Cyclone

We just enjoyed a beautiful 25 degree day! Wow, it was amazing, I felt so cool that I enjoyed a cup of warm tea in the morning and in the afternoon I wished I had my slippers and jogging pants with me cuz I was getting goose bumps! Today again the weather is beautiful, the temperature is starting to rise again but their is a beautiful breeze blowing in my face.

The beautiful temperatures were a result of Hurricane Dean passing us by. Thankfully in Port-au-Prince we didn't have much storm activity. The wind was blowing hard through the night and it rained all day Sunday but that was about it. The South of the island got hit a bit harder with some flooding. Through it all we just see the hand of God and his grace. Haiti is so poor and there is no infastructure here so if Dean had hit Haiti it would have been a disaster. Our Haitian friends were telling us that they knew it wouldn't hit Haiti hard because God knew that Haiti couldn't handle it. What awesome faith and trust they have in God!

Some pics... Samuel and Cadeau, Me and Manise, Caroline with Paulo, Jacob and Manu, Randy and I giving "advice" to Marg, Randy picking citwon in our backyard, and a beautiful view of the mountains on the way up to the Baptist Mission. Enjoy!

hello and good-bye

Well once again we've had to say hello and good-bye. Ronn VanAndel, Anita VanRootselaar, Caroline VanGrootheest and Marg Spithoff just spent nine days with us. We had a blast with them! There main purpose here was to lead teacher training seminars for the teachers of Coram Deo, they did a fabulous job with that. Our teachers really enjoyed it and learned a lot from it and strong relationships were formed between Canadian teachers and Haitian teachers. For Randy and I it was a really encouraging

week just to get us thinking about the school year and to see the teachers work throught the material that they were given. We learned a lot about each one of the teachers. The other main task of the teachers was to TRY and beat us in Settlers, I put try in their because unfortunately for them that mission was unsuccessful. I know when they read this that they will have all of their reasonings but just remember that almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades! Besides the seminars and the settlers games we did also find some time for sight-seeing,

souvenir shopping, visiting Dorothy's, playing soccer with the kids, basketball with the guys, and we went up to the Baptist Mission and Fort Jacques to see some amazing views of Port au Prince. While touring around there we met some UN from Jordan, if anybody wants to visit Jordan Anita's got some contact information for you for where you can stay when you are there :) Unfortunatly on Monday morning we had to say our good-byes :( Thank you guys for an amazing week, lots of good laughs and memories and for encouraging us in our walk with the Lord, we love you guys!

Randy and I have changed location... we still don't have our own house but for the next two months we do have a three bedroom, three bathroom home as well as four lovely dogs! So if anybody is getting the itch to come down to Haiti just let us know there is more than enough room for you. We also have three citwon pye bwa in our back yard so my new part time job is making freshly squeezed lemonade, it's so yummy!

A verse that I've heard so many times over and over again hit home for me this morning during my devotion. "Be still and know that I am God" The word that struck me was KNOW and a little exert from Pastor Doug's sermon that I thought was really cool "Know that God is your shepherd who made you. Know that He is your fortress you can run to. Know that He is your strength when you are weak. Know that He is an ever-present help in trouble. Know that He is with you and will never let you go. Know that he will be exalted over nations. Know that He will be exalted over all the earth. Know that God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing He cannot do for you! It's so good for me to be reminded of how awesome My God is!

And now I will answer your question of how did you get Pastor Doug's sermon in Haiti... Ronn brought it with him and he passed it along to Randy and Randy shared it with me. What an excellent sermong on Psalm 46. Thanks Pastor Doug!

Well those are the latest happenings on the island.

May you take the time this day to be still and know That God is God!