Dear Family and Friends,
What an incredible final full day here in Haiti! Our
projects are finally reaching their completion after a hard week’s worth of
work.
1) Housing project: We were able to finish all the wood
walls, trim, and doors in 3 houses and painted the exterior of one (the other
two were previously painted), and the interior of two. The houses are quickly
becoming homes for the long-term missionaries and Haitian doctors working in
the hospital.
2) Fence project: The team put up over a 1000 feet of
fencing and secured the compound from farm animals from the nearby
village.
3) Mechanics garage project: The team finished building the
shelves for the mechanic garage, installed insulation in the security office,
and even power-washed and reinforced a tent for the women’s ministry meetings.
4) Power conservation study: After a lot of calculations and
engineering, the team proposed an energy conservation plan that will hopefully
save NVM between $2000 and $4000 per month. That’s a 10-20% savings every
month!
We also had an absolute blast participating in the “Brigade”
youth group this afternoon. There were over 100 children (boys and girls) in
attendance. They sang some songs and memorized 1 John 5:12 “Whoever has the Son
has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.” One of our
cadets (Luke DeMoes) gave a wonderful 5-minute sermon on it, and then 2 cadets
(Ethan Dewart and Jordan Malkoff) gave a personal testimony on Christian
leadership and the importance of following the greatest leader- Jesus Christ.
Afterwards, we taught them a new fun song and went outside to teach them drill
and ceremony (marching!). Everyone had
such a great time and we hope that we made a lasting impact on the children.
Tonight, we finally got to meet Pastor Pierre. He flew back
in from the US and rushed to see us and thank us for our work and our
investment in the ministry. We learned a great deal from this special man of
God!
We begin our trip back to the US tomorrow. We feel like we
are changed forever and spiritually renewed, as I hope you will be able to tell
when we see you all again. We are so
grateful for all your prayers this past week!
What a great example of servant ministry! Thank you for all your work and for sharing the Gospel of Christ with all those you met. You not only spoke words of love and grace, you lived them as you worked to build and care for them physically and spiritually! Praise God for your servanthood!! Rev. Karen Smith (PK)
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