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.