Another Very Interesting Day Day 8

Dear Friends and Loved Ones,

Today was a different day. The construction site was busy but because the work is so labour intensive we did not see a lot of progress. The building of the roof is a very slow process but very interesting because of the way the the Haitians do their construction. It is very good and solid. One interesting thing is that they use tree saplings - 2 1/2 inches in diameter as the supports for holding up the roof - and there is hundreds of them that all have to be cut by hand.

One of Gerry's visions was to supply Bibles to all the students in our school in Grade 5 and above. This happened this morning and what a joy it was to see the excitemnet of the children as they received their Bible. Gerry had shared the vision with Pastor Bill Newell at Yarmouth North Baptist - he shared it with his people - and they supplied the money that purchased the Haitian Bibles. In the future we want to supply Grade 5 students with Bibles on a yearly basis. Next year we would like to do the staff as well. A special thanks to Pastor Bill and the Folk at Yarmouth North.

Bob Comeau is on his second trip here with us. He is our chief carpenter and translator. He works from dawn to dusk and we would not get near as much work done if he were not on the team. We are so grateful that he is on the team. He and his wife, Linda, are child sponsors. Here is a pic of him with his sponsor child.

We understand that you folks back home are having an ice storm and our thoughts and prayers are with you.

God Bless

Pastor Dennis