Bud and Jane Dennington: Time to Veg.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Time to Veg.

Well it's time to relax a little. We had the Gross family here for two weeks checking on how their children would adapt to living in Haiti. Well they didn't want to go home, really enjoyed trantula hunting after dark, playing Wii and their Haitian playmates. We took them to catch their flight this morning and picked up Matt, Stacey, Lily & Sophie as they came back. Dave & Marylyn Graffenburger are at the bus station awaiting a new team arriving through the Dominican Republic. They will be doing daily vacation bible school this next week. Jane & I have been catching up on some down time and getting some paper work completed. Tomorrow after church we plan to keep a low profile while the Graffenburgers take the team to lunch. Steve & Melissa Gross are both school teachers and feel called to join the staff at Cowman International school here.
Steve, after helping with bible school volunteered to help me with some mechanical repairs. I cautioned him that it would be hot & greasy but he jumped right in with both feet. A week ago Friday we were able to once again repair the John Deere mower. Monday & Tuesday we spent changing a rear main oil seal on an ailing generator out at the transmitter site at Petit-Ance (Little Inlet). This was a great relief for me as this project has been on my to-do list for 11 months now but we had to wait for a special installation tool to be sent in which arrived June 2. Since then it has been one thing or another delaying the fix. Thursday evening a new generator end arrived to replace a bad one at the radio station, once again Steve jumped right in and Friday afternoon we were able to rig the generator into place and get it bolted to the engine. Monday will be getting all of the electrical connections made and preparing it for automatic operation.

Jane has been very busy with teams, Starfish, VBS, and you name it. She has been wearing many hats this summer in keeping things working smoothly. Edric is putting the final touches on the new Plaine-DeNord school we were able to tour last Thursday evening. What a beautiful facility.

Bud

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UPDATED PRAYER REQUESTS

Praising God for new opportunities to share His work as we travel this fall. Please pray that we will be able to raise the last $700 a month that we need to meet our financial responsibilies here in Haiti.

Praising God for how He has sent us the right people to help with Bible Schools this summer. Please pray for the children who are attending that they will truly hear the message Jesus has for them.

Praising God new missionaries are joining us here. Please pray that their all their needs will be met and they will arrive soon in God's perfect timing.

Please pray for the Ayars, Kate, Erica as they plan their trip back to Haiti.

August 1, 2008 We Became Missionaries to Haiti

We find it a privilege to serve with OMS (One Mission Society) and the other missionaries that God has called to Haiti. Bud is serving as Mechanic and Maintanence. I am working with a child evangelism program called Starfish Kids which you can read more about at Starfishkids.org. I also teaches English as a second language. Together we are Host and Hostess to incoming teams. We also plan to be very active in the local church. We know that it is going to be a labor intesive life and at times very lonely. We have a family, who we deeply love. Our daughters and 15 grandchildren mean so much to us. We place them all in God's hands as we follow him in obedience and will cherish every moment that we can be with them. We expect our lives to be richly blessed. God's Word promises us that. We also know that this life experience will change us as well as give us great joy.