Greetings to all!

We had another very productive day here in Haiti.  The medical team of Pam, Heather, Jen, Whitney, Steve, Cindy and Elaine went to St. Marc school.  117 students, preschool through 9th grade were seen.  Linda and Jeff Laing, Liane, and Carly went to LaHatte to start up the sewing project with the women there.  Jeff had a great time sewing too!  Ha ha!  Actually...he spent a lot of time interacting with the children.  We have attached a fun picture in this blog of him with a couple of them.  One of the amazing things about the sewing class today, was we had just enough sewing kits for the women attending the class.  God is truly providing!

There were several continuing to work on the student desks and cabinets today.  Progress is going very well!  It is so exciting to see the Haitians as they are hard workers and becoming more efficient in their new skills.

Lynn and Liane continued with another marriage class today.  They both are very encouraged as the couples are interacting well together.

We are now sitting here this evening enjoying the wonderful popcorn that Jacob makes so well!  The weather has been cooler than usual all this week, but feels great.  It has been another wonderful day of serving Christ by serving others today.  We thank you all so much for your continued prayer for this ministry.  Your partnership with daily prayer means more than you know.



 

We are so excited that the pictures posted so here are a few things we have been doing.

We are testing our picture posting.

Tuesday February 10, 2015

It was another great day. The ladies on the medical team headed to Chardene to finish up the rest of the children’s vision checks, physicals, and treatments. They completed 12 different grades today! Back on the Mission Center the construction crew continued to work hand and hand with their Haitian brothers in Christ to build desks and cabinets in between the down pours of rain. It is very unusual to have this much rain in Haiti this time of the year. The local people say, if you come and the rain comes, you are people of God. The Canadian crew members made it safely to our mission center today! We praise God for this! Your prayers are being felt.

Bonswa! (Good Evening),

God is so good. Mission Possible has been diligent about training Haitian men and women to lead the next generation in Haiti-both scholastically, and especially spiritually. What we are witnessing this very week is another such blessing.  

The medical teams are flourishing with exhaustive preparation and remarkable data entry. This information is invaluable. Pam's groups are seeing the majority of students that are enrolled at each school. Today the medical team went to Degeance and examined 88 preschool through grade 6 - just girls! Pam was joined by Jean (Hi Gordon), Carly, Jennifer, Sandy, and Whitney (Whitney's sister Kelly shares a birthday today with Whitney's new sponsor child!) It is encouraging to see our group light up when telling stories about the children they were blessed to see.

The sewing team had another huge day at the Mission Center, There were 35 women working on their projects today under Liane's tutelage. Assisting were Elaine, Linda, and Cindy. The excitement from those projects is contagious. These women are so proud of what they are learning and accomplishing.

The construction projects have been truly groundbreaking this year. The mission groups have been accustomed to coming down and doing project after project without too much thought about long-term hand-offs. This has changed! Starting this year, we have been directed to start teaching certain school and church leaders how to do what we do. We are teaching wood working, welding, grinding, painting, staining....it has been such a blessing! Mark has been supported by Heather, Jeff H., Steve, Jon, Jacob, Mahlon, Winn, Chris, Stan, Wes, and Jeff L. The Hatian group we have the privilege of working with includes; Josep, Jean (Jon), Dolne', Maurice, Joseph, Zuckerlange, Raymond, Lifaite, Wilma, Lebston, Michael, and Marc.

The final blessing to mention is the marriage class taught by Lynn and Liane. It is titled; Foundations of Stable and Happy Homes. It is heartwarming to see many of the familiar faces we interact with through the years sitting with their spouse and honoring them by being a part of something bigger and better than themselves. 

Please keep praying for the many needs in Haiti. To be a small part of God's big plan is a privilege. There are many issues going on here that aren't in the news. Relationships are being formed. This is such a special time. God bless you all. 

PS: We have been having some difficulty with loading pictures so we have created a flickr account to share some pictures: www.flickr.com/groups/2757685@N25/pool/

February 10, 2015

MP team Mon. Feb. 9, 2015

What a glorious start of our week!  A team went to Chardene to provide physicals to the girls of the school. Just under 200 hundred girls were given eye screenings, physical check ups, ear washing-as needed, and the same with medications.  We are so excited that Jennifer is with us and setting up a data base for all the medical stats.  Lynn, Jean, Cindy, Heather Whitney, Carly, Pam, Sandy, and Jen, along with the five Haitian interpreters, were grateful for how smoothly the process was.

The ladies from Lanzac for sewing class are back.  Thirty four in attendance, some from last year have returned and brought friends.  Laine, Elaine, and Linda from our team were delighted to witness the ladies as they helped each other on their quilt projects and enjoy their time together.  

History was made yesterday as some of the Haitian leaders of the Mission Possible schools as well as pastors joined forces with the men of our construction crew to  begin the building of desks.  After a wonderful time of song and prayer the men from our team began instructing the leaders in the use of power tools such has a drill press, chop saw, and grinders. Mahlon took the opportunity to show what not to do when working with power tools at his own expense.  He is fine and has now provided us with a story to tell about this year's trip.  While Wyn, and Mahlon focused on the classroom cabinets Steve, Jacob, Jon, Mark, Jeff H., and Jeff L. successfully communicated the desk making process despite not being able to speak Creole. God blessed them with a enriching first day together. 

Please pray for our team members traveling from Canada that are to join us on Tuesday, safety for our construction crew (put and extra one in for Mahlon), and for God to continue to bless the growing relationships. 

Some photos of our trip can be found at the following link:

www.flickr.com/groups/2757685@N25/

MP team: Mon. Feb. 9, 2015

What a glorious start of our week!  A team went to Chardon to provide physicals to the girls of the school.  Just under 200 hundred girls were given eye screenings, physical check ups, ear washing as needed and the same with medication.  We are so excited that Jen is with us and setting up a data base for all the medical stats.  Lynn, Jean, Cindy, Heather Whitney, Carly, Pam, Sandi, and Jen along with the 5 Haitian interpreters were grateful for how smoothly the process ran.

The ladies from Lanzac for sewing class are back.  Thirty four in attendance, some from last year have returned and brought friends.  Laine, Elaine, and Linda from our team were delighted to witness the ladies as they helped each other on their quilt projects and enjoy their time together.  

History was made yesterday as some of the Haitian leaders of the Mission Possible schools as well as pastors joined forces with the men of our construction crew to  begin the building of desks.  After a wonderful time of song and prayer the men from our team began instructing the leaders in the use of power tools such has a drill press, chop saw, and grinders. Mahlon took the opportunity to show what not to do when working with power tools at his own expense.  He is fine and has now provided us with a story to tell about this year's trip.  While Wyn, and Mahlon focused on the classroom cabinets Steve, Jacob, Jon, Mark, Jeff H., and Jeff L. successfully communicated the desk making process despite not being able to speak Creole. God blessed them with a enriching first day together. 

Please pray for our team members traveling from Canada that are to join us on Tuesday, safety for our construction crew (put and extra one in for Mahlon), and for God to continue to bless the growing working relationships.