After spending a week and a half in Massachusetts, I returned to Grand-Goâve to discover that MOHI didn’t miss a beat while I was gone. My pride has been bruised and I’m thrilled about it! Here’s some of what happened while I was gone …
Some of the eight hundred children attending school at MOHI.
Don't you love seeing happy children going to school? A new baseball bat sure helps!
School vacation came to a close and students came back to school.
- Rice and beans for lunch!
The feeding program started back up. About 800 children are eating a hot meal each school day.
Pastor Lex translating for Jerica Miner.
There were great church services – even though I wasn’t there!
Ready to pour the second section of the back wall of the school.
Chrislove and his mom help to carry a pvc pipe that will be drilled for use in drainage.
Lisa Armour pays attention to all the details on the job site.
John Armour came back with his wife Lisa to continue the school construction. Daniel Paajanen also joined us from Alaska to move construction along.
"Stick out your tongue and say 'aaaahhhhh.'"
If you're going to have clinic, you also have to have a pharmacy.
A Massachusetts team of medical professionals, led by Cheryl Finn, conducted medical clinics for the people in Thozin.
This doll will be well cared for.
Now there's a big doll!
I think she's in shock!
Dolls made a lot of little girls happy.
Laughter is the norm at Mission of Hope International!
"Chel" Finn paddling around Grand-Goâve.
They all managed to have fun, too!
Here’s something that happened before I left. We now have more room to house married couples visiting the mission:
- Three rooms, each with a private bath for couples coming to visit us in Haiti.
The words to one of my very favorite songs “Jesus, Lover of My Soul (It’s All About You)” by Paul Oakley, sums it up well for me: