Happenings this week

Just a little update on some things that went on this week.

Last weekend (April 25th & 26th) Lucas and Rochenel went to Leogane to train leaders in futsal and they started the teams off on our Bible contest. For the first time, they had three guys from Quisqueya Chapel who are very interested in serving come along to learn more about what AF-Haiti does.

Wednesday – My discipleship group came over to our house after school to watch To Save A Life. Weve been trying to do this for months, but I was trying to schedule it when all 5 girls could make it. Now that I look back, I think I should have done more than one of these with whoever could make it. We had 4 of the 5 that day and in fact, I didn’t know anyone was coming on Wednesday morning! But it all came together that day and we had a good time eating chocolate chip cookies and French bread pizza. Of course we watched the movie and had a discussion of it and got to know each other better—like who likes to bake and who doesn’t. One girl said she and her Mom have only tried baking something once and it didn’t turn out! I’m planning to have her over again to show her how easy it is. These girls have been pretty open this year and this get together brought us a little closer. Please pray for their spiritual growth.

Thursday – Labor and Agriculture Day in Haiti - Richard took some guys with him and also Francoise’s family (with a carload of materials and food) up to Venita’s house for a volunteer workday. Venita’s needed work on her doors to have security. Although her house is small, it was built with three doors. Since she has been having problems with security, they bricked up the side door which was never used and put that solid door on the back of the house. Then they added a handle and a padlock to the front door. It was a long day--Richard was gone 12 hours. So much for that idea of getting a break from your labor! Since they had to let the cement dry on the door-frame for the back door, Francoise’s husband Audaince went back up today to put the door on.
It was also the first time Francoise and her husband and kids got to see Venita’s house. (It’s far away and hard to get to). We love getting these two friends together because they encourage each other so much and their kids love playing together.

Friday – I got word that one of the nursing homes in Lancaster will probably have an opening this week, so I was hurrying to get the application done. But my sister in Lancaster took Mom to visit it and she did not like the looks of it and wouldn’t go inside. I’m not sure what’s going there exactly. When I was there in March she had a great attitude about all the places we saw. She’s probably been down because of something that has happened in our family. Please pray—it’s a lot for my sister to handle and there are a few hours a day when Mom is alone.

Meanwhile, Richard went out to Verrettes on Friday to work with Chantale who has been trying to get up to speed keeping track of the goat project (GKK). It has been a challenge, so Richard made the trip out there to help her. Although it might be nice to have someone in Port-au-Prince do this job, she's more centrally located to do the visits to check up on the goats and their owners. That was another long day.

Friday and Saturday - Lucas and Rochenel went down south to visit an area that hasn't had a visit since getting started in 2012. They did Level 1 training for chaplains, coaches and administrators.

Thank you for praying!
Carol