Moose Jaw Area and Three Hills Team

This team of 12 arrived on Monday, January 28.  They are busy working on the duplex, painting and tiling at the Tech school, home visiting in the area, a 2 day VBS for a total of 200 children on our campus, visit the market, beach, and eating at the 'goat n coke'.

Our blog is now linked on the Haiti Arise website under the blog tab/long term missionaries.  The team also is blogging under the blog tab/team blogs.     haitiarise.org

Making a Living

There are many self employed Haitians doing a variety of things in order to make a living.  From selling goods at local markets - to offering cooked food to eat at roadside stands - to fishing - to the arts...painting and carving are popular.
We were fortunate to capture these shots of two men at work.

Roy the Roof Pourer!

Monday was a big day.  The roof was poured on the first half of the duplex in the Children's Village.  Our friend Roy is the foreman for this project for a few months.  He is from BC., but he is becoming more Haitian everyday!  His crew thinks he is the greatest.  This fellow in the picture with Roy is showing off his boot covers.  They are made from an inner tube knotted at the toes and then he pulls it up his leg to protect his shoes and pant legs.  There were approximately 40 people working on the pour that day.

Rebuilding

 

As we mentioned a few days ago, work on the Technical School is continuing. Here are a couple of shots of the school.............

 

 

 

 

Our Haiti Home

Welcome!  This is the residence building.  This is our Haiti home.  Our room is on the second floor and the dining area and living room area are on the main floor.  It is a beautiful place.

It's always a treat to have fresh baked bread.  This is a bag of bread from the bakery in town.  These are the bags it comes in!  Believe or not!

Update on Unrest

The citizens of Grand Goave are unhappy that the mayor will not step aside even though his term is over.  They do not feel that he has done much for this city.  As we blogged a couple of days ago, there has been some protesting in town.  It seems as though it may be settling for now, however, as a safety precaution, the elementary school classes here have been canceled since Tuesday.  We usually have church services also, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, but Marc thought it would be wise to cancel them for this week, too.
We are staying close by within our walls as this state of unrest is quite unpredictable and we wouldn't want to get in the middle of something.
......Tonight is fresh goat for supper!!

Technical School

Until the earthquake hit, Haiti Arise has had a technical school here on campus.  Classes in the trades such as cabinetry, plumbing, electrical, etc., were taught so that people could start their own small businesses or find work in their field of training.  Computer and English classes were taught as well.  The Bible school met in the same building.  The earthquake damaged the school beyond repair, so it had to be demolished and a new one is in the process of being built.

This week, we have a couple of men here from Alberta, John and Terry, to lay tile in the school.  They are laying approximately 1,100 sq ft per day.  We thought we would take a picture of them working as proof that they aren't at the beach everyday!!  It is fun to have them here.