Well, we, the Lodder family, Randy, Karen and Maia, have been reunited and are in the same country, in the same house! It's been an tough couple of months, many uncertainties and emotions and long seperations, but through it all the Lord has carried us and been gracious to us and we are thankful that we are able to be reunited and return "home".
And since we've been back for two days we just picked up our first team of visitors. Wouldn't want us to get bored so we've added 5 more men to the mix for the next 9 days. They plan to continue on the work for the temporary location focusing especially on the little house as well as getting up the rest of the tin on the lean toos. I have a few pics to get you back up to speed since while Randy was in Canada for some meetings some brothers from the OPC church did some work on the property. They finished up the tin on one side so that L'Eglise Presbyterian de Port au Prince could once again meet together. From reading Pastor Ben's blog (OPC missionary) it was blessed time of worship that first Sunday that they were able to get together. We pray that the Church here may love and care for her people who have been through so much in the last couple of months.
The church, all set up and ready to go.
Being here in Haiti has been a big adjustment for Maia. So far she's been doing well, she's clingy and a mommy's girl but she's slowly starting to play on her own and do the silly things that she was doing in Canada. When we do go out she's got a lot of people in her face who want to love her, touch her and hold her. The problem is they all remember her but she doesn't remember any of them. We're praying that in time she will settle down and remember her Haitian friends who love her dearly.
A bewildered, sweaty Maia
Yesterday we were able to go to the food distribution. It was a high to see a number of students and their parents and they were all super excited to see Maia. Some of them didn't even greet me they were so excited about Maia! The food distribution went well. It's a huge thing for these families to come once a week to get a supply of food. A lot of families have lost a lot... things were tough before the earthquake, now things are even tougher. We are thankful that Adoration is able to provide this short-term service to our Adoration community.
And since we've been back for two days we just picked up our first team of visitors. Wouldn't want us to get bored so we've added 5 more men to the mix for the next 9 days. They plan to continue on the work for the temporary location focusing especially on the little house as well as getting up the rest of the tin on the lean toos. I have a few pics to get you back up to speed since while Randy was in Canada for some meetings some brothers from the OPC church did some work on the property. They finished up the tin on one side so that L'Eglise Presbyterian de Port au Prince could once again meet together. From reading Pastor Ben's blog (OPC missionary) it was blessed time of worship that first Sunday that they were able to get together. We pray that the Church here may love and care for her people who have been through so much in the last couple of months.Picture below - Office is on the left, lean too is on the right which will eventually have classrooms but is also home to the church
The church, all set up and ready to go.We will try to update you on the teams work as we go along. Shalom.
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