The tension is mounting!

Months of planning and hours of work are about to come to fruition. Our first team leaves early tomorrow morning for Dessaline Haiti in the Artibonite Valley. There are 9 of us going on the trip this year. Two of us will stay over, and 7 more will join us for the second team. We hope to paint metal roofs, replace window screens, hug babies and pour a bond beam for a concrete block wall. We shall see. I hole to have some minor access while we are there, although last year I did not.

Pray for us for a safe and rewarding trip.

LaMar 

Movie Picture didn't print last time

 

It’s Showtime!

While we were at the orphanage, Don and Doris invited us to watch a couple of videos with them. The first was about a man who had experienced the coming of Christ, and had been whisked up into a huge stadium-type structure, where all the Christians from all the centuries of Christianity were having their audience with God. It was really interesting, but had a place to stop it and continue later. We stopped it, but never got back to the second part. Now I REALLY have to go back there!

The second movie was "Flywheel", which was produced by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. On a shoestring budget, this church made a feature length film about a used car salesman who cheats his clients, including his pastor. After getting what he assumes is a good deal, the pastor says a prayer with the salesman and asks God to 'treat him the way I have been treated today'. The salesman's life starts to fall apart until he gets right with God. I really enjoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone. Some will think that it is too predictable, but so be it. They have also done a couple other films, including 'Fireproof' and 'Facing the Giants'.

David’s Birthday

David's birthday was on Tuesday, February 8^th. I don't think any of us realized it until he said something to us the night before. You can certainly read the blog of the day, it was work, work, work with a break for the UN food distribution. For most of us, it was an interesting day. David said, however, that it was his most memorable birthday. I'm glad to have been a part in that. Oh, and by the way, Doris had a cake for him that evening.

 

UN food distribution

This is a picture of the food distribution on Tuesday. This woman has just been given 2-55# bags of corn/soy flour. That is 110# of produce on her head, which she acted like it was nothing at all. In fact, she walked away swinging her arms, not even holding onto the load. There are a lot of men in the US who would have trouble handling that weight.

Just like at home

One person working while the rest are leaning on shovels. Is this a highway crew?

A vendor on the way to EGO

We stopped for a restroom break on the 3 hour trip to the orphanage. This young man was selling peanut brittle, so I bought some to share. In addition to paying him, I gave him some peanut brittle that I happened to bring along for a snack. His was good, but I think mine was better.