Last Monday afternoon we had a team arrive from Waterdown, Ontario for two weeks. They have been prepping and painting Cowman International School for the upcoming school term. So far they have applied eleven gallons of paint and expect to finish after about five more. Thursday they spent the afternoon in the neighborhood of one of the Haitian churches just practicing English with some of the English speaking residents there. To break up the work ( and heat), we took in a beach day on Friday and then painted till noon on Saturday, English speaking church on Saturday night. Julie and Hanna took them to Haitian church today and then to lunch in Cap-Haitian. This next week they want to get more involved in the community after the painting is finished.
It was good to see Kate, Erica, & the Bundys get back safely this past week. Jane and I have been finishing up travel arrangements for our time home starting Sept. 6. Tim Bell our OMS North Eastern Representative has been very busy filling our calender with multiple speaking engagements every Sunday that we are home. We will be spending time with family and friends during the week and then packing the miles on our van each week-end. We really couldn't do it without Tim, we praise God for him!
Dave & Marlyn Graffenburger have extended their stay here until next Saturday to allow for more time for "changing of the guard" from Dave to Brett. Please pray for our leadership that God would grant them wisdom as times become more difficult here in Vaudreuil.
Jane continues to be busy with Starfish report cards, school supplies, construction budgets, new students, new sponsors, and preparing for her time away. She is also very committed in finding time to work on her language, that's more than I can say for myself. I am now able to speak a good amount of broken creole, but still have difficulties hearing and understanding sentences. Edric & Amego are patient with me and continue to tell me the "correct way" to say what I'm trying to get across, if only I could remember. I could really appreciate being a pre-schooler again, with their ability to soak-up vocabulary.
This week finishing Cowman School then hopefully a week with Dave Shaferly working on diesels & generators before heading out.
Blessings,
Bud
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