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On Sunday we had a staff party at our place. All our staff were invited to join us for worship at Elgise Presbyterienne de Delmas and afterwards we headed to our place to enjoy food and fellowship. I think we all had a great time, at least that's what Reminais is saying in this photo.

All the kids

The guys enjoying some good eats

Lot's of food!

Maia and I ... all that good food and all Maia wants is a hotdog!

Photo Op

Today was picture day at Adoration!
Enjoy the pictures of our awesome staff. These individuals put in a lot of time, sweat, tears, prayer, energy and love into the Adoration Christian Centre. We are truly thankful and blessed for each of their parts in Adoration. They all have different talents and gifts and together we make a great team. We pray that through all of our staffs' efforts the Lord may be worshipped and Adored.
The teachers at Adoration Christian School Randy and the "guys"
The Staff - teachers, directors, gatekeeper, Property Supervisor, security guys and two little white babies.

Visiting

Last week we had the privilege of going to visit Reminais and his family. Reminais is the Grade 4 teacher at Adoration Christian School and him and his wife were recently blessed with a healthy baby girl, Christina. She is looking really healthy and has a beautiful head of hair! It was a blessing to be able to spend some time visiting with Reminais and have the opportunity to meet his wife and three beautiful children.

Maia had a good time visiting, it took a while for her to warm up to the other children but once they showed her some of their toys and started running around outside she was right in there with them. She even got so bold as to give out kisses on the lips to the little boys. I guess we'd better keep a closer eye on her!

And Levi got lots of attention but, as always, was oblivious to it as he slept the visit away in his car seat.

January 12, 2011

Today marks the one year anniversary of the earthquake.
A day that we will never forget.
A day that is filled with many emotions.
A day that we grieve the lives that were lost.
A day that we thank God for the grace he gave to us.
Today, as we reflect, it is amazingly clear that we serve a Faithful God.

"Thank you Jesus for your gift of salvation, for your love and your peace. May the Nation of Haiti rest in that peace today as they grieve and mourn lives lost and as they say mezi Jezi for your grace in their lives. May you continue to bring healing and hope in Jesus Christ."

Looking Good

Since Kim did such a fabulous job blogging about the beautification of the school I'm just going to send you over to her blog to view the pictures. Saves me about four hours of trying to download pictures with my ever so slow internet!

School Days

Today Maia, Levi and I were able to spend a bit of time at the school. Since we don't get down to the school too often it's always special for us to see everyone. Met Alix and some of the students striking a pose for us.
Hanging out at recreation Dr. Ed had some visitors with him today, one of them was a physiotherapist who did some work with some of our students from the special education class.

Randy multitasking, holding Levi and talking, now that is a talented daddy!Gotta love em!

Maia spending precious time with Tante Kim

This isn't the greatest picture but it's the only one I have. The school got repainted last week, it looks 30x better than it did before! Now we have the artists in putting the logo on the front so people know who we are, hopefully the finished product adds to the fabulosity of the building.

Not enough...

There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to do things besides changing diapers, feeding little mouths, bathing, playing, cleaning up , etc. And so the blog definately falls to the wayside. I had good intentions about blogging about the last day of school, the Christmas program, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, the gazebo, first day of school, painting the school, visiting Maman Manise, Levi's first smile, Maia's overflowing affection for Levi, the beautiful weather we are having, Levi sleeping longer hours at night, Maia happy again, The Reformed church of Delmas, visits from old friends. But this little list of things is going to have to suffice because our precious children are crying for some attention.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mesi Anpil

We've been back in Haiti just over two weeks... the transition was very difficult this time, especially for Maia as she battled an ear infection, a bad cold and the realization that Levi was coming with us and she would have to share her life here in Haiti with him as well. Things are settling down now and we are starting to get into a sense of routine, which we are all thankful for.

Before we share some of what has been going on here we just wanted to say thank you to all those in Canada who helped us out. Many of you kept us in your prayers, encouraged us, showered Maia and Levi with gifts, invited us into your homes, lent baby things, toddler things, vehicles, clothing etc. We wanted to thank you for blessing our family with your generosity. Escpecially thank you to Mom and Dad deJonge for letting us invade your home and beat you in Quirkle, to Aunt Cole for spoiling Maia rotten and giving her lots of attention, to Uncle Kev for playing with Maia when he should have been studying, and to Mom and Dad Lodder for the use of your vehicle and taking Maia for sleepovers so we could catch up on some sleep.

*here's a picture of Maia saying please, which means give me what I want, please, thank you, I know how to manipulate you etc. Today we are using it as the sweet thank you very much picture.