Aloha ! - Just wanted to give everyone an update on what's happening here in Haiti
Aaron Harris arrived Thursday afternoon. Good to have him here working with me. Church this morning was great ! (again). This afternoon did laundry - dirty laundry in a large pan with water and soap, stomp around on it for a while with bare feet and then rinse - works great !! And you also have the cleanest feet in town !!
Tomorrow Aaron and I head off early to a recently started church near Les Cayes (about eight hours drive from here). We will be preparing projects for teams to work on when they go there over the next few months. Access requires a four-wheel drive vehicle and there is NO internet (what will we do ?!?! Ha !) We will be back very late Tuesday. Wednesday (the 12th) there is a huge church gathering in downtown Port-au-Prince that we are attending with Pastor Gee (our pastor here). January 12th is the first anniversary of the Haiti earthquake and many churches have combined together for this memorial service. It is a very somber time here, but also a time to thank God for life, and move ahead with continued relief efforts, rebuilding and bringing Haiti back to where it should be. I have included a few photos for you and also the Foursquare Haiti Relief Effort Communique that was sent out from Base Camp here at the beginning of December. Even though a month old, I thought you would like to see what was done this past year and what is being planned for this year of 2011.
God bless
Mark
I'm standing in the partially completed Talapia ponds looking back over the Foursquare National church property. On the right (behind Aaron) is a large tent to house some of the future mission teams and a new set of "temporary" bathrooms and showers for workers. In the background is another recently erected building that is currently used for storage but possibly to use for our new bakery next month !
"Home Sweet Bunk" - pretty simple, but comfortable ! I love it !
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