Belladere

A little over a week and a half ago we dropped the Broersma family off in Belladere.  Cornelius, Mindy and Chloe will be spending three weeks in the countryside immersing themselves in Creole as well as seeing life in the countryside.  It's quite a bit different from city living but really good to get a taste seeing as most of our students have either spent time in the countryside or their famiy is still in the countryside. 

We haven't heard much from Cornelius and Mindy but we do know that they are surviving :) they've gotten a little bit of city power and they are trying to soak in as much Creole as they can.  I'm sure they will update you more on their blog when they get back in a week and a half.

We took the whole family along to drop them off.  It's about a three hour drive North-East of Port au Prince.  We really wanted to take our children with us because Randy and I also spent three weeks out in Belladere three years ago.  We were one month pregnant with Maia and we hadn't been back since then, so we thought it was a good opportunity to introduce our children to some of our friends out there.  They got lots of attention!

Levi soaking in all the attention

 


Guilene is a member of the Christian Reformed Church out in Belladere,
she is Cornelius and Mindy's host for the next three weeks.



Chloe sharing her toys with the rest of the children

The house where Cornelius, Mindy and Chloe are staying

Please keep Cornelius and Mindy, Chloe in prayer as the countryside can be challenging, fun, exhausting, hot, lonely, exciting and tiring all rolled into one.  Pray that their Creole learning goes well and that they are able to sit back, relax and enjoy this time.