Good Friday

For Good Friday, there was a program put on by the Sunday School.  This means most of the church, as young and old attend Sunday School and particiapted in the program.  It was 4 hours long, but was the best Good Friday service we have been to. 
It started with worship and singing.  Then several people sang songs on their own followed by a skit of the Easter story and one other skit.
Some of the girls did a dance and there was a Grand March style show with the teens. 
Everyone had such a great time. 
The highlight was the Bible quizzing that all ages participated in as a celebration of what they learned in Sunday School.  It is truly amazing how much of the Bible these people memorize.  They take memorization very seriously.
Along with the quizzing, was the giving of the gifts that people from North America had purchased from the Haiti Arise gift catalogue as gifts over the Christmas season.  There were goats, chickens, school supplies, tools, rice, food packs, baby packs, soccer balls,etc.



A very happy young girl with a new bike

Our family exchanged goats and food for Christmas gifts from the catalogue - here are some of the recipients of them. It was amazing to be here for this!

Short Hair!

It is starting to heat up here as April is right around the corner.  It is much more comfortable to have short hair and a cooler head so today was 'haircut day'.

We're Back

We arrived back in Haiti on Monday with two teams.  It was a long and busy week in Saskatchewan, but was nice to see our boys.

The Link Team from Medicine Hat

The Cornerstone Team from Saskatoon

 

Friends

These four ladies cook and clean for us six days a week.  They are so joyful and fun and have become very special to us.

The Things We Find in Haiti!

We went for a walk this afternoon and came across this fellow in a John Deere cultivating a field.  This is a very rare sight as most people would be doing this by hand.

Heading Home

Thursday we head back to Canada for ten days to take care of some business.  We likely won't be blogging, but will land back here on the 25th with two more teams and will resume then.

Distribution Day

Today is one of the days when monies that are donated for the various funds are distributed throughout the ministries.  Pastor Archonge has gone to the different schools in the area where children are sponsored to pay their school fees.  Lucianna has purchased and packaged rice to give to some widows in need.  I had the priviledge of taking their photo after receiving their bags of rice.  They were very excited to see themselves in the picture on the camera.  The lady in the green kept pointing to herself and saying, 'belle, belle' - meaning 'beautiful'!  All the ladies had a good chuckle.  Lucianna is in the back in the yellow dress.  She is the head housekeeper for us and a real sweetheart.

A young boy receives new jeans and shirt from his sponsor

 

 

New Arrivals

We welcomed two teams yesterday..........

The Crossroads Team from Red Deer, AB

The Saskatchewan Nurses Medical Team
This team is mostly from southern Sask. with a couple joining from Ontario and one from Manitoba.  This is a group shot with the tranlators and Haitian medical staff just before opening the cinic today.

Village

We often go for afternoon walks around the village just outside the walls of where we live. It is fun to get to know our neighbors, and it also keeps us aware of where we are and why we are here....

This home has a fence made of sticks with a coragated tin gate for privacy.

These are a couple of typical homes near by.  We have visited with the families that live in them.  They are happy, contented people - we leave smiling.....

Children's Village Progress

The first duplex parged

The foundation for the 2nd duplex

The children's village is progressing nicely. The floor for the 2nd duplex will be poured within a few days.