This is "THE" hole that was dug for the septic, right after they dug it we had a huge downpour of rain which collected in the bottom of this beautiful hole as well as made the sides collapse. And... since then Randy has realized that it actually has to be 3x the size of this this, needless to say he's looking for something with wheels and an engine to finish it off instead of digging it all by hand.
Here's the kitchen on the left as well as the guys houses on the right. This week we hope to install the stoves so that the cooks can start making some yummy food again.
And we haven't only had mud and water at the property but the other night with the big rainfall it started coming into our living room as well! We also had quite the stream gushing around our house as well. In the backyard we have a lawn chair and the water level was up to the seat! Randy and the guys went outside our gate and channeled the water away from our house so that it could all drain properly. It made us think a lot that night of people in tent cities and what it must be like for them... our hearts go out to them.
But before the fiasco with the water and the mud Maia and her daddy had some play time out in the rain. Maia LOVED it!
And the day after the big rainfall Maia Joy celebrated her 1st Birthday! Thank you for all the congratulations and well wishes over email and facebook. Maia has been a huge joy to us this last year and we pray that the Lord continues to bless her with health and strength and that she may learn more about Jesus and strive to follow him in her little world.
Some pics from the birthday bash...
And although we've spent a lot of time on the blog talking about the temporary location there are still a lot of other things happening around Port au Prince. Below is a picture of Guilgal where a majority of our secondary sponsor students attend. Classes have once again resumed there and we are thankful to see that teachers are starting to show up and school is once again in session. We pray that students may once again return to some kind of routine in their lives and that it may help the healing process.
And... the official gift certificate. We are still doing a food distribution at Adoration for the families connected to Adoration. Si Dieu vle we will continue to do this until school start up again on May 24th (praying that that is the first day of school!) Usually we package sacs of rice, beans, cornmeal, spaghetti and sauce, oil, and sardines but this week we started giving out a gift certicate to a local grocery store where they can go and buy the food and materials that they need.
And although we've spent a lot of time on the blog talking about the temporary location there are still a lot of other things happening around Port au Prince. Below is a picture of Guilgal where a majority of our secondary sponsor students attend. Classes have once again resumed there and we are thankful to see that teachers are starting to show up and school is once again in session. We pray that students may once again return to some kind of routine in their lives and that it may help the healing process.And... the official gift certificate. We are still doing a food distribution at Adoration for the families connected to Adoration. Si Dieu vle we will continue to do this until school start up again on May 24th (praying that that is the first day of school!) Usually we package sacs of rice, beans, cornmeal, spaghetti and sauce, oil, and sardines but this week we started giving out a gift certicate to a local grocery store where they can go and buy the food and materials that they need. Well hopefully that gets you all caught up. Stay tuned for pics of the "new" team and the progress that is being made on the temporary location.
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Happy birthday Maia! May our heavenly Father grant you and your parents all that you need in the coming year.
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