We were so blessed by the team from the Full Gospel Interdenominational Church this week.  They accomplished their goal of building shelves and desks, organizing donations and training Marie Ange and Renord so that they know how to stay organized.  In addition to this, they were able to encourage the church in Thozin and distribute clothing and toys to our neighbors in St. Etienne.

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The school building continues to near completion with the installation of the remaining railings, first floor windows and doors.  It’s always amazing to me how much nicer things look when another step is completed.  Speaking of steps, by the way, the masons put the finish coat of concrete on the  steps this week.  Looks pretty sharp to me!

Leah’s first week with us has been incredible!  (At least from OUR perspective – hopefully she agrees.)  She jumped right into holding medical clinic on Monday.  She was able to help several people with ongoing problems to find some relief.  She was only able to hold clinic for two days, as she had a special assignment which involved bringing two patients to a hospital in Port-au-Prince.  One is a young man in his twenties who has been suffering with ulcers on both his ankles.  They just appeared one day about FOUR years ago.  The other is a four year old boy with glaucoma.  After several tests and visits to the hospital, he is now scheduled to have surgery on Wednesday morning.

 

We are grateful to Bless Back Worldwide (Charlotte, NC) for their support in pursuing resolutions for both of these patients.  Medical care for the poor has always be a part of the MOHI vision, but for years we weren’t able to do much with it.  Over time, however, the Lord connected us with  medical professionals and organizations that have the capacity to bring health care to our neighbors.  Even when the problem is bigger than they can do anything about during a one week trip, BBW has done the ground work to make these hospital visits and surgeries possible.  They are currently raising funds to cover the costs.  If you would like to help, please visit our donation page.  Thank you.

Lex preached at the church in St. Etienne this morning.  Those of you who have visited this campus would agree with this:  Where do all these people COME from???  When you go through the area you see mountains all around and a few houses.  Certainly there are not enough people living in those houses to fill the church.  Yet every Sunday morning people are there.  Many of their homes are tucked away under trees in the surrounding mountains – or in the mountains beyond those mountains.

Our computer club kids got a great boost last week, thanks to Sora and James’ help.  The kids are so excited about all they can discover and create on these laptops.  Read Tracy Stalls’ blog “Touched by the Sun” to hear some more about this program.  Tracy played for the US olympic volley ball and now represents Child in Hand.  We are so grateful to Child in Hand for bringing this program to MOHI.

Did I mention that Saphira had kittens?  They’re just now venturing out of their box.  Soooo cute!  These are the great grandchildren of our first cat, Beauty.  Our missionary friends (and almost-family) Scott and Tanya Long, along with their children Taran, Morgan and Tia, gave Beauty to us almost 13 years ago.  We have found that all of Beauty’s offspring are great hunters, just like she was.  Forget the mouse/rat traps, we have the best weapon ever.  Looking forward to these four growing into mighty hunters, too.