We're Really Doin' it!

Hello from Haiti.

Yesterday was another great day on the site. We starting laying block so we're getting our first glimpse of the rooms that will house the seniors. It becomes very humbling working on this project when you know that when it is completed it will meet the needs of the poorest of the poor. We have been told that we will be able to meet some of these men and women before we leave. That will really drive home the importance of this work. On another note, when Daniel was digging around an old wall to provide some stones for the base of the footings, he came across our first tarantula of this trip. Always great excitement when the word "zariyen" is heard. It means spider!!! Keep praying. Lots of work still to be done.

We've finished the footings and have now started the block walls.

This was the river that created problems our first night

Thrusday Evening UPDATE

Today, everything went according to plan. That's a great day! We were on the site all day carrying buckets of mortar for the posts and footings. We're hoping to finish this job in the morning and hopefully start laying blocks for the 7 rooms in the afternoon. The team's doing well although a few members have become the first and second courses for the local mosquitos. Marilyn is trying to get us to use the many insect repellant bottles we have on hand! Will try to send some pictures soon of the work on the site. We covet your prayers so don't stop.

SAFE ARRIVAL

Hello everyone from Haiti. As usual in Haiti

things never go quite as planned. Flights were good. Arrived in Haiti on time. And then, no driver to pick us up at the airport. There was some miscommunication on when our flight was to arrive. It turned into a 2 and a half hour wait on the street. No problem. But then the storm came. Lightning, thunder and buckets of rain faced us as we drove into the mountains of the north. We knew we had a 4 to 5 hour drive but this even more painfully slow. And then came the river. We knew we had a river to drive through but when we arrived the water was too deep and running too hard. We couldn't get across. Now we had to find a place to sleep (Poppy was already asleep in the van!!) and hope the river was down the next day. At 10 that night we found a school where we could bed down for the night. Next morning up at 5:40 to head to the river again. We tied our van to another truck and we were off. And success!! We arrived at our Haiti home a bit late but safe. Then it was off to get to the work of building the seniors residence. Very pleased to see that the footings were almost completely dug. Today we helped finish off the digging. Tomorrow we start the concrete posts and a level of concrete for the footings. And by Friday we're hoping to start laying block. As always it is such a blessing to be here with our Haitian friends. Over and over they tell us how much they appreciate our help. And of course there are the big hugs and laughter as we see our friends and share memories. Keep praying. Always an adventure here but we're always so confident of God's presence with us.