NOVEMBER 11 2O11

TO LET EVERYONE KNOW FOR SURE.  MY MOM DIED TONIGHT AT ABOUT 6:00PM.  SHE HAD FELL IN THE NIGHT AND BROKE HER HIP, SHE WAS UNCONCIOUS AND NEVER RECOVERED.  LINDA AND I ARE FLYING HOME TOMORROW, WE SHOULD BE IN LATE SAT. NIGHT.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW.

Jan 14 2012

IT'S BEEN FUN HERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
YESTERDAY SOMEONE SET A FIRE THAT SPREAD LIKE A RANGE FIRE  SOUTH OF US, IT SPREAD TO ABOUT A MILE WIDE  FIRE LINE.  IT STOP AT THE HIGHWAY.  IT MOVED TOWARD US AND CAME WITHIN 200 YARDS OF OUR PROPERTY, VERY FORUNATE THE WIND WAS BLOWING TOWARD THE SEA.
TODAY LINDA AND I RAN INTO PAP TO GET SOME PLUMBING PARTS.  WE WERE JUST HEADING OUT WHEN WE RECIEVED A PHONE CALL FROM OUR NEW COUPLE.  THEY WERE BROKE DOWN WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PAP.  WE SAID WE WOULD COME AND HELP THEM.  THEY GAVE US INFO ON WERE THEY WERE,BUT WE COULD NOT FIND THEM SO WE LOST A GOOD HOUR FINDING THEM. WE COULDN'T  GET THE PICKUP TO START, SO WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TOW IT HOME.  ALL WE COULD GET TO TOW IT HOME WITH WAS A HEAVY PIECE OF TIE WIRE USED FOR CONCRETE FORMS.  WE PULLED IT FOR 15 MILES IN SOME OF THE WORST PARTS OF PAP, HUGE PTL WE CAME HOME AFTER DARK WITH THE PICKUP IN TOW.
SO MUCH FOR ANOTHER DAY HERE IN HAITI,
GLEN & LINDA

March 2 2012

THIS AFTERNOON JUST AS ARRIVED BACK FROM REPAIRING WELLS, A BUS WAS AT OUR GATE.  CHRIS SAID THEY WANTED TO TALK TO ME, NO ONE COMES TO THE GATE LOOKING FOR ME, IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE.  WELL MY FRIEND JULIE WELSH WAS ON THE BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I KNEW SHE WAS COMING I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHEN.
IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE FROM HOME.  WE DIDN'T GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME BUT BOTH LINDA AND I WERE HERE WHEN SHE CAME.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE TO MEET HER SUNDAY, BUT I GUESS THAT HAS CHANGED TO MAYBE WEDNESDAY, BE FLEXIBLE.
ANYWAY WHAT A TREAT. I KNOW AT HOME THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH, LIVE HERE FOR A WHILE AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!

Child

YESTERDAY I WAS HAVING ONE US THOSE TIMES WONDERING IF I'M DOING ANY GOOD DOWN HERE.  I STOPPED AT OUR CLINIC AND WAS WAITING FOR A CHECK. ONE OF OUR WORKERS WIFE CAME IN.  HIS DAUGHTER WAS WITH HER, SHE WALKED RIGHT OVER CLIMBED RIGHT UP IN MY LAP AND GAVE ME HUGE HUG.  ONE MORE HAITIAN CHILD WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF A WHITE MAN AND LOVES HIM.  ONE CHILD AT A TIME.
GLEN

