Our internet is up and running. I cannot imagine what it was like for the missionaries who came before internet. We have become so dependent on it for ministry as well as communication that when it is not working it really effects us all.
This past week has been a tiring week but also a great blessing. We have two teams overlapping right now and they have been such a joy to have here. Their focus has been VBS and evangelism. Many radio's have been passed out in the last week and many people have heard the Gospel for the first time. One of our visitors is a business man. His focus for his seventh trip to Haiti is to help Starfishkids. We have been traveling around looking at some of our schools that need some serious repairs. Others need to be rebuild. The ones that need repair will be finished before school begins. At this time we have 6 schools that need to be replaced. His goal was to help me in making plans for these schools. I am thankful for Craig and Les who have given of thier time to help me with this work. We have some remarkable Haitians here that will be taking on this task. An organization called JOY of HOPE is raising the money for this project. Their home base is Canada. We also looked at some problems like the one Belinay has. Everytime the heavy rains come the river rises and floods the village including the church and the school. We are going to be asking some engineers to look at this problem and see if we can come up with a solution for this. We would love to see the river held back from the area surrounding the church and school. Not only will it keep our church and school dry but provide a rescue area for the neighbors to go to when the waters rise.
I would also like to share with you a little story of how God helped Craig and I to be in the right place, at the right time. The two of us had gone out to look at the land for the new school. As we passed by a home of one of our starfish kids my car was recognised. The Pastor was with us in the car. As he left my car and started to walk down the road the mother came out to tell us that her daughter was very ill and that she was a starfish kid would we help her. The child was burning up with fever. We took her to our clinic where she was found to have malaria. Two days later I returned to her home to take her back to the clinic for a recheck and found two more sick children. We were able to get all of them medical help and God provided the funds to pay the bill.
Also on this trip I tried to share the Gospel with the man who will be living next to the new school in Plain de Nord. He just kept telling me that this is not a good time for him to accept Christ. He even stopped me from sharing with his family saying this is not a good time for them either. I hope to return to speak with him again someday. I am praying we will find a good time to reach him for Christ.
It is a sad time in Haiti. The month of July is when the voodoo fets are going on. Many people are wearing the colors of the demons and making their sacrifices. We have been told that the people we are seeing are a much lower numbers than in past years so this is encouraging. Others have told us that they believe that the presentage of Christians in the country has gone from 20% to 40%. Praise God we are seeing His hand move here in big ways.
Our starfish kids office has been busy preparing report cards and getting things ready to send out with the summer newsletter. Those of you who are sponsors will be recieving it soon. Thank you for all of your prayers we are seeing the results of them.
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