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| Heavenly Light School/Church |
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| Upper floor under construction |
A week ago today (Sunday) we attended Heavenly Light Evangelical Church in Cap Haitien where St. Andrew’s supports the school. They now have 150 students attending Kindergarten through Grade Two. Pastor Vilmer Paul took time after the service to show us how much had been accomplished in the construction of the new school classrooms on the second floor of his church. The church in Sarnia where Dorothy’s brother, Dick Page, attends provided the funding for this initial phase of construction. The church was packed with close to 300 attendees and what was so good to see was that the majority of those in attendance were younger adults and children of all ages.
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| New Life School/Church |
This past Wednesday we finally went up to the hills above Grison Garde where Pastor Job Vilma has his church and school, New Life. The trip was not without its little bit
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ofdrama as the well that was drilled just before the start of the cholera epidemic had stopped functioning so before we left we loaded up with Julien, the resident well mechanic, his tools and lengths of pipe, etc. to fix the well dependent on what was the problem. As happens so much in life here he did no
t have the material needed to fix the well, but was hoping to return on Thursday to do just that. At time of writing I have not heard whether he was successful. The school, however, was working quite well with children dressed in their light blue school uniforms, teachers teaching, and children listening, all very much like what you would find in schools elsewhere. St. Andrew’s should be quite pleased because without our assistance most, if not all, of these children would never see the inside of a classroom.
t have the material needed to fix the well, but was hoping to return on Thursday to do just that. At time of writing I have not heard whether he was successful. The school, however, was working quite well with children dressed in their light blue school uniforms, teachers teaching, and children listening, all very much like what you would find in schools elsewhere. St. Andrew’s should be quite pleased because without our assistance most, if not all, of these children would never see the inside of a classroom.Of course the big news of the week was not the election and who would be included in the run-off elections that we are not too sure will be held any time soon, but the return of “Baby-Doc” Duvalier from exile after 25 years in France. It is uncertain what this all means but it certainly keeps things interesting.
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| Hannah |
Cholera is still very much an issue for the people of Haiti and we were told at our weekly missionary prayer meeting that the clinic has seen an upturn in the numbers that they are treating. We wonder whether this is because people are starting to lower their guard and not taking all the precautions that were so much a part of the early warnings people were receiving. We understand that a Canadian nurse is currently working in the clinic, and of course, we saw 2 of the stalwarts during the height of the epidemic, Hannah and Julie, depart recently having ended their year of service with OMS at the clinic.
Saving the best for last we also heard this week that Evens Gabriel, the accountant for HEARTS here in Haiti, and his wife Carline, are expecting their second child. We are not sure just when yet but we will find out soon. The other part of this good news story is that we understand that there is a possibility that he will also start working with the Joy & Hope of Haiti from Hamilton on their micro-business project in some capacity. This could not have happened at a more auspicious moment. Talk about God’s timing being perfect! ISN’T HE WONDERFUL!
