Haiti Mission Trip 3-5-13

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. This cold is kicking my butt and i did not have a very good nights sleep last night. My time is limited this trip so I must press on. Maybe today will be better. We headed into town to the Digicel office to get a new cell phone for me. The one I have is three years old and it has gotten to the point to where you can hardly hear the conversation. Going up town is a trip in itself. When we left the guest house we went through the Tabarre market. This is an area where you can hardly navigate a vehicle because of the thousands of people. Hundreds of vendors selling the same things. Stuff like cloths, veggies, meat, house ware, you name it. I would love to have had a few pics of this place but it just was not appropriate at the time. You don’t want to take a picture of someone if they are not cool with it, it can cause a major hassle. Anyway we got another cheap phone and headed back through town and out to the property to check on the progress of the roof. When we got to the house the men were preparing the framing so that the roof will be ready for concrete. This will be one of the strongest built houses in Haiti. I’ve watched the construction from the ground up. We have permits and approval from the local governing bodies which is something most do not do. We have used bigger and more rebar than most homes and the roof will be the same. Concrete roofs are vert common here and if done correctly there are no problems. The problems are from people not using the proper size rebar, using cheap blocks and not mixing the concrete properly. These are all money saving issues. But when the quake rumbled through most those cheaply built buildings came crumbling down. The money saved is useless now. Building a strong foundation is scriptural. With all that said this will be a good safe house. May God richly bless all those who have helped with this home. The day is done and I’ll be headed back to my watering hole shortly in hopes of a good nights rest.  Kenny