THANKS A MILLION TIMES!!!

and it's still not enough to say how thankful we are and how blessed to finally have this New Holland backhoe on the ground, in Haiti, and finally out of customs!!! This is the newest member of our team and it is getting a workout. Cleaning trash, clearing the land of brush, cactus, and rocks is a full time job. It has been put to work clearing a place for the children to play at recess and digging foundations for more classrooms. We want you all to know how much we appreciate having this piece of equipment. There are people are missionaries where everything is already established. Our mission, especially starting new at Carries, started at ground zero, with nothing except some Christian people who were looking for some help and some leadership. We started by living in a small two room house, similar to that of the villagers. Fortunately, it had a cement floor but it had a tin roof. Our kitchen was outside like the natives and we cooked with charcoal in our outdoor kitchen. We had no electricity and no generator so we used a home made kerosene lamp that was made out of a small tin can. Every morning all my stuff was covered with soot. What a mess!

Eight years later and after the earthquake it is like starting over. Grant it we do have a generator for some electricity and I have the internet right at my house. However, we are expanding up the hill and the earthquake was the perfect time to move that project forward. We are constantly under construction. Please pray for us as the funds come in that we would build it into the mission that God has planned and designed. Come visit us. We're waiting for you.