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October 6, 6:06 a.m., pulling away from Tim’s in Elora evoked a strong feeling of “let’s get on with the long drive to Florida”.  Our early morning prayer was for the Lord to meet the needs of those we hold dear at home while we are away and for safety on the road as we drove. And drive we did, 2,800 km to Fort Pierce.  The direct route is 2200 km, but we broke up the normal 2-day trip with a stopover in Williamsburg, VA (13 hours later) at the Powhaten Resort for two days before we picked up the trip again Sunday morning and drove to Orlando, FL for another two day layover arriving in Fort Pierce on Wed to stop at the MFI, unload all the totes and our luggage to be weighed in for the trip into Haiti on the 13^th.

Powhaten Resort

Powhaten grounds

The Long Drive

Those of you who have driven long distances with others in the car know that you play games, listen to CD’s (We don’t have anything more exciting than that.), try not to bug the driver or drive for him/her (Dorothy finds that very difficult!) so yes, we watched for licence plates. We are up to 41 states including Alaska.  We listened to the first Jan Karon book of The Mitford Series, At Home in Mitford.  I know many women will have read this series but I doubt very much that you men have been convinced to do so.  John quite enjoyed it because of its message.  It is written in a folksy style with a very clear, simple message, the message of salvation, ask our Father for forgiveness of your sins and ask Him to enter your heart and be your personal Saviour. Live for Him daily and become better acquainted with Him each day.



Orlando Resort Thanksgiving afternoon R &R

During the drive to Orlando a very bad rain storm was passing through Georgia and North Florida with flooding in some low lying areas.  We saw one accident that looked rather nasty and entrusted those folks to the Lord.  We did see another as well just outside Washington and could only pray that no one was in the passenger seat as that car had crashed sideways into a utility pole.  

We spent Thanksgiving Day evening having supper in an “Olive Garden” – not much turkey on the menu!  However, Dorothy did ask if there was any dessert that was made with pumpkin and was assured there was pumpkin cheesecake.  It was pure delight.  As we were chatting over our meal John made the comment that the GDP of Disney World in Orlando all by itself probably exceeds that of Haiti.

We are now officially in Haiti, and have taken up residence in the “Penny Inn”, the guest house for visiting professors and guests.  We had some major unpacking to do what with the ten plastic totes that we left here last May, the eleven totes we brought with us, plus suitcases, etc.  We wonder how the ordinary Haitian survives when they could in all likelihood pack all their worldly possessions in one or two totes. 

We took some time out to complete the 5 km run/walk on Saturday, and, while one of us completed the 5 km, the other managed only about 1 km if we are very generous in calculating what constitutes a kilometre.  We hope and pray that the run/walk in Fergus was a success and that the weather cooperated and wasn’t too hot!   We thank you so much for participating in all the St. Andrew’s mission to Haiti events.

By the way, if you want to know what happens all around us at the Emmaus Biblical Seminary check out our next door neighbours’ blog, mshaiti.blogspot.com.

May the peace of Christ be with you all,

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