And work goes on, with some joys in it...

Greetings from hot and humid Haiti...

I know I have said it before, but it's still true. It's a sunny, beautiful day and we pray God's word went out and ears and eyes were opened today, all over Haiti, but also in the rest of the world.

I'm going to share a few pictures again today. Some of the work and joys of being back. (Guess I should get some pictures from the airport to put here, too, since that is a part of our "work".) But we'll see... for now... enjoy!!

The following two pictures are of some of the food Don has gotten for another project he has started. We are so thrilled with the food from "Feed My Starving Children", but with the containers causing us some problems, Don needed something to help out with while we pray and wait on containers. We know one will be loaded and sent within the next week or so, but then it's waiting for it to get here and go through customs. So, God laid it on Don's heart to help in this way. He is using money donated for this purpose, to purchase rice, beans, corn meal, spaghetti, oil, and tomato paste. We then divide the larger portions into family sizes and put them in 5 gallon buckets. Don can then distribute them to families without the hassle of others seeing what is being given, and the families have more protection from thieves. It is a lot of work to do this, but it is worth every effort put into the project.
Now the next pictures are part of the "fun". While we were in Washington State, a good friend purchased a Tea Set for Abbie. So, now Grandma and Abbie have to have their "Tea Time". She is such a joy. She sits down, prays, and then very calmly asks, "And how was your day grandma?" And carries on very adult conversations. Then when the tea time is over, she has to help wash dishes. She LOVES to help, and she is so careful with her new glass dishes, it's surprising. She just turned 3 in May, but she seems so much older.
And with mommy working, she has her up and down days. Some days, she says, "Mommy, have a good day." Other times, it's "No, Mommy, don't go to work, stay home." She sure loves her mommy.
And then there is Dorothy Lynn (Lynn for short). Now, Vero, (Abbie's mom), and Majorie and Daniel (Lynn's parents), and Leonise (Laura's mom), were all part of our puppet team. So all of these cute kiddos are our "grand babies". We may be just a bit prejudiced, but that's allowed. Lynn is a real charmer. She loves to MOVE and it's hard to get her picture. But she is such a happy little tyke.
Laura is another mover. I finally had to ask mommy to hold her to get a picture. She wanted to be down on the floor playing with Abbie. She has started walking and she wants her freedom to move about. I have finally put my new computer up and am able to work on it now. Praise the Lord!! (Thanks to our home team). We had decided to set it up on Friday, so I'd have time to work out any bugs in setting it up, before we had to do MFI work again. Good thing we did. I ended up having to call our satellite server to help me get through some of the problems I had. Praise the Lord for having people we can call and walk us through these things. It took me three tries, after getting it working, to get the printer installed. And each one was one hour of downloading from the internet. BUT, I figured that problem out, FINALLY...so have it all working. (Those of us who are not very computer literate need to work much harder than those who are). There are still a few glitches to work on, but I'll get there, one at a time. We have had a lot of teams scheduling for the next months, and the computer work needed to be brought up to date. So, now it's back to routine and getting things organized.

We had a few days of real concern. Word was out (through many sources) that our gasoline, diesel and kerosene prices were going to all go to $9.00 US a gallon. I guess someone stepped in and it didn't happen, but the prices did rise. I think they said the price of gas is now at $6.28 US a gallon. Doesn't make yours look quite as bad, does it? Praise God for the small and big things!!!

It is time to get ready for church. Just wanted to put an update on for those of you who check on us. Keep your eyes up, and keep the prayers coming. We will need them in the near future. May God go with you in all you do!!

We have returned

Greetings again from Hot and Humid Haiti....

We have returned and we are happy to be home again. But let me back up to the middle of May.

I'm starting out this one with some pictures. The first is our two GREAT grandsons. The next "great" is due in July. (Another boy). Then it was out to Washington state. How would you like these sunsets from your bedroom window? And right on the Puget Sound. It was such a wonderful, relaxing time. We really enjoyed out time out there. Thanks to all who made it possible!!!
Out trip to Canada (Alberta), and the Butchart Gardens was awesome. The first picture is just a bit of the gardens. It's the sunken garden. The flowers were in radiant bloom.
There were three couples on the trip and we had a wonderful time. This is me (Karen) with Lauri and Nancy. We couldn't have chosen better friends if we had tried. These memories will last a lifetime.
The time share we stayed in (thanks to Glen's mom) was right on the harbor. We got to watch sea planes take off and land, saw some huge boats come in, and watched and rode in a Victoria Harbor "tap-tap". It was a fun time, for sure.
Then it was on to the graduations. It was such a privilege to be able to be there for these momentous times in two of our grand children's lives. We are so proud of both of them. And we were able to spend some time with friends and family in both Tennessee and Wisconsin.

Now it's back to work here in Haiti. After the great time of rest, we are ready for the challenge again. I'll try to do better at keeping up with this blog now. It was a bit of a trial to do it while on the road.

Remember, keep your eyes on Jesus and He'll guide you. We grasp that concept daily and cling to His direction. It's in His Grace and Love we share with you!!