May 15 2012

TODAY STARTED AS USUAL, 5:00AM UP. MADE COFFEE AND SAT INTHE DARK AND DRANK THE FIRST CUP. SPENT THE NEXT CUP READING MY BIBLE AND DEVOTIONAL. HAD BREAKFAST, LINDA COOKED :0). WENT TO THE GENERATOR ROOM AND MADE SURE IT WAS OKAY, AND THEN DOWN TO SHOP FOR BIBLE STUDY ( IN CREOLE). WAS TOLD WE NEEDED SAND AND GRAVEL FOR A CEMENT POUR IN THE NEW HELP'S SHOWER AND LOCKER ROOM, MUCH NEEDED. HAULED 4 LOADS FROM A NEW PIT NORTH OF HERE ABOUT 5 MILES, GAVE THE YOUNG WOMEN WHO BORROWS MY BLACK INK PEN TO WRITE THE CHECK 4 BRAND NEW ONES FOR HER, VERY HAPPY. 2 FOR THE BUILDING AND 2 FOR THE NEW WALL WE ARE BUILDING AROUND OUR CAMPASS, THE TENT CITIES HAVE MOVED TO WITHIN 100 YARDS OF US. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR BOUNDRYS ARE IN PLACE, THEY HAVE JUST MOVED ON TO GROUND AND SQUATTED. FINISHED THAT AND FILLED THE WATER TRAILER FOR THE WALL CEMENT. LUNCH TIME. WENT DOWN TO WAREHOUSE TO WORK ON AN OLD, DID I SAY OLD, I THOUGHT SO. A HUGE CEMENT MIXER, THEY WANT IT RESERECTED FROM THE DEAD. GOT A MOTOR FOR IT TOOK 3 TO MAKE 1. TRYING TO REDO ALL THE STUFF TO MAKE IT WORK. ONE OF THE MEN WORKING ON THE NEW BUILDING CAME AN SAID THEY NEEDED DIRT HAULDED FOR THE FLOOR, TOOK THE REST OF THE DAY. PATCHED A TUBE IN 4 PLACES AND PUT A NEW TIRE ON EMSO'S BIKE, THAT KID IS GOING TO WEAR ME OUT OVER THIS BIKE. CHECKED THE GENERATOR AND WENT TO MOW FOR A COUPLE HOUR'S WHILE IT WAS COOL. 90. LINDA CAME AND FOUND ME AND SAID IT'S TIME FOR SUPPER. I MADE 1 MORE PASS, CLAUDEL WAS WORKING HIS GARDEN AND I WANTED TO GIVE HIM A RIDE BACK DOWN TO SHOWER HOUSE. WALKED UP TO THE GATE TO UNLOCK IT SO CLAUDEL COULD GET OUT. A WOMEN CAME TO THE GATE AND WANTED SOMETHING, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WANTED, WILLIAM, A FRIEND OF MINE RODE BY AND I STOPPED HIM. HE TOLD ME HER HUSBAND HAD DIED AND SHE HAD NOTHING, SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHO WOULD TAKE HER 2 BOYS IN FOR HER 3 & 5, SHE COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF THEM ANYMORE. WE GAVE HER SOME FOOD AND TOLD HER TO BE BACK IN THE MORNING TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND AN ORPHANGE THAT WOULD TAKE THEM. LAST WEEK LINDA AND I TOOK FOOD TO AN ORPHANGE THAT OUR HOME CHUCH IS HELPING TO SUPPORT, IT'S NEVER ENOUGH, SO MANY KIDS. WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, THERE IS NO WAY I COULD GIVE UP MY KIDS!!!!!!!! LINDA AND I CAME IN TO EAT DINNER. NOW IT'S RAINING AGAIN, I'LL HAVE TO WAIT TELL IT STOPS TO SEND THIS. SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED ME WHAT A DAY LOOKS LIKE, NOW YOU KNOW. TOMORROW COULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

June 13, 2012

, THIS AFTERNOON WENT AFTER A LOAD OF GRAVEL WITH THE DUMP TRUCK. ON THE WAY BACK THEY WERE SETTING UP A PROTEST ROAD BLOCK IN THE VILLAGE JUST AS I ARRIVED, THEY WANTED MY TRUCK FOR THE ROAD BLOCK. I ACTED LIKE I WAS GOING HELP AND AT THE LAST MOMENT I RAN THE ROAD BLOCK. THE TRUCK TOOK A FEW ROCK DENTS IN THE DOOR, BUT I KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND THE ROAD BLOCK AND THE BACK WAY THROUGH THE VILLAGE. TONIGHT I TOOK THE TEAM THAT'S HERE RIGHT NOW OVER THE MOUNTAIN TO SHOW THE FILM IN ONE OF THE VILLAGES. STOOD BY THE DOOR TO THE CHURCH ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME IN. A YOUNG MAN WAS STANDING BY ME THE LAST PART OF THE MOVIE, YOU COULD TELL HE WAS STRUGGLING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE TO PUT YOUR ARM ON HIS SHOULDER AND LEAD HIM INSIDE. HE ACCEPTED "CHRIST" AS HIS SAVIOR "PTL" BROUGHT THEM BACK TO THE COMPOUND SAFE AND SOUND. ANOTHER DAY YOUR FRIEND GLEN

Thankfulness

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,

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.

