{"id":1162,"date":"2012-07-08T01:02:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T06:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justmercy.org\/WordPress\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2012-08-18T19:28:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T00:28:44","slug":"what-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justmercy.org\/WordPress\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"What a Team!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill returned to Haiti on June 12th<\/sup> to prepare for the team from Living Waters in El Dorado Springs, a small church who have been supportive of our work in Haiti.\u00a0 Bill finished the interior knee walls on the base and bought the lumber to prepare for the team to frame the building..<\/p>\n

The team and I flew in to Haiti on June 25th<\/sup>.\u00a0 For the next three days, Nathan, Chad, and Aubrey N., John S., and Marlin Y. worked with Bill to frame up the building. John’s sister, Julia, also came and helped wherever she could. \u00a0It went up in amazing time!\u00a0 By the end of the third day, all the rafters were on and the Haitians were amazed!\u00a0 They had never seen a framed building, much less any structure be built so fast.<\/p>\n

We took Friday and Saturday off from working on the base to take a trip into the mountains.\u00a0 A friend of\u00a0<\/strong>JUST MERCY<\/span><\/em>\u00a0had given us the money to buy a projector which I had brought with me to Haiti.\u00a0 We had arranged for the children from two of our schools to come to the school in Pelerin.\u00a0 We had sent food up the day before to be prepared for 400 people and then we hiked up on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Team passing out food to the children at the school in Pelerin.<\/p><\/div>\n

The children crowded into the school, lining up on benches.\u00a0 Jackson led them in some songs and then our visiting team passed out the filled plates to all the children.\u00a0 After eating, Bill set up the projector as we had planned to show them the Jesus Film for Children in Creole which had barely arrived in the mail the day before I left for Haiti so I could bring it.<\/p>\n

It was then I made the discovery that somehow in the confusion surrounding\u00a0 packing up everything for the mules to haul up the mountain, I had somehow managed to leave behind the Jesus Film DVD.\u00a0 What a disappointment!\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t help but crying.\u00a0 It is such a hard trip and here we had all these children together from our schools who had been having Christian character classes taught the last few months.\u00a0 We were so excited about the opportunity to show the film to them but it was not to be.<\/p>\n

Instead, we showed them a couple of music videos I had on the computer, the first of David Phelps singing End of the Beginning which tells the basic story of Jesus life.\u00a0 I then shared some more with them through an interpreter about the song of Jesus\u2019 life and how precious they were to Him.\u00a0 We also showed them Resurrection Dance but they really enjoyed it when we showed them some pictures of themselves that I had taken two years ago the first time we visited them.\u00a0 They loved those.\u00a0 Hopefully we will be able to go back when school begins again in the fall to show them the Jesus Film.<\/p>\n

Saturday morning, we took the team on a hike across the mountains, visiting all three locations where our schools meet during the year.\u00a0 It was a beautiful hike and an eye opening visit to the primitive conditions the children attend school in.\u00a0 (More on this in a later update.)\u00a0 Then we hiked down the steep trail out of the mountains.\u00a0 It had been a beautiful and enjoyable two days.<\/p>\n

Sunday was a day of rest for the team.\u00a0 We went up to Yvrose\u2019s for worship.\u00a0 Her family meets along with a few neighbors in the \u201ccarport\u201d that we bought and shipped in last year.\u00a0 It was finally erected just a few weeks ago and provides the blessing of a huge shaded area for the church and her family.\u00a0 The team enjoyed the worship in Creole and then shared a couple of songs with them.<\/p>\n

Monday morning saw the start of three more hard days of work.\u00a0 The metal we had<\/p>\n

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Base just before the tin went on.<\/p><\/div>\n

ordered from FL for the roof had not arrived so we had to go to PAP to get some more which we could ill afford.\u00a0 But the building had to be covered up.\u00a0 The team had it on in record time.\u00a0 Wednesday was spent building a turn stair to access the loft and sleeping deck.\u00a0 We usually sleep on the roof of our current place and we wanted to be up to sleep where the breeze comes across the lake.<\/p>\n

All along this process, we have been blessed with skilled help that was greatly needed at the time, both on the concrete work and now on the framing.\u00a0 We are grateful to Father for providing some of His people to help us get this far.\u00a0 Nathan and the young people who came with him to frame this building blessed our lives not only with their work, but also with getting to know them better in the Lord.<\/p>\n

The team flew out on Thursday. On Friday, we picked up our friend Skip who has been to Haiti twice with some of his children.\u00a0 We are blessed to have him here with us for a few days as we have to get the walls covered up and plumbing in as we need to be out of our current place THIS WEEK!!<\/p>\n

Please keep us in your prayers.\u00a0 There is so much to be done.\u00a0 All of this is so we have a place to use as a base to continue working with the people in the mountains, hopefully making a difference in their lives with education, medical help, and sharing God\u2019s love with them.\u00a0 Thanks to all of you who help to make this possible with your prayers and support.\u00a0 God bless you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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