More Blessings!!!

At the end of our trip in March, we arrived at Port-au-Prince airport earlier than expected. Our driver, George Bordeau, had come to pick us up in a large air conditioned van! He had been hired by a gorup of doctors, and they had allowed him to use this vehicle. He even had a policeman with him! This was great as we were giving a ride to a friend form Scotland we had met, Alan McDonnough. We had warned him the ride would be cramped and hot, and here we were riding in style! Because we had a policeman with us, we used the special middle lane of the road, and so zipped to the airport. On arriving, who should we run into but our old friend and partner, Aunel Bellany from Miami! He was with a group from Homosassa Springs UMC who had just completed mission work on the mainland in Peit Goave. We met Janet Petro and her husband, and the rest of their group. Aunel had been telling them about our mission, and the first thing they asked was, "Can we buy some goats?" So they bought three right then and there! More of their friends and family sent money for goats until they purchased 11 goats! Here are the mission supporters and the names they selected for their goats: Janet and John Petro- "Julie" George and Cary Pratt- "Magpie" John and Joan Griffin-"Gertie" Margaret Kruelle- "Rafiki" and "Mustafa" Andrew and Stacy Geis-"Mortimer" Don and Micki Archer and Paul and Cathy Hazzard were on the mission trip and gave us money in Port-au Prince airport- It is not late to name your goats!!! And your other one Janet!! Gloria Hampton also bought two goats. What a blessed conicidence to meet up in Haiti!!Thank you Homosassa Springs UMC for believing in our mission!!!!

Goats and Blessings!

During our trip in March we had the pleasure to stay at the Wesleyan Compound in Ansagale on la Gonave. This place was BUSY!! They have three major projects going on, all at the same time. The dormitory building on the property is almost complete, and is built to earthquake proof specificaitons. Accross the street, the hospital is getting a much needed reconstruction. And out by the airport and Pastor Agone's school, they have broken ground on a new orphange for Mme. Soleil and the children at Les Enfantes de Jesus Orphanage. This is a God send, because the existing home is vastly over crowded with almost 80 children on two floors, with no outside play area as it is on a city street. This is the group of children we hosted for a day of play down at the Wesleyan Compound. The name of the project overseeing the construction is "Okipe" which means to care for. They can be found on the web with a video of the project. Rika Lively and I shared a room with four wonderful ladies from Pennsylvania. Althougth we only spent one night together, we bonded through much mission discussion. Janet Little, from Abundant Life Baptist Church in Washington, PA, was one of these ladies who was helping work on the building at the compound. We told of the goat farm, and of empowering the Haitians to help themselves, and create businesses to help support the school they wished to start. She liked the idea that we did not just hand out money or food. I just received $810 from Janet and a group of her friends to buy goats!!That is 16 more goats to add to our herd! Thank you to Janet Little and her friends from Abundant Life Baptist Church for believing in our mission. God is good!!!