Tuesday February 10 Welding Project

When we first arrived in Haiti, we were on the bus going from the airport to St. Marc, and the head of maintenance who had come along asked which one of us was the welder.  Drew meekly raised his hand.  "Jesus loves you, and we have a wonderful plan for your life!" he said.  So Drew knew he had a busy week ahead. The first day he was able to go out to the village and see the project, but every day since, he has been welding on a steel framework with a chain-link center that will be used to make a cage to lock up all the tools in the new shop. Today he finished up the last panel, complete with a steel frame entry door. Next, he'll be welding some scraps from an old scissors lift into a heavy-duty ladder to reach the second level storage area in the shop. After that, there's more on the list. 

The openings where the future tool storage will be

Completed frames getting painted

The front of the new shop

Tuesday February 10 Workers

Linford on the backhoe.

Terry. Jen and Chris - Painters

Passed out after lunch !!

John and Jann working with door latches.

Logan drilling for a door latch.

Kendall mounting a window.

Supervisors !!

Tuesday February 10 Sights We See...

These are some of the sights we see on our way to our work projects each day.

Lucky Tire Shop

Our mode of transportation out to the villages

One of many buses we saw speeding along...

Many women carry things on their heads

Beautiful green rice paddies!

Time for school!

Monday February 9 Please pray for Timmonette

We are still hoping that we will be able to at least start the work we had planned to do for Pastor Ronald, but at this point it's not looking real good. Some of the village people in Timonette are jealous about the construction of the wall and are making things very difficult. Please pray for wisdom for Terry Snow and Ronald as they determine the next steps.

Praise: for safety on our job site and a comfortable place to stay at the mission with good food

Pray: for a few of us who are feeling a little under the weather

Monday February 9 Balalie and Luben

The owners of the new home we built with Ronald Lewis.

We started the day getting a truck stuck and ended the day the same way!!
Completed painting our house today.
We made it to the project site and immediately got stuck!!
Yesterday it rained=MUD.

Sunday February 8 Worship in the Park

Today we were planning to help Alain with his prison ministry. We were all on the truck and pulled up to the door, only to find out that a medical clinic was taking place inside. Instead, we decided to take our worship team to the park and have a service there.

There were several local musicians who are friends of YWAM who were helping out. We had a sound system, complete with generator, and the singing was extended and lively. Logan did a great job of leading us in some English worship songs after we finished singing the Haitian ones. We also spread out and had a prayer time as we walked around, asking God to change the park from a place of darkness to a place of light. We were able to pray for two teenage girls who were being pulled into that darkness. 

After a packed lunch at the base, some chose to relax, while others went on a hike up a nearby mountain that overlooks the city. 

This evening, one of the staff couples invited us to their apartment for a movie night. Tomorrow it is back to work!

The band leading worship songs, with Logan helping

The Ten Commandments in the city park.
The engraving on the rock says, "Christ for Saint Marc; Saint Marc for Christ"

Saturday February 7 at the beach !!

Lunch at Indigo Beach