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.

This has been a busy month. This past week we helped with Vacation Bible School. They were in two different locations. Around 300 kids attended. Blonket where Global Outreach built a school and drilled a well was the first one. They handed out cards and registered kids to keep the number around 100.
The second one was at a church Shakina. This is also a church that GO built. It had to have repairs from the earthquake. This week the team painted the walls. It holds over 1000 people. They had two Bible schools there this week. One was in the morning for kids 8 -11 and the one in the afternoon was for teenagers.
The last day they gave the invitation to accept Christ.
Anouse one of the Haitian workers and Glen had this conversation.
Glen asked " How many teenagers accepted Christ today." Anouse said "Too Many"
Glen corrected his English and said "There can never be to many"
Anouse said. It was too many to count. There were about 45 teenagers that accepted Christ yesterday.

Gods Birthday

Yesterday was one of the holidays celebrated in Haiti. It was Gods Birthday. The bank, schools and business were closed. So many things are different here than in the USA. They have 44 holidays at least a year.


We have a team here this week from Tennessee. There are 3 women and 8 men. They have helped us to paint the clinic and today are painting a house in the village. They have ran electrical wire and are working on plumbing in the new addition to the clinic. It will be exciting when we get everything finished in the clinic.


We had several new burns today. One was a 5 month old baby who pulled a pot of water over on himself.


Glen has been out with the well fixing truck all week. He likes going with them. He did the Grand Moun program on Monday. He likes greeting and hugging all the older people. I think that it reminds him of Greeting at Church and he loved doing that.


Judy and David were at a church in Bon Repo Sunday. Last year at this time they Baptised 100 people and this year they have baptised over 24o. What a growing church. It is neat to see the work of God in this country. We have had workers and people that come to the clinic who have been on prayer retreats. It is great to hear them pray.

time flys in Haiti

Glen and I were talking tonight that we have almost been here the 3 months that we were here last year. We are not ready to go home and glad that this year we will not be going home at this time. I can't believe that it has been a month since I last wrote as May is about finished.
I will give you the highlights of the last month.

1. Seeing a man come to accept Jesus in our Clinic and get a Bible.
2. Seeing many burns heal. We have had some bad ones this past month. One month ago we had a lady come to the clinic who had been in a fight with a neighbor who threw hot oil on her back. She has healed all except upper left 1/4 of her back. We had a 2 year old who backed into a pan of water and was burned all the way down her back and legs. She just has a few small spots left to heal.
3. The new addition to the burn clinic is coming along. It will be helpful to have more than one place that we can treat patients. The structure is up and they are working on the outside walls.
4. Glen and I are both learning some Creole. I am taking classes.
5. Letters,emails, and phone calls from friends and family.
6. Glen is working with the Grand Moun program that supplies some food to 62 older haitians each Monday. He is able to hug them and this week he even had one on them kiss him. That helps as he misses greeting at our church in the states.
7. Attending church. We have been to several different ones this month. Some the entire service is in Creole. Some are in English. Meeting people at the churches.
8. Glen having sucess fixing so many things that he had never seen before.

please pray with us for
1. Strength and energy.
2. Ears to hear Creole and mouths that pronounce it correctly.
3. Making new friends.
4. Wisdom as we treat people in the clinic and that others will come to the Lord.
Thanks so much Glen and Linda

