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We sure hope you're having a good summer. Summer is unofficially here
because it's soooo hot. This is when we have real hot water and it's not
because we have a hot water heater. If you enjoy sweating, Haiti is definitely
the place to be!
Thanks so much for loving God's kids in Haiti. They are very precious to us.
All life made in God's image and likeness is precious of course, but when you
get to know these kids as we have, you come to appreciate their uniqueness
and their strengths. Through this website, we hope that you will come to
appreciate that as well.
This months Scripture comes from 2 Timothy 2:22-26 (NIV).
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and
peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Don't have
anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they
produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must
be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he
must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading
them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and
escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
Our kids have discovered roller blades. They all do great with them! I on
the other hand, am only good at falling in them. But our kids have all done
well, even Kendy. In fact, originally I refused to allow Kendy to buy any
because I was scared of him not being able to handle them. Boy was I wrong!
He is an expert in skating, stopping, and not falling down.
Do you remember marble golf? Cool, hope so. In any case, in mixing our
sports here like we enjoy doing so much, we now have roller basketball. Pics
of plain roller blading and roller basketball to your left. Hey, if we're doing
marble golf and roller basketball, could ice baseball be that far off? That
could prove to be just a tad difficult.
May 18 was Flag Day here in Haiti and a holiday. The Friday before is the
school party that the students throw for the teachers. It's a lot of fun for
everybody. They all enjoy it immensely. Pics to your right and also on Bob's
Page.
So what do you do for Flag day after having a party the previous Friday?
You just HAVE TO have a parade. I mean seriously, you just HAVE TO! So we
did. We didn't have a marching band so we made our own...and not for the
first time either!
Altagrace planned our parade out and executed it flawlessly. It was an
incredibly good job with about 40 of our kids and some of our outside kids
participating. At least 2 1/2 tons of fun! Pics to your right under the school
party pics.
After that comes...visitors! Yea! The more the merrier! Our first group
came from the West End Church of Christ in Nashville. Phil Kinzer, Hunter
and Jillian Kittrel and a bunch of new souls came to visit. We were so happy
to see the old ones and welcome the new ones.
The group made the rounds here. They went to the Asile home for the
infirmed in Gran Riviere du Nord and all around Petite Anse with benevolence
offerings of food to those in our community that don't have enough. They
even made it to the beach (beach pics on Bob's Page & Blog, May 23 entry).
Pics of the rest of the trip are below.
The best thing of course is what Jillian did. She is a special ed teacher in
Nashville and she set up for us a program for our special needs kids. We are
going to take the 3 of them (Ridlin, Wengeline, and Kendy) out of regular first
grade where they have been floundering for some time and put them in a
special ed program. Jillian came and evaluated all 3 while she was here. We
are implementing her recommendations. Hopefully when she returns at the
end of the year she will be able to see some progress. This is a major
breakthrough for these kids and we ask you to keep the program in prayer.
Pics of the West End group are below.
On Saturday, May 30, we were visited by a group from Chattanooga. They
weren't here a super long time but they did have some fun with the kids as
they got to meet them. Holly Eckhart was with them but I lost my only pic of
her. Other pics below.
The final group of visitors I wanted to save for last is Duchaine's family
from Ada, OK. Duchaine's 87 year old (future) great grand dad, Reese Scott,
Reese' girlfriend Ann, Duchaine's future sister Kami, Kami's husband Matt,
and Duchaine's other future sister Kasi came down for a long weekend. They
took Duchaine to the Bible School where he spent the weekend with Djouly
and Manno. I'm sure they got a little spoiled too. Hopefully I will get some
pics of them tomorrow AM. For those of you that don't know, Reese was
instrumental in the construction of the orphanage 20 years ago. They are
pictured below the Chattanooga group.
Other updates this month include Bob's Page & Blog, the Needs List, 2
more recent pics of Nanlansia, our 9 month old. She is featured on the New
Kid Page. Please just click on those link boxes above to see them.
As always, please don't forget the kids needing sponsors. We still have
some left and always will. Please click on the Sponsor Slide Show for details.
Thanks again so much for visiting us. We encourage you to write and ask
any questions you might have about the Lord's work here in Haiti. Always feel
free to email me at northeast125@yahoo.com. May our Father God grant you
an incredibly spiritual life as we continuously worship Him in Spirit and in
Truth!
agape
bob
because it's soooo hot. This is when we have real hot water and it's not
because we have a hot water heater. If you enjoy sweating, Haiti is definitely
the place to be!
Thanks so much for loving God's kids in Haiti. They are very precious to us.
All life made in God's image and likeness is precious of course, but when you
get to know these kids as we have, you come to appreciate their uniqueness
and their strengths. Through this website, we hope that you will come to
appreciate that as well.
This months Scripture comes from 2 Timothy 2:22-26 (NIV).
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and
peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Don't have
anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they
produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must
be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he
must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading
them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and
escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
Our kids have discovered roller blades. They all do great with them! I on
the other hand, am only good at falling in them. But our kids have all done
well, even Kendy. In fact, originally I refused to allow Kendy to buy any
because I was scared of him not being able to handle them. Boy was I wrong!
He is an expert in skating, stopping, and not falling down.
Do you remember marble golf? Cool, hope so. In any case, in mixing our
sports here like we enjoy doing so much, we now have roller basketball. Pics
of plain roller blading and roller basketball to your left. Hey, if we're doing
marble golf and roller basketball, could ice baseball be that far off? That
could prove to be just a tad difficult.
