Today was a wonderful wrap up of our time here. Nearly all of the women are proficient at both new stitches and can move on to begin to make product for our Global Awareness Market at Constance in February. The order for our Holiday Boutique is nearly completed and we will attempt to cram far...
Today was another busy day at the vocational school teaching crochet students the stitches to make new products to sell as well as continued sewing skills testing. Denise had many demands on her attention but the cool thing was that the more skilled students began teaching the less skilled...
Some facets of God we only discover through motion.* Today we had a lot of motion. In the morning we met with Pastor Tingue and discussed vision for the future and present success and growth areas. As is often the case in Haiti, things did not go according to the schedule or our plan. A lone...
There's an old saying that goes "God doesn't call the equipped, he equips the called." Old sayings have the way of hitting the nail on the head sometimes. Our team is called the Haiti Ladies and we are a small but mighty group of 5 who have been in an ongoing partnership between Constance...
Last blog post for Haiti October 2017. Final thoughts from Seth and I. SETH RUST: Jeremiah 20:9 But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones, I am weary of holding it in, indeed, I...
The next two and final blog posts will be some short thoughts from each of the team members about 24 hours or so after returning from our trip to Haiti. Thank you to everyone who has supported us. PAUL NEI: Having spent the week in Haiti with some congestion and a cough...
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." - Psalm 19:1 After long days of hard labor in the hot sun, we got to enjoy the God's creation at a relatively local beach. Following a few hours of work in the morning, we headed out to enjoy a bit...
Today we wrapped up most of the major work with the structure of the bunk house. After work we had the pleasure of playing games and interacting with some of the local high school and college kids. They got to practice their English and introduce us to new rules in some of our beloved card games...
We had a good discussion last night about the nature of poverty and how our particular viewpoint tends to differ from how it’s perceived locally. We tend to think of poverty as a lack of material possession, and our ways of addressing it reflect that view - more money, more aid...
Sabbath is over and today we began our first day of hard labor. Power tools were roaring for 8 hours in the hot sun and the team is ahead of schedule. The original bunk house was pushed off its foundation by heavy rains and flooding. It was fulfilling to see the functionality of the property...