burn clinic and the rest of the team members are doing VBS in Blanquette ..up the mountain from TiTanyen. Of course we won't let this many hands be idle. Every afternoon they are trying to catch us up on maintenance painting on the compound. We've cooked lots of food and fed a lot of people and it has been a tremendous blessing for all.
July 22nd we had 28 Americans with 5 of their Haitian staff arrive to hold a conference for 180 sponsored teens with Hope for Haiti. The same day the Kate family from Ohio arrived to participate in well drilling. The ladies worked the clinic and any other odds jobs where they were needed. On July 26th the Gerald and Mattie Jones came to spend a week with us. They are from Owensboro, KY, our hometown. Friday, Saturday and Sunday night we had 200 young women sleeping in our dorms. They were from an overflow of a neighbor holding a conference on their property. Westport Rd. Baptist church arrived on Saturday with 9 team members....7 who had never been before. The doctor and nurse on the team have worked in the Burn clinic and the rest of the team members are doing VBS in Blanquette ..up the mountain from TiTanyen. Of course we won't let this many hands be idle. Every afternoon they are trying to catch us up on maintenance painting on the compound. We've cooked lots of food and fed a lot of people and it has been a tremendous blessing for all.
Friday, June 28, 2013
June 28, 2013
Great week. Sunday we had a group of Americans coming for a wedding here in Haiti. The group ended up being a total of 8 people. What a great group. Rather than just sit around they wanted to be put to work. They graded roads...damaged by recent rains, did mechanic work, organized pantries, cleaned shelving...the list goes on. Thanks to the Indiana group for such a open attitude.
On Wednesday the team from New Work Fellowship in Hopkinsville, KY arrived. All 15 of them. Half of the team were first timers the rest had been here before. Their first three days were spent doing a Youth Camp for 100 youth from TiTanyen. Several of the team members also did some construction...roofing, etc.
Such willing hands. The praise and worship in the devotion time has been wonderful too.
Wednesday we had the Kindergarten graduates, the kids leaving the 3rd year of our morning school and the 4th year graduates of our Afternoon School here on the compound for a "play day". We had the blessing of feeding them lunch before they returned to the village. Boy, do they love the fried chicken.
Thursday we had Kindergarten graduation. What fun. This is the first time we have done the graduation outside in the Kindergarten yard. Lots of work but well worth it. Had to build a stage, put up tarps for shade and moved about 160 chairs from the compound and the school. We had 38 5/6 year old graduates. What talent...some sang, some danced and some read and recited their parts. Really really good. My congratulations to the teachers.
On Wednesday the team from New Work Fellowship in Hopkinsville, KY arrived. All 15 of them. Half of the team were first timers the rest had been here before. Their first three days were spent doing a Youth Camp for 100 youth from TiTanyen. Several of the team members also did some construction...roofing, etc.
Such willing hands. The praise and worship in the devotion time has been wonderful too.
Wednesday we had the Kindergarten graduates, the kids leaving the 3rd year of our morning school and the 4th year graduates of our Afternoon School here on the compound for a "play day". We had the blessing of feeding them lunch before they returned to the village. Boy, do they love the fried chicken.
Thursday we had Kindergarten graduation. What fun. This is the first time we have done the graduation outside in the Kindergarten yard. Lots of work but well worth it. Had to build a stage, put up tarps for shade and moved about 160 chairs from the compound and the school. We had 38 5/6 year old graduates. What talent...some sang, some danced and some read and recited their parts. Really really good. My congratulations to the teachers.
Friday, June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013
I am back in Haiti. PTL! My eye is still healing but the doctors say it could take weeks or months to totally heal.
David flew in from Haiti on May 30th so that we could be a part of teaching Missionary Orientation Training in Tupelo June 3-7th. Since we haven't had a real vacation in a while we decided to visit Gulf Shores/Orange Beach after MOT. We were blessed to drive down Hwy 45 in MS which goes through AL and right through the town where the Kendall family lives. What a blessing to have dinner and visit with all of them except Kat who is ministering in CA. It was amazing to see how much the kids had grown and developed into such fine young people. We loved our time with them on the mission field and blessed to have them continue to be a part of our family.
Thomas and Rachael Lambert drove from Picayune,MS the same day to have lunch with us. They are the young couple who had just spent 3 months here in Haiti. Praying for them as the Lord shows them the next steps for their lives.
Vacation???? well, it POURED RAIN the first 24 hrs we were there... and was supposed to continue for the next week. No good fishing. I told David that we could sleep in our own bed for nothing if we returned to KY so we headed north. We made a few calls. We stopped off in Nashville as David's cardiologist in Vanderbilt said he would work him in for a check up the next day. Tommy and Becky Scott said we could overnight at their house so our schedule was set. Praise the Lord for a good report. The doctor said it had been 3 years since his last heart cath and that he would like to do a nuclear stress test. This was scheduled for Tuesday at noon on the 18th.. All went well. The techs doing the tests were shocked how well David did on the treadmill. They said people half his age couldn't do what he did. He told them he walked on the treadmill 20 mins every day. Haven't heard from the doctor about the rest of the tests. Another night with the Scott's and then off to the airport to fly back to Haiti.
Gail Denton's team from Tupelo, MS arrived in Haiti on the 14th. So glad I had a chance to return on the 19th and be able to be a part of their time here. They leave on the 22nd.
Pray as we finish up this month. Have a team coming from Hopkinsville, KY, a day of play and food on the compound for 83 graduates of our schools and then Kindergarten graduation. Should be fun.
