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<\/a>Truck being worked on in Baiu de Mesle<\/p><\/div>\n
Unfortunately, the old truck required some considerable repair to get it running which is not easy in Haiti. Two separate days were spent sailing between Ile a Vache and the mainland, getting parts, working on it, and getting it worked on (which is a whole adventure in itself) so that we could pick up supplies and the items that had been flown to Haiti for the planned gift distributions in Baiu de Mesle and the mountain village of Janou.<\/p>\n
Just a few days after Bill\u2019s arrival in Haiti, the US issued its new regulation stating no one could fly into the US without a recent negative Covid test starting Jan. 26! We realized Bill\u2019s planned stay in Haiti would have to be shortened considerably as getting a Covid test in Haiti was next to impossible where he was.<\/p>\n
Bill had been out the first week visiting folks. They were glad to see him again!. Then came Sunday. Bill wrote, \u201cAfter church today, people began to come by to offer their gratitude for the help we have sent over the last year. Smiles and thank you\u2019s from old folks, bringing me almonds and cashews, fruit and fish. It\u2019s a bit overwhelming. I can only answer them with the truth. I am only the hand. The gift came from God and the hearts of people that love Him. Thank you, Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n Lukiin <\/p><\/div>\n I believe it was four years ago we heard a new born baby had been abandoned in the bush by a young <\/em>lady. We had to send him to the hospital. There was a lady named Jani that took him in. We lend a hand now and then. Hadn\u2019t seen the baby in a while. There he was playing outside our kitchen, a little person who looked just like his papa. His name is Lukin. Pray he grows up to be a good man who loves God<\/em><\/p>\n Jani, his caregiver, just died this month. She was a really nice lady. We all mourned her passing.<\/em> Now he lives with Jana, Jani\u2019s daughter. A good thing to have been a part of. I remember the day he was found and they called us. Who would have thought what that day would bring? As they say in Haiti, ‘Bondye konnen.’ God knows.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n Vanitha with her twins Phedre and Phedora<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some of you may remember the story of the lady who gave birth to one of her twin babies, was unable to have the other, and the ordeal of getting her across the ocean to Les Cayes where Bill practically carried her through the streets to the hospital, insisting there that she had to be seen NOW, saving her life and that of her baby. Here they all were, dressed up to come and visit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n B.J. and some friends had been scheduled to come to Haiti at the end of January to build another marine habitat and help with the gifts distributions. They had to cancel their trip due to the Covid testing requirement and we had to cancel the gift distributions. Unfortunately, there just wasn\u2019t enough time to gather the remaining items and hold both events before Bill had to leave.<\/p>\n Bill returned to the U.S. on Jan. 25th, regretting the hurried return but looking forward to going back soon. We understand that the Port au Prince airport may be getting Covid tests for passengers. If so, it will be possible to get in and out of Haiti. We will leave you with something Bill wrote while thinking of all the problems in the world these days.<\/p>\n \u201cI was returning from a trip to the mainland after working all day on the truck. About 11 miles and a few hours on a rolling sea. Laying back on the little wooden sailboat looking up at the night sky, so full of brilliant stars in infinite space, I felt comforted seeing just how big the Father of mankind is and His love vast as the sea! ‘A great Good is coming to thee, a great Good is coming.’<\/em><\/p>\n For King and Kingdom! – Bill\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Old folks glad for a visit<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>