July 5, 2011 - Posted by deb- Comments Off
Hi DEAR supporters! The team is back in the states and safe and sound on American soil again. The rest of the team left Kaye and me at the Tampa airport at 1:30 in the morning on July 4th. We waited around laughing and talking and walking around the airport (well, Kaye was also whining-she [...]
July 2, 2011 - Posted by deb- Comments Off
Well, we have made it!! We had the last VBS on Friday in the morning instead of the afternoon. It went very well. We were so excited that they learned the memory verse (Luke 19:10-look it up!) and they sang this special version of “Jesus Loves Me” in English! We had them make Wordless Book [...]
June 30, 2011 - Posted by deb- Comments Off
Oh my! Have we been busy here in Haiti! Wednesday was spent finishing some painting, moving supplies from one storage area to another, and scrubbing paint and marks off the new Orphanage floor in the morning, The afternoon was filled with VBS. During the music this time, Rudolph, the Haitian who translates for us and [...]
June 28, 2011 - Posted by deb- Comments Off
We have 2 actual work days in of our week in Haiti. They have been very busy. We have been painting, cleaning, hauling, staining, moving things for the entire morning and even go back in the late afternoon to do more. Our first VBS on Monday was unbelievably stressful as we just had no idea [...]
June 26, 2011 - Posted by deb- Comments Off
We took off for Tampa at 3:30 this morning and ended up sitting on the tarmac through a huge thunder storm. We were still on the tarmac at 9:30 when we were supposed to be in Miami loading for Haiti! We got to Miami at 10:10 and were met at the arrival gate by a [...]