Thursday, February 24, 2011
Thursday Feb 24, 2011
The five kids are doing great. The team painted the inside of one our new homes that we built. The people were so excited to move in that they couldn't wait on the paint. This particular family where they painted had a 13 month old little girl and two school age boys. Of course our team was the "show" of the day in the village. They enjoyed making new friends and hearing everyone practicing their English
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Saturday Feb 18,2011
What a good week. Lots accomplished and it is just fun to see how the Lord works as He opens doors of ministry. Always chances to share of God's provision for His people.
A team of 11 arrived today from GA. What a blessing! There are two families with a total of 5 children (ages 14 to "almost" 9) and two ladies. One family we have known for a long time...Jim and Lora Hardin. They are as excited to be here as we are to have them. Jim came many years ago with our son before either of them were married. The supplies they brought overwhelmed us but the stories of how the Lord provided it all was a faith builder to them too.
Should be an exciting week.
A team of 11 arrived today from GA. What a blessing! There are two families with a total of 5 children (ages 14 to "almost" 9) and two ladies. One family we have known for a long time...Jim and Lora Hardin. They are as excited to be here as we are to have them. Jim came many years ago with our son before either of them were married. The supplies they brought overwhelmed us but the stories of how the Lord provided it all was a faith builder to them too.
Should be an exciting week.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Wednesday Feb 16, 2011
We were in the US for MOT (Missionary Orientation Training) Feb 7-11th. Great group of new missionaries coming on board. There were 17 in the class....8 couples and one single young woman. This group will open up two new countries for Global. All these were young couples in their mid thirties. The Nicky and Kristie Runk..... who were here with us for 3 months went through MOT and now are ready to start their funding raising. Pray for them that the Lord will provide quickly. We are anxious for them to get on the field. Another couple from our home church in KY ...Michael and Katherine Grant.. who have been in the Philippines for 7 years decided to come with GO. They went through MOT last week. It is so exciting to see how in this economic downturn God is still calling people out to serve Him in countries around the world.
We brought in LOTS of parts for repairs.
We received a call as we were driving out of Owensboro on Monday. Chris said one of our men was turning into our driveway and a truck loaded with market ladies and their goods decided to pass him on the left as he was turning. The other truck broke in two pieces and four ladies were hurt. Two were treated and released from a local clinic. The other two went to Doctors without Boarders clinic near town...one had a broken leg and the other maybe a back injury. The chauffeur fled before anyone could get his name, etc. The judge said this made him at fault for the wreck. The next day he came back for his phone and Chris saw him at the truck. He called a policeman we know and he came to the scene. He called the judge and made an appointment for the man to come to his court today. We'll see what the outcome is???? David thinks a door, fender, tire, wheel and mirror will go a long way toward repairing the Dodge 1 ton. PTL! None of our 4 guys were hurt.
David and crew repaired the 100 KW generator and put it online this afternoon. This is a huge PTL!!!!
We brought in LOTS of parts for repairs.
We received a call as we were driving out of Owensboro on Monday. Chris said one of our men was turning into our driveway and a truck loaded with market ladies and their goods decided to pass him on the left as he was turning. The other truck broke in two pieces and four ladies were hurt. Two were treated and released from a local clinic. The other two went to Doctors without Boarders clinic near town...one had a broken leg and the other maybe a back injury. The chauffeur fled before anyone could get his name, etc. The judge said this made him at fault for the wreck. The next day he came back for his phone and Chris saw him at the truck. He called a policeman we know and he came to the scene. He called the judge and made an appointment for the man to come to his court today. We'll see what the outcome is???? David thinks a door, fender, tire, wheel and mirror will go a long way toward repairing the Dodge 1 ton. PTL! None of our 4 guys were hurt.
David and crew repaired the 100 KW generator and put it online this afternoon. This is a huge PTL!!!!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Feb 7, 2011
OOPS!!!!! How did I get this far behind? We've had people the last two weeks
Hallelujah the container that we loaded in Nashville in Nov. arrived on Friday before the WEAG team left on Saturday. YEAH!! we had plenty of hands to help us unload. Another answer to David's prayers...enough hands to unload and the generator arriving before the team arrived to install it.
Had a great team from Richmond,VA area. The guys were from four different churches. What a great team spirit they had. They were actually "guest housing" with us and working at a Haitian church in PAP however when they finished their work there they were so gracious to be hands for us. They painted the inside of one of our Haitian staff houses, painted one side of the galleria of the VQ and installed new commodes in the VQ and our house. Thanks Chris Burgess and team ...you guys sure lifted a load off of us.
