Haiti March 2016 Team, Day 5

We have all been looking forward to today with the kids at the Brakeman junior school.  The plan was to visit two or three classrooms and share a number of craft exercises with them.  We brought materials to make bead bracelets, colorful crosses, and hand puppets.  We...

Haiti March 2016 Team, Day 4

Today was very special. We began at the worksite at the Brakeman school in Petit Goave. The objective today is to lay tile in one of the classrooms. We learned the purpose of all that sifting we did on Saturday. First, you carry the larger rock and gravel and put a...

March 2016, Haiti Day 3

We worshiped today at the Methodist Church of Petit Guave. It was a wonderful service, and even though it was in Creole, we were all moved and inspired. As Sunday is not a work day in Haiti we enjoyed some nice time off. In fact, we walked to the coast (where Sarah...

March 2016 Haiti Team, Day 2

Today we drove to Petit-Guave. We worked almost three hours sifting sand from a gravel pile.  It will be used for finishing touches on the Methodist private school in Brakeman. We hope to use the sift to level the dirt floor and then lay beautiful tiles. We then...

March 2016 Haiti Team, Day 1

  Today was our travel day.  We left Kansas City and connected through Atlanta on our way to Port Au Prince.  We enjoyed a great fellowship while together during a long travel day. We were met at the airport by Johnny, who will drive us for most of the week.  It...

November 2015 Haiti Team – Day 6 (Thursday)

Today marked our only full day in Petit Goave. We began with another delicious breakfast at the Dorcelay guest house, then hit the road for Barette, a town within Petit Goave (or “Tigwav” as the locals call is). But first, we went to the local CHE office,...