Larry Madole and 5 team members along with a team from Crossroads Church in Des Moines were in Pignon Nov 5-12 and accomplished a great deal of work. The following is Larry's report about the trip.
We has six people in our ( Larry's) group and teamed up with a group from Crossroads Church in the Des Moines area. The two teams met up in West Palm Beach and took the shuttle to Fort Pierce. All flights went very well and all were on time.
The members on Larry's team came from different places in Iowa, Colorado and Missouri.
The goals of the team included working on the outpatient clinic and to do whatever was needed to help finish the house for Jared and Stacey Nikkels.
The work that was done on the outpatient clinic was hard manual labor. It include chiping and leveling the dining room floor to get it ready for tile , then we finished tiling the floor in the big dining area and one hall.
We also worked on the Nikkel's house which included tilling two floors, painting both inside and outside, making screens for all windows, making one table and four book shelves. We also worked on the plumbing which included, hooking up kitchen sink, setting the vanity and hooking up plumbing in bathroom as well as setting both stools and hanging kitchen cabinets.
The team also made some shelves for the bathrooms in the Iowa house.
Two of the evenings were spent singing to the hospital patients.
We also went to Bohoc to attend Church services and toured UCI's new worship center. We also toured the hospital compound, operating rooms at the hospital, the farm and went to one of our schools (Rocky).
There is much work that still needs to be accomplished including the hall, kitchen and stairs at the dorm. Kitchen cabinet doors and counter tops need to be made and installed. Beds, tables, some screens and shutters need to be installed at the outpatient clinic.
The next project will be to finish the downstairs at the outpatient clinic. We need to tile floors, paint all walls and ceilings and finish wiring and plumbing.
We need to paint the downstairs at the hospital and work on the wiring.
We also have to finish the addition on Three Bears School and to begin on at Rocky School.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Haunted Eyes by Michelle McBride
Michelle McBride was on a CCH Mission Trip to Pignon in October this was a letter she wrote for the CCH new letter..
Lorrie~~~
Haunted Eyes
Shouldn’t little girls be giggling, playful and bubbling with excitement? Shouldn’t they be carefree, adventurous and joyful? In a perfect world, the answer to this question is a resounding yes. In that world, children spend their days surrounded by parents who love and care for them, providing security and peace to their little hearts.
Michelda has not lived in that perfect world. Recently abandoned by her mother and left with a father who could not care for her and hold down a job, she now lives in Pastor Francois’ orphanage with 32 other children, including one of her older sisters. How can such a young child have eyes full of so much sorrow, fear and pain? She doesn’t smile. Her thin hair provides evidence of her malnourished state. She clings to her caregivers at the orphanage, her life raft in the storm that is her childhood. Praise God that Michelda landed in loving arms that will care for her, providing medication to treat her for intestinal parasites and food and clean water to help her thrive. Praise God for Hospital Bienfaisance for Pignon, the hospital founded by Dr. Guy Theodore and the only Haitian-run hospital where she has received her treatment. Most importantly, as she receives tender loving care from those in the orphanage and the hospital, she’ll also hear the Good News of Jesus Christ that will minister to her broken heart.
Children in Pignon like Michelda need advocates like you to help them claim their little piece of our not-so-perfect world. CCH supports two orphanages, a feeding program and the Boukeronne School that we built in 2008. Your gift of $100 will feed a starving child for an entire year. You can bring the light back into the eyes of children like Michelda who have lost all hope. Please help CCH be part of the solution!
Michelle McBride
Project Coordinator
Community Coalition for Haiti
Lorrie~~~
Haunted Eyes
Shouldn’t little girls be giggling, playful and bubbling with excitement? Shouldn’t they be carefree, adventurous and joyful? In a perfect world, the answer to this question is a resounding yes. In that world, children spend their days surrounded by parents who love and care for them, providing security and peace to their little hearts.
Michelda has not lived in that perfect world. Recently abandoned by her mother and left with a father who could not care for her and hold down a job, she now lives in Pastor Francois’ orphanage with 32 other children, including one of her older sisters. How can such a young child have eyes full of so much sorrow, fear and pain? She doesn’t smile. Her thin hair provides evidence of her malnourished state. She clings to her caregivers at the orphanage, her life raft in the storm that is her childhood. Praise God that Michelda landed in loving arms that will care for her, providing medication to treat her for intestinal parasites and food and clean water to help her thrive. Praise God for Hospital Bienfaisance for Pignon, the hospital founded by Dr. Guy Theodore and the only Haitian-run hospital where she has received her treatment. Most importantly, as she receives tender loving care from those in the orphanage and the hospital, she’ll also hear the Good News of Jesus Christ that will minister to her broken heart.
Children in Pignon like Michelda need advocates like you to help them claim their little piece of our not-so-perfect world. CCH supports two orphanages, a feeding program and the Boukeronne School that we built in 2008. Your gift of $100 will feed a starving child for an entire year. You can bring the light back into the eyes of children like Michelda who have lost all hope. Please help CCH be part of the solution!
Michelle McBride
Project Coordinator
Community Coalition for Haiti
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