Life in Haiti

This week has been busy. We started with a Joyful Easter. We went to PAP to the English speaking church. Christ is Risen Indeed was the theme. It was packed. Then home for Easter dinner with Chris and Sheryl and Josh Brumley. We even had Ham. Thanks to our friends Kevin and Susan. The evening was finished after our naps with a worship service with Samaritians Purse, (SP) Great day.
Monday began at 0600 with laborers arriving for a cement pour on the new addition to the clinic roof. It took about 15 as they formed a bucket brigade to pass buckets of cement that they had mixed on the ground. They worked until finished. So Chris has had to spray it with water each day to keep it so that it hardens with out cracking. Different than in the states, We had clinic on Monday which was very busy. Then Tuesday is lighter usually. We had at least 5 new burns and serveral other patients. Glen went out to fix 2 wells that had broken. One well had gravel in it as the kids like to push little rocks down the only small hole on the pump and it wears a hole in the well and it quits,
Then the other things that have broken this week. Chris car is in PAP waiting to find parts as the transmission went down. We have taken our car in 3 times to see if they can fix the intermittant air conditioning. Chris and Sheryls airconditioner went down and the freezer on their refrig quit. Our freezer started beeping last night. The ice machine quit this week. Please pray for these things as they are all things that we need to work.
Today we go to PAP to work at AGAPE which is where they fly our mail in.
Pray for safe travel as it is always a pray situation when you travel in this country.
I am taking Creole classes. Please pray that I will retain what I learn.
I need to go we just had a new burn come in . Love Glen and Linda

We are in Haiti

We arrived in Haiti on March 16. The first few days were putting away things although a team had unboxed and put away all of the things that we shipped on the container. We were tired. We are beginning to adjust and get back our energy.
We started on Monday to work as Glen had alot of jobs waiting for him to get done.
I started in the burn clinic but since then have helped in several other clinics ran by North Carolina Rescue. They were so encouraging as they came over and prayed for us tonight. What a great group. They have teams coming each week. They do medical and building.
Then we had to say goodby to our good friends Kevin and Susan Bruns and their children. They left to move back to the States on April 1. We will miss them.
Before Susan left she taught me how to do the monthly reports but lucky for me they are on Quicken which is a program that I know so that helped.
Today Glen went in to PAP to pickup our car and get parts with David Heady. He is doing well with his knee replacement. He has been helping to haul sand and gravel to the new houses that are being built in Titiyan.
I helped a lady who had brought material to make new curtains and bed covers for 2 rooms in the vistor quarters. It was lots of fun except trying to keep the sewing machines running.
We are on our 3rd team since we arrived. They are fun and each one has its own personality. It has been great to see how the week goes for them. We have done some things with them like going up the mountain to see the childrens puppet program. It was great. We went to church in PAP last week and went out to eat at Dominos which is the only fast food place in Haiti.
So just know that time is flying and we are busy.
Please pray for energy for us and for God to renew our strength.

Leaving

We are leaving in 14 days. That will go by fast. Glen is healing well from his surgery to replace his knee. He will have a crown replaced tomorrow and we need your prayers as it is to soon to have dental work. Please pray with us.
We will fly out of Denver on the 14th and then will arrive in Fort Lauderdale. We are going to spend a day so that Glen has time to walk and get around on his leg before we get on the plane again.
We are very excited to be going. We have been asked so many times if we are ready. We are able to answer truthfully. Yes. We are ready to go.
Paperwork and taxes are not ready but we are. Please pray that we will be able to put together the final pieces so that we can leave with everything done. In Gods Hands Linda

Cholera in Haiti

We are asking for special prayer for Haiti today. The cholera outbreak is getting significantly worse and increasingly closer to the villages we minister to. At this point, there is no case in Titanyen, but unless the Lord intervenes, it will be there shortly. We are praying for special protection for our employees and their families, our school kids and teachers, and all our ministry partners at the church and many friends we have in the village. We are in very little danger on the compound as we have clean, treated water and sanitary conditions for all who are here (more and more medical people are arriving to work with both Samaritan's Purse and North Carolina Baptist Relief on their medical teams in the cholera tents.) Susan Bruns, our fellow nurse, has worked 3 shifts so far at a clinic about 40 min. north of us and Sheryl has been at the schools and in the village doing cholera teaching and providing water-treatment products to our employees and schools. We would love to be able to give aqua-tabs to everyone in Titanyen, but the supplies have been slow in arriving. SP was able to get a plane with IV fluids and the tabs here by Friday, but it had to go into customs and we had been praying for a quick release. They were able to get the supplies late yesterday afternoon as IV supplies were getting dangerously low, so that was a big answer to prayer.


