Today was another busy day
in Deye Mon Haiti. Here is a bit
of how we all spent our day.
Bud, Thomas and Andrew worked hard to finish up the
roof. After replacing rotten beams all
day yesterday, they put on the metal sheeting today. It has been a messy, hot job. But God held off the rain for three good days
of work, and sent a wonderful cool breeze too.
Mark worked on spouting for the new roof. The roof not only will help protect the house
from further water damage, but serves as a collection site for rainwater.
There are no wells in this part of Haiti. So rainwater is precious and roofs serve an
important role in collecting it.
The medical team of Andrea, Heather and Sue saw over 90
patients today. There were more serious
cases today, including some sad stories.
They prayed, helped where they could and left the rest to the Lord. Pastor Herve helped interpret for the clinic
and the education seminar. Jaclyn (wife
of Pastor Wilfred) helped with registration and in the pharmacy. Denel was another translator that helped with
the clinic today. Rene spent the morning
counting pills for the clinic and Amy did the education seminar in the morning.
Whitney spent her morning as a gopher for many different
groups all doing different tasks. She
and Rene spent the afternoon painting.
Joe and Steve fixed a door on the church this morning,
worked on the roof to the school office and other miscellaneous tasks this
afternoon.
Jeff, Kent and Allison finished up the desks today, with the
help of several local kids. They loved
putting on the hardware and using the drill to tighten the bolts. The desks have been moved into the classrooms
and look great!
Liane and Amy spent the afternoon packing and doing
inventory at the mission house. After four
weeks of hard work, there are a lot of supplies to pack up, store or move to a
different location.
So ends another busy day for Week 4. Tomorrow we plan to see the school children
at the clinic, Liane has a final sewing class, and the packing up will begin in
earnest. We appreciate your prayers so
much as we work to finish strong and complete many loose ends that need to be
done before we leave Thursday morning. (Sorry for only one sideways photo, but the internet is not cooperating. We'll try to get more on another day.)
