Some More Words from Haiti

Hi, ieveryone! Our thirteen-member team (with 20 cargo tubs) left Kentucky and Georgia, met in Miami, and made our way to Port au Prince on Tuesday, January 6. After spending the night with Pastor and Margaret Bollinger at the Village of Hope at Port au Prince, we left on Wednesday to arrive by plane in Pignon; from there we traveled an hour and a half trucks to Ranquitte, our destianation. On Thursday and Friday working with a team of Haitian masons, helped construct a home for a family that has been living in a sticks-and-mud home. Their new home will have a concrete floor, walls made of blocks (made days before on site), wooden rafters, and a metal roof. We will note be able to see the completed home because the mortar needs to dry thoroughly before the roofing can begin. The family, however, will be able to move into their new home in about two weeks.

In the photo below, you see me in front of the nearly completed home with Jude, a disabled young many who works with his heart and hands as best he can. Below that photo, someone has taken a photograph of Pastor Luckey, the family, and me.

This morng we all went to a joyful Mass where Per (Father) Andre Augustin, the much-loved priest at St. Francis parish, welcomed us to the celebration of Christ's Presence in the world. It was really quite wonderful additionally because we witnessed the marriage of two Haitian coiuples. Absolutely happiness!

There's lots of prayer here, wonderful fellowship, good vegetarian food, much laughter, and a whole lot of smiling. More tomorrow.