“Sometimes through the days, it’s hard to see or remember the significance of what we are really doing amongst all the daily tasks of hauling water, sand, gravel, rocks, and rebar to Rakèt where we are building a cistern. But think what a blessing to the people to have water …
“When I (Bill) left Haiti in February, the people of Rakèt were being eaten up by scabies. I returned to the island In less than two weeks specifically to treat the scabies outbreak but I learned so much more about Rakèt. (See previous post from March, Fighting the Scabies!) Rakèt …
On Jan. 18th, Bill returned to Haiti along with B.J., Kirk, and our grandson, Anodos. A week later, Michael came and the team was complete! Two trips were made to the mountain village of Janou during the nearly three weeks the team was in Haiti. The first trip was spent getting …
“It had been a hard time for us here. I am a skilled carpenter, but who needs these skills in these terribly hard times?? There has been almost no gainful employment for so long, we can’t recall a day without want of basic necessities, scratching for food, the roof leaking …
I am mostly up at daybreak for a short time of prayer and contemplation but the work of the day invariably begins before I am half done. I begin to understand why Jesus went up on the mountain to pray! Someone who would know told me that Haiti is the …
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