Lots of News

Wow, it's been 2 weeks since I was last on here... lots to catch up on. Since the last posting, we've had an exciting month. We had a team come in...a small one, but such a great one!! I don't think anyone can appreciate all the work even a small team can accomplish. They came with willing hearts and hands and were wonderful. Don has been working on our containers trying to rearrange things and get them ready for our container that is sitting at the docks right now. With money provided by one church and by the team, Don was able to purchase the items to fill some buckets. And the team did a fantastic job of doing that for us. Filling bottles with oil, bagging beans, and soap and corn meal... all of that is SO VERY time consuming for us. And they not only did that, plus extras, but filled the buckets and have them ready for delivery. What a huge job that would have been for us. We really praise God for people willing to give of their time and hands to make things work here. They were such an uplift for us. And we are so thankful they were willing to do whatever they could, and they sure did a lot. People are already benefiting from their hard work. And we PRAISE GOD for them.

While they were still here, Abbie got sick. Fever, throwing up, you know, the "flu symptoms". Well after a few days, Vero took her to the doc and had tests done. She did have a bad cold, but the main problem was a kidney or bladder infection. It took her over a week and a half to get to feeling good again. But right toward the end of her illness, I came down with something... who knows what, and am having a hard time kicking it. I'm much better, but just worn out right now.

Next the news on the container... well, we are in Haiti, and anything that can, will go wrong, right? We (mostly our broker) filed all our paperwork and got things moving...then they told us our Quitus (permission to bring containers into Haiti) had not been approved. The director of customs here is trying his best to help us out with this. Come to find out, it was a glitch in the computer work. It's a new system (the first they are using computers here) and the people running the computers had no idea what they were doing. So, we have to wait for the approval from Port au Prince. We should have it within the next day or two. Then we can have it inspected and THEN pay the fees and have it brought out here. In amongst all of that, one of the customs officials passed away, so offices were closed down for that. Never a dull moment here. So, pray with us that it will be cleared soon, like within a day or two. Also that the cost would be considerably less than before...we know prayer works, so we are asking for a lot of prayer cover on this one.

And now the BEST and most exciting news.... TODAY, August 25th, our new grandson was granted his visa to go home with mom and dad!!!!!!! They pick it up tomorrow and head out on Saturday for the states. It is FINALLY a completed thing. What a reason for celebration and excitement. Now we need to pray for the whole family. This will be quite a time of adjustment for everyone. And I'm sure they will need a lot of prayer along the way.

Pray for the coming wedding here of one of our kids (Betty). She'll be married at the radio station, next door, (They have a huge auditorium up stairs) on Sept. 25th. We are deep into the preparations for that event now. So much to do. With the other weddings there was always someone like Carolyn, who came down and did a lot of the work for us. This time it's all on my shoulders and I'm praying for the strength to get everything accomplished before the date.

I hope I will do much better with keeping you up to date from here on out. Keep us and everyone here in prayer. And praise God with us for all He has done and IS DOING here.
Keep your eyes on Him, and let Him guide and direct you! God Bless!!!