2014 Photos/Pastor's Seminar 4

We will keep our last blog short.  We finished up our pictures in the morning then traveled up to Lahatte, our poorest school.  It's eye opening seeing the school and village.  We all left humbled and changed.  In the evening we packed up and got ready to head home.  We miss you all and look forward to seeing you soon. Prayers for our travels would be welcomed. :)

2014 Photos/Pastor's Seminar 3

Today we took on MPCA Primary, our largest school with nearly 450 students.  Things went smooth though and we will be going back to MPCA tomorrow to get a few absent student pictures.  When we returned we witnessed the closing ceremonies for the pastors seminar.  All the pastors prayed over us and thanked us for coming.  It was truly a humbling experience.

2014 Photos/Pastor's Seminar 2

Today we traveled up to Chardene to take pictures of the primary students.  Also, Teresa and Jean were able to see their sponsor children.  After the photos we were able to play and sing songs with the students.  Once we returned back to the mission center we got to enjoy the pastors seminar.  Danny and Franklin have been doing a great job leading the pastors seminar.  Thanks for all the prayers. Hope you're all doing well.  Hope you enjoy the pictures below.

2014 Photos/Pastor's Seminar 1

Sorry for the delay!  Everything has been going great this week.  Saturday night the team made it in safe and enjoyed the spicy spaghetti dinner.  On Sunday we joined the Haitians at church and spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready to take photos for the sponsorships.  On Monday we hiked up to Dupin for our first set of photos.  The school looked great and the kids were very friendly.  Later in the afternoon we took photos of high school students at Chardene Secondary.  Overall it was a very productive day.  That night the pastors from South Carolina joined us (Herb, Danny, Franklin).  Today went for another hike only this time up to Degeance.  Photos went well there too.  It was fun watching the kids play and seeing their village.  After lunch we drove down to MPCA to photograph their high school students.  Before we started, Joe and Tom enjoyed a quick game of soccer with the Haitian.  They both agreed the Haitians were very good for their age (Tom would like to recruit them for back in Ohio).  Teresa, Sandy, Jean, and Darren cheered them on.  After the photos, we came back to the mission center to witness hundreds of Pastors singing and praising God.  We are excited to see God continue to move this week with both teams.  More to come tomorrow!  Keep the prayers coming. God Bless.

November 2014 Medical Trip - Wednesday

Hike. Hike. Hike.  Today we went to Deageance, which is a little drive and then a strenuous, steamy and beautiful hike uphill.  God blessed us with another great clinic day, seeing over 100 patients (135+).  The school and the area is very remote and poor, and the people are VERY sweet and kind. The school has dirt floors, but the kiddos that attend there are lively and fun!  They made us realize that children are the same everywhere.

Our fearless leader, Pam, turned 25 today for the 32nd time!  We had fun celebrating her birthday with a Haitian birthday cake.

Here are a couple of pictures from our day:

Things have cooled off slightly with a nice rain shower this evening. We may or may  not be practicing dancing the "Macarena" for tomorrow.... See you then!

November 2014 Medical Trip - Monday and Tuesday

From Pam: Hi Ayden, Truett, Ellis, Wyatt and Bo.  Love Nana

From Kendra:  Shout out to my GRUBBIES!  LOVE  and MISS YOU!! Hope you enjoyed your SNOW DELAY.  The ocean felt GREAT :p

From Jim: Your prayers for us are appreciated.  The youngest member of the team is doing and feeling great! Nathaniel got to use the EvangiCube today and did great! Love to Wendy, Jaden, Abby, Ellie!

From Diane: To Carrie, Dan, and beautiful Vivian, Anna, Tim, Matthew - I'm loving the heat!  Love - MOM

From Dave: Family and friends, working hard and at the end of the day, serving, we have been able to swim in the ocean every day.

From Nikki: Gavin and Hayden - hope you enjoyed your delay today!!  Mommy is super hot here, but looking forward to seeing you soon.

From Carol: Hello Rachel & Austin (AND SELAH!), all our love from Haiti.  Let me know if anything is going on at home, especially with Grandpa Memch.

Monday -
We did a medical clinic at DuPin.  We drove as far as we could and then HIKED up the mountain through rivers and steep inclines.  We saw over 120 patients and the dentists pulled over 50 TEETH!! We were also able to share the beautiful good news of Jesus with the patients as they were waiting to see the doctors.

Tuesday -
Today the medical team went to LaHat and again saw over 120 patients.  The dentists returned to DuPin to see people who still needed dental attention.  The Lord specifically answered our prayers for strength for the day.  We loved all the time with children today!! We enjoyed walking through LaHat and seeing the beautiful Haitian people and the beautiful mountainside.   Of course, we enjoyed another Haitian meal for dinner, had a great time sharing at our devotion time and now the heat is on through some Euchre Games.

Tomorrow we head to Deageance. Please pray for continued strength for our team, for opportunities to share Jesus and for God to use the medical team to treat patients. We will be hiking to the school once again.

November 2014 Medical Trip - Sunday

Today is Sunday, November 16, 2014.  Our day started with a humbling, praise filled church service with the local Haitians. Wow, what a way to start our first official clinic day!  After the service we were visited by 120 locals in our medical clinic.  We provided medical care, dental care, and a place to fill prescriptions for men, women, and children.  

Two of our medical bags were delayed and they are arriving tomorrow!  Thanks for your prayers.

I was very much looking forward to the cooking by our own Haitian cook and I was not disappointed.  Haitian food is sooogood!!!  We are definitely blessed with some wonderful cooking at our mission center home.

Enjoy the pics!  

Hello to my kids, Hayden and Gavin, and my husband, Trevor.  I know everything is going well back home.  Love you all and see you soon J

Tomorrow we’re off to another school and are planning on seeing and treating approximately 200 people.  We will be hiking through a creek and up a mountain, looking forward to the exercise!

Upon embarking on our journey to this foreign country, I was expecting delays and troubles.  I must say I am pleasantly surprised at how smoothly everything is running thus far.  Our team has come from California, Florida and different parts of Ohio…amazingly we are all meshing very well, as though we’ve been brought together by an outside force.  Oh wait, we have!  Thanks to God for a safe and problem free travel thus far, please continue to be with us this week!