May 18 was Flag Day here in Haiti and a holiday. The Friday before is the
school party that the students throw for the teachers. It's a lot of fun for
everybody. They all enjoy it immensely. Pics to your right and also on Bob's
Page.
So what do you do for Flag day after having a party the previous Friday?
You just HAVE TO have a parade. I mean seriously, you just HAVE TO! So we
did. We didn't have a marching band so we made our own...and not for the
first time either!
Altagrace planned our parade out and executed it flawlessly. It was an
incredibly good job with about 40 of our kids and some of our outside kids
participating. At least 2 1/2 tons of fun! Pics to your right under the school
party pics.
After that comes...visitors! Yea! The more the merrier! Our first group
came from the West End Church of Christ in Nashville. Phil Kinzer, Hunter
and Jillian Kittrel and a bunch of new souls came to visit. We were so happy
to see the old ones and welcome the new ones.
The group made the rounds here. They went to the Asile home for the
infirmed in Gran Riviere du Nord and all around Petite Anse with benevolence
offerings of food to those in our community that don't have enough. They
even made it to the beach (beach pics on Bob's Page & Blog, May 23 entry).
Pics of the rest of the trip are below.
The best thing of course is what Jillian did. She is a special ed teacher in
Nashville and she set up for us a program for our special needs kids. We are
going to take the 3 of them (Ridlin, Wengeline, and Kendy) out of regular first
grade where they have been floundering for some time and put them in a
special ed program. Jillian came and evaluated all 3 while she was here. We
are implementing her recommendations. Hopefully when she returns at the
end of the year she will be able to see some progress. This is a major
breakthrough for these kids and we ask you to keep the program in prayer.
Pics of the West End group are below.
On Saturday, May 30, we were visited by a group from Chattanooga. They
weren't here a super long time but they did have some fun with the kids as
they got to meet them. Holly Eckhart was with them but I lost my only pic of
her. Other pics below.
The final group of visitors I wanted to save for last is Duchaine's family
from Ada, OK. Duchaine's 87 year old (future) great grand dad, Reese Scott,
Reese' girlfriend Ann, Duchaine's future sister Kami, Kami's husband Matt,
and Duchaine's other future sister Kasi came down for a long weekend. They
took Duchaine to the Bible School where he spent the weekend with Djouly
and Manno. I'm sure they got a little spoiled too. Hopefully I will get some
pics of them tomorrow AM. For those of you that don't know, Reese was
instrumental in the construction of the orphanage 20 years ago. They are
pictured below the Chattanooga group.
Other updates this month include Bob's Page & Blog, the Needs List, 2
more recent pics of Nanlansia, our 9 month old. She is featured on the New
Kid Page. Please just click on those link boxes above to see them.
As always, please don't forget the kids needing sponsors. We still have
some left and always will. Please click on the Sponsor Slide Show for details.
Thanks again so much for visiting us. We encourage you to write and ask
any questions you might have about the Lord's work here in Haiti. Always feel
free to email me at northeast125@yahoo.com. May our Father God grant you
an incredibly spiritual life as we continuously worship Him in Spirit and in
Truth!
agape
bob
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Above 3 pics, top to
bottom: Ezayie
roller blading,
Kendy roller
blading, Jhonny
and Ezayie playing
roller basketball.
bottom: Ezayie
roller blading,
Kendy roller
blading, Jhonny
and Ezayie playing
roller basketball.
Above 5 pics, top to
bottom: Jimmy roller
blading, Rosemond
and Kendy roller
blading, Philius roller
blading, Jhonnie roller
blading with Ezaie
trailing him, Jose roller
blading.
bottom: Jimmy roller
blading, Rosemond
and Kendy roller
blading, Philius roller
blading, Jhonnie roller
blading with Ezaie
trailing him, Jose roller
blading.
Above 3 pics, top to
bottom: Arianne
decorating for the school
party, Fabienne doing the
same, Jimmy being Jimmy
from the rafters (hey, we're
used to it).
bottom: Arianne
decorating for the school
party, Fabienne doing the
same, Jimmy being Jimmy
from the rafters (hey, we're
used to it).
Above 2 pics, top to
bottom: School party with
Duchaine front, School
party with Jetro and Frito in
the back.
bottom: School party with
Duchaine front, School
party with Jetro and Frito in
the back.
Above 200 or however
many pics: Flag Day Parade
many pics: Flag Day Parade
Above 4 pics, left to right: West End bagging up beans and rice, Allison feeding Nanlansia, Hunter with
his entourage on the roof.
his entourage on the roof.
Above 4 pics, left to right, more West End: Caitlyn and Annette with some of the little ones, Anna with
Manno and Jhonny, Ridlin playing tug of war with Hunter as Jillian and Amanda look on, putting on a skit
from Luke 1:26-38 for the Sunday AM Community Bible School.
Manno and Jhonny, Ridlin playing tug of war with Hunter as Jillian and Amanda look on, putting on a skit
from Luke 1:26-38 for the Sunday AM Community Bible School.
Above 4 pics, left to right, still more West End: Another Luke 1:26-38 skit pic, Phil and Caleb with some
kids in worship, Annette and Allison with some kids in worship, Phil preaching.
kids in worship, Annette and Allison with some kids in worship, Phil preaching.
Above 4 pics, left to right: The Chattanooga group with the kids.
Duchaine being held by Kami. Reese
is in the background. Ann is to your
left, Matt is next to her, and Kasi is
next to Kami.
is in the background. Ann is to your
left, Matt is next to her, and Kasi is
next to Kami.
Manou and Anthony working with the
special kids: Wengeline, Kendy, and
Ridlin
special kids: Wengeline, Kendy, and
Ridlin