Well, we hung in there while Richard was away, and we were glad to see him come home! The day before he got here I succumbed to the cold being passed around the house. So I sort of handed over the keys and flopped into bed.
Today I'm home trying to give myself a chance to get over this cold. And now that I have time to think about it...my mind is filled with all those thoughts and vows of keeping in touch better with all of our loved and missed friends and family, especially those who pray for us regularly....So, it's time to start a blog for our ministry. Hopefully, we will update our website more frequently too, but it's much easier to add photos to blogs. And, I think it's easier to read the latest news on a blog.
So, now it's time to put some pictures on here of what we've been up to for the past few months!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Richard in Manchester
Here's Richard in front of the Conference Center where they had the AIS International Leaders' Conference near Manchester, England.
They had great worship times and he got to connect with AIS people from all over.
At the conference Topics covered in the meetings were:a. Crisis contingency planning
b. How to finance emerging offices in Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, etc.
c. What does an indigenous ministry look like?
d. How can the International Office help emerging offices
A plan was made for the next year for AIS Haiti. The plans include a visit by AIS's director in February, a semi-professional soccer team visiting Haiti in May and the first "TREC " (Training Resourcing and Equipping) in Haiti- training of Haitian nationals in soccer ministry.
After that he spent a few days in the Bolton office of AIS UK observing how soccer ministry is done in England.
On his way there and back he flew through Newark, NJ. On the way there he got to spend a day with Steve and Margaret Bohall (friends from Grace Church New York who have been supportive of our mission effort over all these years). On the way back he got to stay in the Crossing Community Church missionary apartment and visited with some of our friends and family in that area. Unfortunately his time was short, so he couldn't see all the people he would have liked to.
They had great worship times and he got to connect with AIS people from all over.
At the conference Topics covered in the meetings were:a. Crisis contingency planning
b. How to finance emerging offices in Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, etc.
c. What does an indigenous ministry look like?
d. How can the International Office help emerging offices
A plan was made for the next year for AIS Haiti. The plans include a visit by AIS's director in February, a semi-professional soccer team visiting Haiti in May and the first "TREC " (Training Resourcing and Equipping) in Haiti- training of Haitian nationals in soccer ministry.
After that he spent a few days in the Bolton office of AIS UK observing how soccer ministry is done in England.
On his way there and back he flew through Newark, NJ. On the way there he got to spend a day with Steve and Margaret Bohall (friends from Grace Church New York who have been supportive of our mission effort over all these years). On the way back he got to stay in the Crossing Community Church missionary apartment and visited with some of our friends and family in that area. Unfortunately his time was short, so he couldn't see all the people he would have liked to.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Grace and her camera were here
We were so happy to have Grace here in Haiti for a month.
We did lots of stuff together and she took thousands of pictures. She was the photographer for the wedding of one of the teachers and the IT Technician at Quisqueya (where I work). She did a great job, very professional.
So I just had to post a picture like this...I know it's not her most photogenic moment, but seeing her loaded in the back of the pickup among the backpacks and bananas says so much about her time here. She took pictures of lots of things to help us have good pictures for our ministry and also for another ministry with a boys' home and a girls' home. It's really neat when you can use something you love to serve the Lord.
We did lots of stuff together and she took thousands of pictures. She was the photographer for the wedding of one of the teachers and the IT Technician at Quisqueya (where I work). She did a great job, very professional.
So I just had to post a picture like this...I know it's not her most photogenic moment, but seeing her loaded in the back of the pickup among the backpacks and bananas says so much about her time here. She took pictures of lots of things to help us have good pictures for our ministry and also for another ministry with a boys' home and a girls' home. It's really neat when you can use something you love to serve the Lord.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Lemuel Club Closing Program
On December 22, we had a special program to close out the Lemuel Football Club.
Awards were given out, and afterwards there was a picnic lunch and soccer game.
Awards were given out, and afterwards there was a picnic lunch and soccer game.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Random pic of Ricky and classmates
I want to share some of our regular everyday life in this blog, so, I'll pick on Ricky first...
Can you pick him out among his classmates?
Yes, it's cool enough in the mornings to want a jacket if you're used to 80 degrees and above everyday.
Even though it looks like this 8th grader is displaying stolen goods to sell to his classmates, and we live in a city with a lot of crime, it's not true, really, it's just ...um...too cold to take your hands out of your pockets....
Can you pick him out among his classmates?
Yes, it's cool enough in the mornings to want a jacket if you're used to 80 degrees and above everyday.
Even though it looks like this 8th grader is displaying stolen goods to sell to his classmates, and we live in a city with a lot of crime, it's not true, really, it's just ...um...too cold to take your hands out of your pockets....
Truck makes it to Haiti!
The famous box truck finally made it to our house in Haiti!
We had been wondering for the past few months if it would fit under the upper part of the gate to our house, well...it didn't. But, thankfully our house is at the end of a short alley, so no one comes to our gate unless they're coming to our house. I know the picture below makes it look like it fits, but it doesn't. We didn't have the camera handy when we were trying to back it in. Oh well. We got almost everything. There were laptops and an air conditioner missing, but it seems that that was all.
Monday, January 1, 2007
Christmas in Haiti 2006
It was great having Grace here for Christmas. Here are a couple pictures showing our traditional breakfast of shaped pancakes. This year we had a special pancake-shaper given to us by "Aunt Judith" and a picture of us having Christmas Dinner.
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