Haiti Happenings

Our team from PA is doing an incredible job as they have torn down our fallen wall and are replacing it with a new block wall that would meet the strictest building code.  Hopefully the new wall will help keep the rat population out of our yard.  At this point, the rats are taking over and becoming more aggressive.

The schools in Port-au-Prince have started re-opening under tarps and in make-shift areas.  One of the classes in our school in Cite Cadet is meeting under a tarp in front of the church with the chalkboard leaning up against the church.  In this photo, you can also see the green MTPTC painted on the building by the govt. agency.  That means the building does not need to be demolished and is in decent shape.

These two little guys have personality plus!  They are two of twelve children in a family that lost everything in the quake and were staying on the church property on Delmas 18.  Every time I went onto the property, they brought a smile to my face.   The family has now relocated and I miss these little guys.

Today we visited 4 sites with an engineer where churches will be rebuilt.  One of those sites was a village called Vaudreil, out in the banana fields setting on the edge of a river.  What a location for a children’s ministry!  There were kids EVERYWHERE!

Talking on a cell phone while riding on a donkey pulling someone behind…way out in the mountains!

It’s almost embarrassing to post here again since I have been in a sustained silence for months.  Many are the times I thought about posting but found myself bogged down in things to do and wondered if anyone would even look at it.  I just saw where lots of people continue to look at my blog and there is nothing new there.  Therefore, I will make another attempt to keep a more regular posting.  Here is a photo of a post-quake food distribution.