Well, the week has gone by quickly as it always does on these mission trips, and we have reached the final day. Looking back we feel very positive about everything that has happened here, and we have truly enjoyed the time with friends, old and new.
Today I will travel with Lucner into the city to visit the Deaf/Disabled school one more time. My plan is to get an individual photo of each student along with personal information. We had a great business-meeting / prayer-time on Sunday and laid out a plan for raising funds to solidify the budget of the school and begin to work towards a future permanent campus. Afterward as I was praying and thinking about the whole project I realized it would be a lot more meaningful if people could sponsor an individual child and get to know him/her personally through the process. This is what Mission Haiti and many other organizations do in Haiti and it seems to benefit both sides of the relationship.
After that Zacharie will pick me up from the school and we will visit two more potential ministry partners he has identified. I will return to the hotel mid-afternoon, where Lynn will stay today to welcome any final visitors, and we will wrap up the day with some final guests, packing, and saying "see you later" (Christians never have to say "goodbye").
We will post more about Deaf/Disabled school when we return and have better internet access for uploading pictures and videos, but here are a few more of our favorite snapshots from the last few days...
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| Cory and Aldoni- this is the young man I referenced recently while preaching at ARC in Luverne- to read more of his story click the following link and the part about his is half-way down the page: Aldoni in Prison |
Zacharie shared more of the story about when Stevenson was born, 3 1/2 years ago. We knew he was in the neighborhood of 2 lbs. at birth, which as you can imagine, gives you little chance of survival in this country, and we knew Zacharie had to traverse the city streets in the night looking for some pharmacy who had oxygen for the child. What we didn't know was that in the meantime the nursing staff stopped caring for the child and gave him up for dead. Also, after he obtained the oxygen there was at least one incident when the nurse took the air from his child and put it on another. Wow! It was a very trying time. As you can see, by the grace of God, he is a thriving young boy now, and very cute! At some point in the ordeal Zacharie dedicated his son to serve God if he was to survive. This is sometimes done in these circumstances in Haiti, similar to some Bible stories. We will see how God uses this young man...
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| Lynn with Stevenson, Zacharie and DiDi's son |
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| Lynn with Santia, good friend and former student. To read more of her story click this link: Santia's Story |
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| Some children at a country school we visited |
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| The view from Zacharie's back door. Not too bad! |
Have a great day everyone, and please pray for our travels back to the airport. We will leave at 3am tomorrow morning, and we plan to touch down in Des Moines at 7:20 that night if all goes as planned. Above all, pray for the people of Haiti as they follow Christ day by day through many difficult trials. Thanks again for making this trip possible through your contributions and prayers, and we will see you all again soon. God Bless!
May Your Adventure Today Have Many Memorable Snapshots!
-the grimm family adventurers
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