Barbencourt Happenings - Part 2

Some of you may remember Jean Reane. If the picture upload works, he is the boy with the tie-dye shirt, and he is one of those who excitedly accepted Christ last summer when the August team was down here for the Vacation Bible School. When he saw Nate (on the left if you don't know him), Jean's eyes lit up and he gave Nate a big hug.

After the movie, we were able to help out with the feeding program. On the menu? Rice and beans with a spaghetti/tomato sauce. It was humbling and fun to serve the kids this meal, which for many is the only one they will have today.

Afterward, many of us walked to the mission with a bunch of kids from the village holding our hands. Then we had some chow, took a tour of the mission compund, and hung out. Bye for now. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Thanks!

Barbencourt Happenings - Part 1

There's a missionary from America named Daniel who is going around to all of the cities in Haiti showing a great film about Jesus. Today he and his Haitian partner Ruben showed it in Barbencourt before the regularly scheduled feeding program. We were privileged to be able to help setup and watch it with the kids.

Our guesstimate is that there were around 250 kids who ended up coming to see it. Afterward, Ruben explained what it meant to commit your life to Christ and the kids responded well to this. He led all of the kids in a prayer and then Robenson encouraged anyone who sincerely made a commitment to Christ to talk to Pastor Rony or Troy for follow-up. It was a great time and awesome to see the kids glued to the movie. The movie was a mix between a modern-day situation (real actors) along with a computer-animated presentation of key Biblical events including the fall of man into sin, Jesus' life, His death, and His ressurrection. Very cool! As a sidenote, Daniel is even able to show this movie in Haitian public schools since there are no restrictions like we have in America.

We Made It!

Thank you to for all of your prayers! God gave us a great trip and we are here safely in LaDigue. Although we were delayed yesterday, that ending up working out well. We were very happy with how well American Airlines worked with us to rebook flights. God provided us with a super friendly (and fast-typing) agent who got us all rebooked in time for the earlier of two flights to Miami. Also, this delay gave us a chance to get to know one another a litttle better and to prepare some more before arriving today.

We got into Port au Prince around 9:30 this morning. Troy and Peter drove us straight to Barbencourt rather than going to the mission. It's definitely an eye-opener to see the poverty and the horrible living conditions (familiar to those of you who have gone before, but a bit hard to take in for those of us who are first-timers). We'll attempt to post on Barbencourt with some pcitures now. Hopefullly, it works--the internet connection is pretty flaky right now. (Troy will be working with someone in the next week or two to get the satelllite internet link configured better.) Again, thank you for your prayers. They were definitely answered!!

In the Air

The Haiti team is finally on the final phase of getting to Haiti! They should arrive around 9:25 am!

They had a small delay when American had to get a piece of luggage off the plane that belonged to a passenger that didn't show. Does that sound familiar to anyone that has gone before?!

It is becoming quite common! :)

Their first stop after arriving in Haiti is a trip to Barbencourt where they will be showing the Jesus film to the children there! What an exciting start to their trip!!

This should be the last time I, Brenda should be filling you in and the Haiti team will be blogging!!

Haiti team update!!

thought I would put an update on here for all of you on where the Haiti team is at this momemt. Due to many delays they are finally in the air on their way to Miami. They should arrive this evening about 4:00pm and then will be staying overnight.

Their flight to Haiti leaves at around 7:00am tomorrow morning and they should arrive around 9:00am.

thank you so much for all the prayers that went up on their behalf!!!

Haiti Flight Itinerary 1/30/08

American Airlines

Flight: 4152
From: GRAND RAPIDS MI, MI (GRR) ; Departs: 7:00am
To: CHICAGO OHARE, IL (ORD); Arrives: 7:00am

Flight: 1048
From: CHICAGO OHARE, IL (ORD); Departs: 8:35am
To: MIAMI INTERNTNL, FL (MIA); Arrives: 12:35pm

Flight: 803
From: MIAMI INTERNTNL, FL (MIA); Departs: 2:05pm
To: PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI (PAP); Arrives: 4:00pm