Promise for Haiti

January 26, 2012

Bonswa,
Greetings for Pignon Haiti…….

Thursday night and we just got back from an evening
sharing time with the Hope Spencer, IA team. The first Hope
team arrived this noon and the first Sunnybrook team left on
he same plane. Three people from the Sunnybrook team are staying on
for the second week in addition to Paula and I.

We worked on a rough schedule for the week and
it’s looking like another full week ahead. The major focus
will be the adult conference at Pastor Francois’s church. The
school bench project will continue as well as rice/bean distribution
program. We’ll again visit UCI, Guimby and some of the other mission
sites. Some of the “newbees” are planning to head off to the Citadel and
also climb Mt. Pignon.

One of the young people that I met our first year in Haiti, and
helped with high school, is currently in Ghana, Africa doing a
project. He called yesterday to wish us well. Cell phone technology
is truly amazing! Jesula arrived Tuesday night. It’s good to see her again
. She is currently between nursing jobs so we hope she finds work soon.
This weekend she is supposed to introduce us to her boyfriend for the first time.
I think she is a little nervous about that. I always kid her that I need to approve
anyone that she may be getting serious about. Might be a wedding in the future!
People continue to comment how much we resemble each other! For those
of you that don’t know, that’s a joke’

We have some sad news to share, while maybe not so sad to
some of us that have been here for a week. The goat that has been tie
d in the front yard making a lot of noise disappeared yesterday. The last two nights
we have had goat for a main meat dish. Kind of miss the little fella’ but he did taste
good! No new news on the dog front. She comes and goes! The geese were a
little more aggressive today. I went after one of the males with a basket today to
call his bluff. After a lot of hissing, honking and wing flapping he backed off from
his attack position. Hopefully he’ll leave us alone for a few days now that he
knows I’m the boss. The peacocks are roosting in the trees and settled in for
the night. Some days it seems like we are living in a zoo!

Paula and I are half way through our time in Haiti. The time
is going fast and we have really enjoyed our stay but do
miss our ice cream, TV, couch and hot showers.

Until next time…….Bondye Bene Ou
Dean