Happy Easter

HAPPY EASTER!!! HE IS RISEN!

It's still early on Easter morning, but we have come home from Sunrise (SON-rise) service and it's a beautiful day. We had an excellent service and a lot of people attended. Our breakfast following it was really nice, too.

I thought today I'd share some photos with you and let you see what we have been doing lately. It will give you a little insight into Haiti, too. Some of these are our photos, some are from the teams. But I hope you enjoy them all.

This first one is a boat at the docks. It just shows how they use everything and anything they can find for their purposes. Patchwork sails are very common.

This one is a load of clothing bales. Most of these sell for about $1,000 Haitian (or $120 American). A lot of money on that cart. And a LOT of weight. Would you like that job, which pays very little? These carts are all around, carrying things from clothes, to furniture, to cement, to blocks and whatever else anyone needs.
Now this one is heart tearing. Abbie wanted to help grandpa fix the truck. He made her put the tools down and she just laid there and said, "But Grandpa, I just want to help!"
Here is a bit of our town. This is in the driveway for the gas station. There is a car wash, a cell phone store and our bread store, "Croissant D'or, Boulancerie Patissorie". That is the pink building. Anywhere that you deal with money has a guard. But they are usually friendly.
This is Abbie and Tammy, one of our team members. Abbie loves to have teams come. They are her "playmates". She doesn't get to see children often, so attaches herself to teams. And they love to spoil her. One of the teams taught her something. I asked her if she was a spoiled brat, and her response was, "NO, I'm precious!"
Abbie loves to read. She sat her "babies" down and was reading them a book. She told me they liked it, too.
Well, this was just a quick "catch-up" for you all. I think you can see we're a bit prejudiced when it comes to Abbie. Sorry if it bores you.

On this wonderful, Christ centered day, rejoice in what He has done for you, and all of us. God turned something that looks horrible (the beating, the blood, the cross and death) into THE MOST PRECIOUS gift of all time. A part of one of the songs this morning was about when Jesus hung on that cross, He didn't see the pain and suffering He went through, He saw ME... He did this for ME (and for you, and for ALL who will accept Him.) And then He triumphantly arose and was still doing it for ME. Praise God He thought about all of us!!

Enjoy your day and keep Christ centered in all you do. He is also the reason for THIS season.