We arrived early to the drop off point to deliver metal for one extra roof. From there we took the long hike up the mountain to start our assessment on each roof installed. Wow! The goat trails never end and the deeper we go the more need we see. We are getting close to completing the roofs in Cayette and our attention will remain in Furon which is the adjoining community. After many hours of climbing and looking it was time for the walk down. Going down is easier physically but can be a little dangerous due to the steep inclines. We completed all 20 roofs on our list and we were able to do three more not on the list. Twenty three roofs in 4 days. What a blessing. Tomorrow is the day we will give out the shorts,dresses and shirts to the children of both villages. I can’t wait!
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Kenny
The bosses are working very hard.
The crew
This lady was in the weather for a long time. PTL she now has a shiny new hat on her home.
These little guys followed us all over the countryside. Don’t know where the came from they just started walking with us. They eventually disappeared on our walk back down.
Today was much the same. This is good to me because that means we are making daily progress. If things continue to move in this way we will exceed our goal of twenty roofs.We were planning on handing out the dresses, shirts and shorts that the sewing team from FBCFWB made but we decided to wait till Saturday when more children will be there to hear THE GOOD NEWS and receive their new clothes. Tomorrow we will go back up the mountain and make an assessment of all the roofs that have been installed this trip. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Kenny
This house was not on our list but we made an exception. He totally lost his house and tried to rebuild with used sheet metal. We gave him enough metal to redo his roof.
More and more shiny hats a dotting the country side.
Up early and rested we hit the ground running. Yesterday we got the material for 8 roofs on the ground and today we brought the material for 9 more roofs. The bosses now have plenty to do. Thank goodness for a good nights sleep because we are very busy. The people in Cayette and Furon were so happy to see us and I was very happy to see them also. We did some survey work of the project and all is going as planned. By this days end we have 9 roofs completed. Wow! To me that’s amazing.
We finally meet the Casec of the area. He is a voted position and a little lower than the mayor. The Casec is the official controller of the area we are working in. He has known about us for a long time but for some reason every time we are here he is away on business. He is a very nice young man and is in total support of the project. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Kenny
This is our Home Depot where purchase all our material.
After arriving in Port au Prince, Pastor Harry was waiting and ready to go south. We got the 4×4, threw our gear in and headed south for the coast. Our mission, to install 20 roofs God willing. So here we go again to do what some may say the impossible but we know all things are possible through Him who created us.
Conscience International and Give Me Shelter Ministries are partnered again to do the possible. Before leaving the states I was contacted by a lady from Pennsylvania who supports a school in Leogane. She asked me to stop by and take a look if we have time. This is a school that Conscience International (CI) built after the earthquake. I believe that the couple from Pennsylvania funded the building project. Once we hit the road headed south we were meet by the biggest traffic issue I’ve ever been in since coming to Haiti. I took over 3 hours to go maybe 3 miles. Almost thought I was back in FWB on July 4th.
Our first stop was going to be the school and I knew it would be very late before we got there. We did arrive very late to the Annunciation School and was greeted by the staff with a nice meal waiting on us. We stayed for a couple of hours and had a great conversation with the people. It was very late and we had to get moving. We ended up stopping in Mirageane for the night. I physically could not drive any further safely. We got up at 5:00 AM and carried on. Once we arrived in Les Ceyes we dropped our gear at the guest house and headed to the Raise The Roof Project in the village of Cayette. We made our first material run and got the work started. By days end we were all totally beat. A good nights rest was needed. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Kenny
This little girl was thrown in the trash after birth. The lady witnessed this horrific event and brought this precious child home and raised her. The lady is holding X-ray of the little girls heart. She has two holes in her heart. Not a good situation in the US let alone here in the bush of Haiti. All I can say is pray healing somehow.
