day 18

Day 18

     Wow, what a change.  Our construction team is so awesome!  Check out the pictures of our bunk houses!  One fell off the roof today, he’s sore, but well.  (These guys are so tough, you can’t believe it! )  We patched him up, told him to stay on the ground, but 30 minutes later saw him up top again (the two nurses here are O.K. with this J).  What a blessing they are to all those who will go behind us.  We have named one bunk house “The Chick Coup” (alias “Chicken Coup”)  and the other “The Rooster Roost”.  The animal sounds outside are amazing.  We never knew how loud  roosters can be.  And we thought they just crowed in the morning.  Wrong! 

     We continue to pass what we know to the team that is replacing us.  (Handing over the baton of ministry, shopping and household procedures.)  They are more than capable and the Haiti field is getting toward full steam fast.  There will be many, many people and teams that will come through this house- we pray that Haiti will be blessed for years to come.

     We see the Lord providing, through His people, for the next phase of ministry.   One person gave $100,000 to purchase tents for those who need shelter (whoever you are, God bless you!!).  This is a beautiful gift.   We have seen so many people that need better shelter.   We have given every tarp we had, with more on the way, but the needs for shelter seems almost endless.  Our transition team will be creating a distribution system for getting these tents to needy people.   As we have written, God has connected us with many wonderful Christian pastors and solid believers that will make sure that tents and tarps will get to needy families.   We feel privileged to be part this amazing Pioneer Haiti team, creating infrastructure and building relationships with key leaders, ministries and special people.  

     Continue to pray for the Haitian people, for continued revival, for the discipling of new believers and that people’s needs (from the most basic to the most important – i.e. relationship with God) will be met. 

Mike and Linda