June 21, 2010

The Long Lost Post

Well this post was prepared before we left Haiti some three weeks ago or so... so the news is old but it's still good and the events were big and brought a lot of healing.
THE tent is put together and up. While John and Jim came down to visit us again (last time was the time of the earthquake) we thought what better use of time then to get them to do some physical work on the new property :) I think they enjoyed there work and the end result was definately worth it as they were able to experience the first worship service under the tent as well as the school's memorial service.

On Monday Adoration was able to hold a memorial service for our community who lost loved ones. We specifically remembered our beloved gatekeeper, Luc Guerdeson, our Grade 2 teacher, Samuel Marcelin and one of our Grade 6 students, Mackson Aristil. Many other names were mentioned and thought of as well that morning as our community lost many close family and friends on January 12. We were comforted during the service by the words of Job "the Lord gives and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the Name of the Lord." It was healing to grieve together, pray together and sing praises together.
The whole student body sang a beautiful song that morning for us all. "Are you ready?" Are you ready to meet your maker and go to heaven, you never know when Jesus will return or when He will call you home.Randy sharing a short meditation on the words of Job.I'm not sure if you can make out the picture below but this is the old Adoration. We've hired a parent of one of our students to take down the building. It's a slow process but they are slowly working away at it. And life at the "new" Adoration continues on. Students are giggling, learning, writing, eating, crying, praying, singing, dancing, playing and enjoying the blessings of once again having a school to attend and dedicated and loving teachers, cooks and directors overseeing the operation of their learning.And before we head off to Canada this is a special one for Carina. Yes, Carina that is a recorder, Maia is learning a very special song so that she can serenade you when we see you in Canada :) We'll be taking a short break from the blog while we enjoy some time in Canada. We are looking forward to family and friends, grass, trees, fresh air and birds. Si Dieu vle, we'll see you in August!

2 comments:

ddj said...

Love the recorder!

Anonymous said...

Ha! Somehow I fail to see the humour :-)

However, if I had to be serenaded by someone with a recorder...I think that Maia would be the only one that could fit the bill...others have tried, with little success!

Carina