Tuesday, April 17, 2012
News from La Tremblay
Floris UMC was the second team to follow us to La Tremblay last year. They produced a moving video about their mission presence and work at the church site.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Update on Progress at La Tremblay
The work at the church in La Tremblay is nearing the end of major construction. A team assigned there for April 14-21, 2012, will likely be working on the final stages of the roof and security wall. New photos and updates are available at the UMVIM Haiti Facebook page.
Information provided by Jon N. on March 26, 2012.
Information provided by Jon N. on March 26, 2012.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Another hot day, and less wind than on previous days made it seem especially hot. We knocked down the cinder-block toilet in the back corner and moved out the last of the rubble today. Tomorrow, building supplies are supposed to arrive, and we may begin to assemble concrete forms. It will be nice to construct as opposed to deconstruct something.
At 10 tomorrow we will go visit the La Tremblay school. It's about 100 yards down the road and across it from the church. Don't know exactly what we'll do there, but God knows. It sure is fun to watch them smile and laugh as they play with our team members. The innocence of little children, laughing without reservation and genuinely jumping with glee - I don't think you can get too much of that.
We bought four bags of Hatian bread today, and brought a large jar of American peanut butter with us. This we fed to the children at our lunchtime. It was great to have something to give them. Seems that they enjoy Travel Mix with peanuts and MM's even more.
It's the school kids that make an impression on me. They are so prim and proper in their uniforms, and the girls have braided hair (dozens of little braids) with a colorful ribbon or beads in each braided bundle. It must take hours to do that!
I got to talk to Nixon some more today. He's the muscular young man who can swing a heavy sledge-hammer all darn day in gthe hot sun. He is 24 years old, and is in his last year of secondary school. He said that money problems prevented him from completing school on time, but he was finally in his last year.
At the La Tremblay school this afternoon, Paul and I asked two little boys if they spoke English. They said "yes", and then one held out his hand and said "give me money". There's a sad message in there somewhere, and it deserves some contemplation tonight.
At 10 tomorrow we will go visit the La Tremblay school. It's about 100 yards down the road and across it from the church. Don't know exactly what we'll do there, but God knows. It sure is fun to watch them smile and laugh as they play with our team members. The innocence of little children, laughing without reservation and genuinely jumping with glee - I don't think you can get too much of that.
We bought four bags of Hatian bread today, and brought a large jar of American peanut butter with us. This we fed to the children at our lunchtime. It was great to have something to give them. Seems that they enjoy Travel Mix with peanuts and MM's even more.
It's the school kids that make an impression on me. They are so prim and proper in their uniforms, and the girls have braided hair (dozens of little braids) with a colorful ribbon or beads in each braided bundle. It must take hours to do that!
I got to talk to Nixon some more today. He's the muscular young man who can swing a heavy sledge-hammer all darn day in gthe hot sun. He is 24 years old, and is in his last year of secondary school. He said that money problems prevented him from completing school on time, but he was finally in his last year.
At the La Tremblay school this afternoon, Paul and I asked two little boys if they spoke English. They said "yes", and then one held out his hand and said "give me money". There's a sad message in there somewhere, and it deserves some contemplation tonight.
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