We are assisting the small clinic down the road with IVs, supplies, and medical help as they treat cholera patients coming from about 10 min. down the road. Yesterday, a 15- year old girl from Minotree, a small village just 5 min. away, died at the clinic even after receiving IV fluids. The disease comes on so rapidly and if they are severely infected, they can die within hours. People are becoming very fearful and we are praying for God's peace and presence to be felt in a great way over our zone at this time. We will not be treating any cholera patients at our clinic-if they come, we will triage them and send them down to the end of our road where they have tents set up to receive them. We need to continue with our burn care and do not have room for overnight patients or isolating patients. Burn patients have low immunity and would be very suseptable to cholera because of their compromised immune system.


The cholera outbreak is starting to cause violent demonstrations and with Presendtial elections less than two weeks away, there is concern that violence will increase. Please pray for peace and calm and for wisdom and endurance and perseverance to deal with this crisis. We do know without a doubt that God is in control and He will be glorified even in this!


Thank you so much for standing with us in prayer.


Chris and Sheryl

Glen is still in HAiti and will be returning to Colorado on Friday night.

November

Time is flying. Glen is in Haiti for two weeks with a team and then will stay a extra week to help and look for a car and a atv for us.

Last week we went to Nashville with our things for living in Haiti to be put on a oceangoing container. Our possessions will arrive in Haiti in 2 months. Hopefully the house that we will be living in will be ready by then. Glen will go down in January and I will follow after the our grandson Sawyer is born and the taxes are done.

Please Pray for me as I have been ill since Oct 26 and now have medication and am finally beginning to think that I will recover. Please pray for the strength to finish cleaning out the house and to find someone who will rent and take good care of our house for us.
God has been using this week that he has slowed me down to talk to me. He has so many good things to tell us when we have time to listen.

Glen is in Haiti

Glen is in Haiti until November 19. He will be looking for us a car and to see if he can find a ATV so that he can get around when we are there. He will also help with the team that is there and help with what other things need done.

Last week we took our things to Nashville to be shipped to Haiti. We will see how expensive that is soon. Could be up to a $1.00 apound. Our things will arrive sometime in January. Glen will go down and I will follow after our Grandbaby and the taxes

MOVING

WE'VE HAD VERY GREAT WEEK, WE WERE ASKED TO SPEAK IN LINDA'S BROTHERS CHURCH, BOTH SERVICES. WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHATS GOD HAS PLANNED FOR LINDA AN I. WE'VE BEEN SO BLESSED IN THE PROCESS PREPARING TO LEAVE.
WELL WE ARE IN THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR JOURNEY TO HAITI. WE RECIEVED NEWS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE OUR PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN NASHVILLE, TN. BY THE END OF THE MONTH. WELCOME TO BEING FLEXABLE. WE RENTED A UHAUL AND ARE LOADING IT NEXT TUESDAY AND HEADING FOR NASHVILLE. IT TAKES ABOUT 2 MONTHS TO SHIP AND GO THROUGH CUSTOMS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS THERE ARE A FEW UNEXPECTED OH BY THE WAY!!!!
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN HAITI AS A MANY HAVE DIED FROM AN OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA.
PLEASE ALSO PRAY FOR THE TEAM FROM BETHAL BAPTIST, GREELEY, CO THAT IS LEAVING IN NOV. TO GO TO HAITI. I AM GOING WITH THIS TEAM AND SPENDING AN EXTRA WEEK TO LINE UP SOME DETAILS THAT WE NEED BEFORE WE ARRIVE IN 2011.

Moving forward

We have been moving forward to being in Haiti by sometime after the first of the year. There are many things to do but we had plans laid out that would have put Glen in Haiti in November to look for a car and 4 wheeler for us. Also he would have participated with the mission trip from Bethel.
He returned from Wisconsin on Friday with a infected knee. We saw a Dr on Sat and he started on Antibotics. He took me to Kimball to see my family and to the airport to fly out to North Carolina for Equip Missionary Intensive training. Monday he saw our family Dr who immediately sent him to the orthopedic surgeon and he was in Surgery a few hour later. He has a PICC line for IV access now and will be recieving IV antibotics for the next 4-6 weeks. So we will see what our time line is now and how we need to readjust plans. Please continue to pray for us. Thanks Linda