Today a young Haitian man came to the clinic and wanted to thank me for taking care of him when he was in a accident. He was very grateful. We hugged and I just had to praise God for allowing me to work as a nurse in a place like the burn clinic in Haiti.
The Grand Mouns (elderly people) were in this morning and it is wonderful to see them. Several of the babies or small children were almost finished today, The 91 year old lady has about 1/2 of one foot left to heal when she started out with 2 legs burned almost from the knees down.
God is our great healer. He takes what he has taught us over the years and helps us to use it to do His work. What a amazing God we have.
The daughter of the 91 year old woman who rides on a Motercycle 3 times a week to see us. We asked her where she found her Joy in the Lord. She said that she saw it around her house, with her mother and grandchildren, with singing and in Church, She has had a hard last two months but yet she finds Joy in the Lord,
Monday, August 29, 2011
Emso
On our first trip to Haiti we were putting a roof on a house in Titianyen. I met a young boy in the village. I played with him and he played with me. We did thumb wars and other simple games and we had a great time together. That night I was speaking with Tim Kendal the G.O. missionary about this little boy and that I had really not done much with him except show him some attention. Tim expained to me that a lot of the young boys and girls do not get attention,let alone love. He showed up everywhere that we were that week. When we came back in 2010 he was here again and I was so glad to find him because of the earthquake. He was living in a tent. We would share time again together even if we could not talk to each other. He was friends with the boy who died so he did not talk or come around me for awhile . When the village started being friendly He showed up again. I have carried a picture of him since I was here the first time. He and other little boys like him were very instumental in why I'm here. One of my goals when coming here was to see that he was in school. They do not have public school and each family must pay about $200
USD to out their child in school
Well it has taken almost 2 years but this morning we met with Him and his dad. He will be agle to go back to school. He missed last year as he did not have money, This is a huge praise the Lord for me and him. He will have a chance in life because of a chance meeting with a man he did not know. God works in such amazing ways. He knows the hairs on our head and He has a plan. We just have to listen and follow thru with what God is saying and showing us to do.
Following the meeting I said to Linda I know that Dad from somewhere. He looked like the little boy who died dad. Yes he is that Dad. A lot of things make sense now. We are truly amazed at what God is doing in our lives. Sadness in a family but great joy also. I will have to spend some time alone to understand all this an maybe it is not for me to know.
USD to out their child in school
Well it has taken almost 2 years but this morning we met with Him and his dad. He will be agle to go back to school. He missed last year as he did not have money, This is a huge praise the Lord for me and him. He will have a chance in life because of a chance meeting with a man he did not know. God works in such amazing ways. He knows the hairs on our head and He has a plan. We just have to listen and follow thru with what God is saying and showing us to do.
Following the meeting I said to Linda I know that Dad from somewhere. He looked like the little boy who died dad. Yes he is that Dad. A lot of things make sense now. We are truly amazed at what God is doing in our lives. Sadness in a family but great joy also. I will have to spend some time alone to understand all this an maybe it is not for me to know.
Wells
About 2-3 months ago a orphanage asked G.O. to come and drill a well. This was the last well that we worked on before we stopped doing our own drilling of wells and it never was completed. Another organization tried to drill there again and hit a dry hole. They moved down on the property and tried the well again. They hit good water at 140 feet deep. We set a pump and generator on August 17 and tried the well. It poured wonderful water. We had a 10 foot pipe out to the side and the kids went wild playing in the water. A very old woman was brought down and they filled a big wash tub of water for her and she took a bath right there. ( Remember that we live in Haiti) The Pastor just sat in front of the pipe on his knees and Praised the Lord with the fresh water pouring on him. What a great day. We pumped it into the cistern. They should have fresh water to drink two days later. Now that was a Good Day. We in the United States do not realize how we take Water for Granted.
ON Aug 18 we wired the well and ran the plumbing pipe 350 feet to the cistern. We fired up the generator and presto 45 orphans have clean water. Praise the Lord as it does not get much better than this.
This orphanage is one that we did vacation Bible School. They played our national anthem from the US and then the Haitian national anthem on Trumpet when we arrived. They play a
lot of instuments.
ON Aug 18 we wired the well and ran the plumbing pipe 350 feet to the cistern. We fired up the generator and presto 45 orphans have clean water. Praise the Lord as it does not get much better than this.
This orphanage is one that we did vacation Bible School. They played our national anthem from the US and then the Haitian national anthem on Trumpet when we arrived. They play a
lot of instuments.
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