Workaholics

The guys arrived and have been working up a storm since the minute they stepped off the plane in Port au Prince. They have been busy building storage depots, shelves, shelves and more shelves. I think the last shelf they made took them 30 minutes flat. They are pros! Although now that I think of it it's probably because Samuel and Yder were helping them. Anyway needless to say they are working hard, giggling lots, getting to see a few of the sights in Port au Prince, and enjoying a lovely cold shower at the end of the day, right Derek?

Can't get much passed Supervisor Maia

Quality Control making sure every screw is tightLevi and his Daddy hanging out at the Baptist Mission on Saturday afternoon

My 3 Favourites

A little of this and a little of that

I mentioned in passing that the school was painted. This montrosity of a job was accomplished by two different teams. One was a small team that our friend Joanna brought in from Minneasota and the other was a huge team of 15 from somewhere in the USA, the leaders of the team are friends with Joanna and that is how we got hooked up. Thank you to both teams for beautifying our school and helping us out! I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture above but the school looks SO much better since it's been painted.
And since we're talking about teams, our next small team is flying in today. Frank, Derek and Marc are hopefully somewhere in the maze of airplanes and airports as I write this. They will be joining us for 9 days and doing a job list that is about four pages long... we're hoping they work hard and are optimistic :)
And below are two pictures of our little munchkins, just hanging out around the house. They are both doing really well. Maia is developing quite the personality. Although she doesn't talk much she understands EVERYTHING you say. And even with her pretty limited vocab will let you know EXACTLY what she wants. She's a lot of fun to hang out with and play with. And Little Levi is growing like a weed! He is just over three months and is a super happy, content little guy. He loves to hang out in his pack and play or his chair and as long as you give him a little bit of attention he smiles and flails his little arms and legs. It's been really fun watching Maia love on Levi with millions of kisses for him everyday.

Girlz Talk

A while back a good friend of ours, Joanna Thiele, was in town with a small group from Minnesota. They worked on painting the inside of the school, which looks fabulous, and they also did a special talk for us. They took some time one afternoon to sit down with some of our teenage girls in the program and talk about bodily changes, sex, relationships, pressures of society, and their worth in God's eyes. It was much appreciated by the girls as most of them stated that they rarely get an opportunity to talk about this stuff and especially talk about this stuff with only girls around.

Our prayer is that these girls may flourish into beautiful educated young woman who desire to serve the Lord with their whole heart. They all have different stories, trials and burdens in their lives. Pray with us that they may know and grow in Jesus and feel His presence in their lives.

Games Day

While Aunt Cole was here we organized a fun day for our staff. The benefits of having Aunt Cole here was definately her free babysitting and so we took advantage of that. We had a great time with our staff playing games, laughing, singing Happy Birthday, looking at old pictures, eating goodies, whipping balls at each other during dodge ball, showing Kim's hidden talent in the coke bottle game, a very competitive couple rounds of Bible Trivia, and, of course, an intense round of muscial chairs. It was a great day with some great people. Mezi Jezi.

Happy Birthday Cadeau!
The coke bottle game

Muscial Chairs

Bible Trivia

Happy Valentine's Day!

Jacmel

I'm a little behind on the blogging BUT I have a good excuse. Nicole and Danielle just came for a visit. Danielle (Aunt Dell) was here for one week and Nicole (Aunt Cole) stayed with us for two weeks... yes Maia was spoiled!

The first weekend that they were both here we headed South of Port au Prince to Jacmel. We had a super relaxing weekend playing St. Petersburg, heading to Basin Blue, Playing in the pool, snoozing, eating fish, playing the animal game (fyi X - Xenopus, a frog), jumping in the waves, shopping in Jacmel, eating club sandwhiches and the list could go on but instead we'll just let you enjoy some pictures!

Nicole, Danielle and Randy at Basin Blue

Aunt Cole enjoying her fish
Maia, soaking up the sunrays

Aunt Dell posing for a picture

Maia having fun in the pool with daddy

Levi enjoying some cuddles with Aunt Cole

Maia and Levi enjoying the pool!