Much ado in Port Salu(t)!!

Much ado in Port Salu(t)!!

From April 29 to May 5th a group of 46 Canadian College students will be visiting Port-Salut (Pronounced “Saloo”) on the south west coast of Haiti. This is one of the most beautiful beaches in Haiti. They will also be visiting an island named “Ile a vache” or cow island. There is a pirate ship that sunk off this island that was discovered a few years ago.

They will be staying at the hotel Port Morgan. “Port Morgan is named for the pirate captain Henry Morgan (c.1635–1688) for whom the little island served as a frequent base of operations.[2] Morgan planned and staged many of his largest raids from “ile a Vache” and in 1676 he narrowly survived a costly shipwreck on its shore: Morgan's ship Jamaica Merchant sank with a full complement of cannon which the pirate had been bringing to bolster his presence at Port Royal, Jamaica.” (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_%C3%A0_Vache).

But this team will not be searching for pirate treasure. Instead they will treasure the smiles of hundreds of school children as they deliver school supplies and soccer equipment to eight schools in the area and sponsor a soccer tournament between them.
This past weekend, Ronald and Jean Paul trained local churches in how to evangelize and follow up at the games that will be played each day between April 30th and May 3rd.

This large team of University students from a secular French-speaking school in New Bruswick first came in 2008, and then in 2010, 2011 and now 2012! Each year they bring loads of great soccer equipment and school supplies for the schools we work with.
In addition to visiting the schools, they will also participate in a construction project at one of them.
Please keep Ronald in your prayers as he is responsible for all the logistics of this large team!


This photo of Ile-a-Vache is courtesy of TripAdvisor