David flew in from Haiti on May 30th so that we could be a part of teaching Missionary Orientation Training in Tupelo June 3-7th. Since we haven't had a real vacation in a while we decided to visit Gulf Shores/Orange Beach after MOT. We were blessed to drive down Hwy 45 in MS which goes through AL and right through the town where the Kendall family lives. What a blessing to have dinner and visit with all of them except Kat who is ministering in CA. It was amazing to see how much the kids had grown and developed into such fine young people. We loved our time with them on the mission field and blessed to have them continue to be a part of our family.
Thomas and Rachael Lambert drove from Picayune,MS the same day to have lunch with us. They are the young couple who had just spent 3 months here in Haiti. Praying for them as the Lord shows them the next steps for their lives.
Vacation???? well, it POURED RAIN the first 24 hrs we were there... and was supposed to continue for the next week. No good fishing. I told David that we could sleep in our own bed for nothing if we returned to KY so we headed north. We made a few calls. We stopped off in Nashville as David's cardiologist in Vanderbilt said he would work him in for a check up the next day. Tommy and Becky Scott said we could overnight at their house so our schedule was set. Praise the Lord for a good report. The doctor said it had been 3 years since his last heart cath and that he would like to do a nuclear stress test. This was scheduled for Tuesday at noon on the 18th.. All went well. The techs doing the tests were shocked how well David did on the treadmill. They said people half his age couldn't do what he did. He told them he walked on the treadmill 20 mins every day. Haven't heard from the doctor about the rest of the tests. Another night with the Scott's and then off to the airport to fly back to Haiti.
Gail Denton's team from Tupelo, MS arrived in Haiti on the 14th. So glad I had a chance to return on the 19th and be able to be a part of their time here. They leave on the 22nd.
Pray as we finish up this month. Have a team coming from Hopkinsville, KY, a day of play and food on the compound for 83 graduates of our schools and then Kindergarten graduation. Should be fun.
Monday, May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013
Had a surprise for our 53rd anniversary. David sent me a dozen red roses....but late that afternoon our daughter Cindy came by and ask me to go with her to purchase some gifts she needed for school. Amanda, our granddaughter was here at the house. When we returned Amanda had set the table with the roses as the center piece and then had 6 tall red and white candles and 6 floating red and white rose candles in crystal holders along with a beautiful table setting with a lovely salad and a plate of fruit. They then set up my IPad on the table and it started to ring...it was David on SKYPE...to have dinner with me. Through all the tears we were able to share our anniversary together even though it was long distance thanks to all the planning of our girls. It was beautiful !!!
David and staff are continuing to keep the mission functioning. David is having to do so many of my jobs. One of our Haitian staff (Joel) is getting married Thursday afternoon and he is having to coordinate it all. Cecile is baking and decorating the cake...Mme Girard is overseeing whatever food the bride and groom have decided to serve. Joel's pastor is doing the marriage service but Joel wants David to preach the message.
I think every vehicle that could break down has done so in the last month. Glen and Nicky continue to install all the two suitcases of parts that David took back in with him. North Carolina Baptist group had a young woman arriving last Sat. David needed more parts so I sent another suitcase and a box to this young woman and she brought the parts in with her. PTL!
One of our biggest blessing is to have Sharron Etheridge on the compound. For those of you who don't know her she was our nurse at GO for several years. She ministered on the mountain at Fond Baptiste for at least 5 years before coming with us. She had to leave about 10 years ago to go back and take care of her mother and father. Her father passed away a few years ago and her mother went to be with the Lord the first of this year. God is never late. We needed another person in the clinic to help Linda while Sheryl is out....I'm stuck in the US....but God had a plan. Sharron had planned to come and stay in Haiti two weeks but agreed to stay until the middle of June when I couldn't return. She is not only a great nurse but a great friend.
David and staff are continuing to keep the mission functioning. David is having to do so many of my jobs. One of our Haitian staff (Joel) is getting married Thursday afternoon and he is having to coordinate it all. Cecile is baking and decorating the cake...Mme Girard is overseeing whatever food the bride and groom have decided to serve. Joel's pastor is doing the marriage service but Joel wants David to preach the message.
I think every vehicle that could break down has done so in the last month. Glen and Nicky continue to install all the two suitcases of parts that David took back in with him. North Carolina Baptist group had a young woman arriving last Sat. David needed more parts so I sent another suitcase and a box to this young woman and she brought the parts in with her. PTL!
One of our biggest blessing is to have Sharron Etheridge on the compound. For those of you who don't know her she was our nurse at GO for several years. She ministered on the mountain at Fond Baptiste for at least 5 years before coming with us. She had to leave about 10 years ago to go back and take care of her mother and father. Her father passed away a few years ago and her mother went to be with the Lord the first of this year. God is never late. We needed another person in the clinic to help Linda while Sheryl is out....I'm stuck in the US....but God had a plan. Sharron had planned to come and stay in Haiti two weeks but agreed to stay until the middle of June when I couldn't return. She is not only a great nurse but a great friend.
Monday, May 6, 2013
May 6, 2013
Update on eye.....The retina has still not attached 100%. Went back to the doctor on Friday. Any time I try to look out of my right eye with my left eye covered everything is wavy. The doctor said it could be this way for several months. I am anxious to have this eye heal completely so that I can get new glasses and get back to Haiti. It is difficult to basically be one-eyed due to my old glasses. The right eye has an implanted lens so that makes the lens of my glasses way off.
David flew out for a few days and we were able to attend the GO Spring Banquet and the GO Spring Board meeting. Hard to see him return to Haiti without me. We are not used to being apart. Tomorrow is our 53rd wedding anniversary. This will be our first anniversary apart.
David flew out for a few days and we were able to attend the GO Spring Banquet and the GO Spring Board meeting. Hard to see him return to Haiti without me. We are not used to being apart. Tomorrow is our 53rd wedding anniversary. This will be our first anniversary apart.
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