A Blessed and Happy Easter to Everyone 

Orchard Hill Church

Please Keep the Orchard Church Team in your prayers as they travel and work in Pignon 

April 16-23

Lorrie~

MDRC School Projects

This is a list of Schools that the MDRC is actively working with in Pignon and the local area.

• Rocky Mountain at Malairette -The school has water, garden, latrine, food program and a 54.4 % pass rate
  
• Morningside at Guimby -The school has a kitchen, water, latrine, food program and passing rate of 33.%
  
• Meredith at Terre Blanche- The school has a kitchen, water, garden, Latrine,  food program and a passing rate of 92% .
  
• SONshine at Savanette- This school has a garden is on the food program and a 92.5% passing rate.
  
• 3 Bears at Fontaine -This school has 5 rooms with three to be completed in the near future. It has a food program and has a passing rate of 45.5% 
• Salt and Light at La Bel Mer
• The Bridge at Boukeronne - This school has water and has the food program.

The schools that have a food program is a program where mom's cook Monday,  Wed and Friday a noon lunch and the children bring their own bowls.  

MDRC March Team Trips

The MDRC sent two teams to Pignon one team March 12-19 and a second team March 19-27 .

Both teams traveled by MFI and had no problems with flights.
"We has two wonderful weeks in Pignon. We had people from Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska." The trip team leaders were Dorothy and Virgil Dykstra

The first week had many high school and college people on the trip. We visited schools, the farm and many homes in the area. We also visited orphanage and churches. Both teams spent their time doing many many projects around the hospital and schools in and around Pignon.

The projects were:

• Painted exterior Salt and Light School at  La Bel Mer (l coat, needs 2nd coat) 
• Painted interior Salt and Light School at La Bel Mer all class rooms, 2 coats
  
• Iowa House-sanded beds and made ready to use , tiled bath/shower, cleaned lst floor and set up to use,
  
• Worked on roof to get ready to paint/seal,
  
• Painted interior dining area.
  
• Visited Morningside school at Guimbi and repaired water line
  
• Visited SONshine school at Savanette, looked over garden and latrine, prayed w/headmaster.
  
• Visited Meredith School at Terre Blanche, made and handed out bags to all kids and teachers, feeding program.
  
• Lined room for generator on Iowa House.
  
• Trenched 2 water lines-l to duples, l to Minnesota House
  
• Installed pressure tank at well and built protectives house over it.
  
• Installed floats in water tanks at Guy's House, mission house, Minnesota and Iowa Houses.
  
• Out patient clinic-installed stop sink.
  
• Run water from main to hot water heater.
  
• 2 days work cleaning rubble from floors in outpatient clinic.
  
• Relocated 4 in waste line in bathroom
  
• Hired Boss Makin to work on walls in outpatient clinc.
  
• Cleaned shop at Iowa House.
  
• Cleaned grounds at Iowa House.
  
• Made 295 bags to hand out at 3 Bears School.
  
• Cleaned out and painted depot across from Admin. Bldg.
  
• Got new mattress for guard w/new sheets, blanket and pillow.
  
• Made shelf and key ; rack and new screens for all windows.
  
• Built shelf in break room at Iowa House, and shelving unit for bedrooms.
  
• Painted ceiling of Pharmacy depot
• Visited the Bridge School at Boukeronne
• Brought rice for the Hospital feeding Program
• visited the Farm
• Visited UCI
• helped with the milk program
• Made Shelves for the Iowa house
• washed windows

Please Keep the team from CCH that are traveling to Pignon March 2-9 and March 9-11 in your thoughts and prayers as they travel and work. 

Lorrie~