On the same day the team arrived four others came from TN and IN. Tommy Scott and Gary Richardson and Paul and Joyce Scott came to help David install the new generators. LOTS of work to rewire the entire generator house. They had to take the two 40 KW generators outside and hook them up temporary to keep the compound going while they replaced them with 100 KW's. The 60KW's had to run also. Not easy to gut all the wiring and replace it and keep everything running. They needed lots of wisdom, discernment, long hours and hard work to accomplish this feat. David took the team of 11 to the airport at 6 am on Wed morning...returned to the compound to do more generator work and then Chris took the team of four and us to the airport to fly out. David and I are in MS doing MOT this week. Arrived last night. We have 17 new missionary candidates to train this week. PTL!!! God is still calling people out for His service.
Hallelujah the container that we loaded in Nashville in Nov. arrived on Friday before the WEAG team left on Saturday. YEAH!! we had plenty of hands to help us unload. Another answer to David's prayers...enough hands to unload and the generator arriving before the team arrived to install it.
Had a great team from Richmond,VA area. The guys were from four different churches. What a great team spirit they had. They were actually "guest housing" with us and working at a Haitian church in PAP however when they finished their work there they were so gracious to be hands for us. They painted the inside of one of our Haitian staff houses, painted one side of the galleria of the VQ and installed new commodes in the VQ and our house. Thanks Chris Burgess and team ...you guys sure lifted a load off of us.
On the same day the team arrived four others came from TN and IN. Tommy Scott and Gary Richardson and Paul and Joyce Scott came to help David install the new generators. LOTS of work to rewire the entire generator house. They had to take the two 40 KW generators outside and hook them up temporary to keep the compound going while they replaced them with 100 KW's. The 60KW's had to run also. Not easy to gut all the wiring and replace it and keep everything running. They needed lots of wisdom, discernment, long hours and hard work to accomplish this feat. David took the team of 11 to the airport at 6 am on Wed morning...returned to the compound to do more generator work and then Chris took the team of four and us to the airport to fly out. David and I are in MS doing MOT this week. Arrived last night. We have 17 new missionary candidates to train this week. PTL!!! God is still calling people out for His service.
Monday, January 24, 2011
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.
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, January 17, 2011
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.
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, January 13, 2011
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.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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.
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.
Monday, January 3, 2011
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.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Dec 24,2010
Another suddenly in our lives. Thursday morning at 2:30 am Judy's brother called to tell us that their mother had a heart attack and wasn't expected to live through the day. We immediately started putting things in order, packing and calling the airlines to find out how quick we could make it to KY. We said our goodbyes to all our staff and headed toward the PAP airport around 7am. We flew to Fort Lauderdale....PTL! there were 3 seats left on the plane. As we cleared customs and immigration there we received another phone call that she had experienced another heart attack. We switched airlines....Ft Lauderdale to Tampa, Tampa to Nashville. As we landed in Tampa we received word that she had taken her final flight to be with her Heavenly Father...Sad that we didn't get to see her one more time but rejoiciing that she was no longer in pain.
Our week before had been calm as the political factions decided to wait until after Christmas to do their manifesting. The mission team from New Work Fellowship in Hopkinsville, Ky voted to come on down any way knowing that they might spend Christmas in Haiti. Great group. They worked pouring well pump bases, repairing and installing pumps, cleaning out containers on the property, ministering in the Burn Clinic and packing over 500 back packs and sacks for Christmas. What fun to see the faces of the children as they received these backpacks filled with hygiene items, toys and candy.
David Jr. and Betsy arrived on Dec 15th. We had meetings with Samaritan's Purse leadership to map out the direction for both ministries in the coming year. It was great to have them there for a few days not knowing that only 4 days after they left we would be returning to KY.
Please pray for our entire family....the ones we left behind in Haiti and the ones here as we say our last goodbyes to my Mom.
Our week before had been calm as the political factions decided to wait until after Christmas to do their manifesting. The mission team from New Work Fellowship in Hopkinsville, Ky voted to come on down any way knowing that they might spend Christmas in Haiti. Great group. They worked pouring well pump bases, repairing and installing pumps, cleaning out containers on the property, ministering in the Burn Clinic and packing over 500 back packs and sacks for Christmas. What fun to see the faces of the children as they received these backpacks filled with hygiene items, toys and candy.
David Jr. and Betsy arrived on Dec 15th. We had meetings with Samaritan's Purse leadership to map out the direction for both ministries in the coming year. It was great to have them there for a few days not knowing that only 4 days after they left we would be returning to KY.
Please pray for our entire family....the ones we left behind in Haiti and the ones here as we say our last goodbyes to my Mom.
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