Returning to Canada

Today Scott and Lorne left to return to Canada. We are praying for a smooth, uneventful trip!

Emmanuel Visit

This week we had two guests with us from Emmanuel Church in Canada. We have really enjoyed having Pastor Scott Stein and Lorne Pastorius, head of the missions committee, with us. Below are some pictures from their time here.

This poster was made by friends at Emmanuel so people here could see their church.

Wednesday
Some of the guys here took Scott and Lorne on a tour of the Plateau.

They discovered "kalbas"

And got to see the local homes.


ThursdayIn the morning the men visited the primary school and passed out candy and school supplies that their church had collected.

Lorne hanging out with the pre-school students.

Scott with our gatekeeper, Regilien Emmanuel.

After seeing the school, Manis took them to see the nearby town of Anse-Rouge and to the salt-flats where sea water evaporates to make salt.

In the evening they visited the well and Lemuel garden.

Friday

They got to see where the livestock feed during the day and helped one of the young men with his chores.

They also visited one of the places where we often get water and helped fill a few gallons.

They even helped with the dishes!

Saturday

Scott helped lift buckets of water out of the cistern.

They were cleaning out the cistern because it was too low for the pump.
Now the cistern is all clean and waiting for rain!

Lorne working hard...

...and having fun!

Saturday

Scott spoke at Saturday evening prayer meeting and gave a very encouraging message on faith and why God sometimes does not give us what we pray for right away.

Around the table, ready for supper.

Sunday

Scott with the church musicians waiting for the service to start.

Lorne and the Plateau Church

The children looking at pictures of Emmanuel Church

Port-au-Prince Orientation Center

We had a brief visit in P-au-P last week. When we visited the school the children were at recess. There are 50 children and two teachers. Jean Legagneur, the school director was part of the first group of students taken into Lemuel's "barefoot school" in 1996. Helping him is Marquise Merisse. She became involed in Lemuel through activities such as club and the girls' group. Both teach in the mornings and go to school themsleves in the afternoons.

Update

Wow, I can't believe how fast a month can go by! It has been that long since I last posted!

I wanted to share an exciting thing that happened last night. About 2 weeks ago Manis decided to change the 4am Saturday prayer meetings to Friday night, and instead of doing it in the church to encourage people to have meetings in their homes and invite others. Last night was amazing. As we sat outside we could hear singing and prayer all around us. At least 6 homes that we know of had meetings, with some families joining together. Manis was overwhelmed to see the area he knew as a kid to only have voodoo ceremonies, now echoing with praise and prayer to God.

Please continue to pray for rain. Though we had one or two good ones in September and October the area is very very dry. The biggest problem is that is has not even rained in the mountains. When it does, water comes down in the ravines and waters the gardens. But there has been nothing at all. Gardens are basically dried up and the people cannot find food for their livestock. If we don't get water or rain soon there is going to be widespread famine in the coming months.