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Happy Easter family and friends,

Elysha, Debbie, and Donna and English Class

It’s been a busy and blessed week here in Haiti.
Elizabeth and Donna arrived on Wednesday. They had to jump right in to a busy array of events, as we had to go immediately to meet Pastor Guy in Petion-ville to do banking and other errands. It was hours before we got them home to recuperate from their trip. Welcome to Haiti, ladies.
There were services each night this past week in honor of Holy Week. On Good Friday, the whole city was shut down and everything was closed.
Saturday morning, Elysha, Elizabeth and Donna came with me to the English class. It was packed with 47 people. We taught them “Old McDonald” which they thought was hilarious. We had pictures from the internet of farm animals that they see everyday on the streets and in the field right by the church. The ladies came up and helped them learn “Jesus loves Me” using sign language, and they learned John 3:16. The Haitians are interested learners. It’ such a joy to teach them.

We headed to the orphanage after class. Elysha, Donna and Elizabeth made up goody bags for the children which they enjoyed immensely. We joined the kids in singing and dancing. They are quite the entertainers.

Elysha passing out treats at the Orphanage

The kids colored from the coloring books the ladies brought, and Elysha painted the older girls’ nails.

One family of 3 siblings came to the orphanage after the earthquake. Their mom was killed, and their dad lost his leg. It wasn’t clear to me whether or not the dad will be able to care for them in the future. The youngest is about 3, and he received wounds on his head, in the earthquake, from falling cement blocks.  Donna and I are already planning a “shop day” when we can go and administer some medical TLC to the children. Another nurse, from Chile, will be coming in about 2 weeks.

Today, Resurrection Day, the service began at 6:45 AM.  You know that I’m not a morning person:) but today I was. The service was packed. I’m sure there were over 300 people there. The three ladies again so lovingly prepared bags of candy for the children, and we passed them out right after the kids sang some special Easter songs.

Debbie and the kids

Pastor Guy told them to prepare 60, so they did. You guessed it. There were at least 80 kids there. I quickly sent Chad back to the house . I still had a duffel bag full of candy donated by the grace-filled congregation at Cornerstone in Phoenix. After the service, we gave it out and everyone was happy.
Things are happening at an exponential rate now. Here are some of the cool things that have transpired this week:
Tom Isenhart, (Chad’s dad), has arranged for 250,000 meals to be shipped in a container from “Feed My Starving Children”, at $0.029 a meal.
This will enable us to provide a lunch program to all the children in Foursquare schools and orphanages, and beyond. This is huge!

A bigger generator and a new refrigerator were purchased for the Base Camp. (Lack of electricity is not a problem anymore.   We now have fans and “frozen” ice). This makes us all happy:)
Chad figured out how to operate the water purifier from “Doc in a Box” based out of AZ. It makes Chlorine out of salt using electricity. We’re trying to figure out how to use it effectively for the most people. They cost $1000, if anyone is looking to donate:)
The foundation for the church security wall is now dug on three sides and the foundation stones are being put in place.
There will be no room at the inn this month. Three different groups are coming beginning this Thursday. There’s much work to do, and they plan to work right along side the Haitians.  Jonathan Hall, Director of Foursquare Missions, is coming on Saturday on his way to Brazil. It will be an honor to host him.  You can hear how fast things are happening.
God is on the move, and He’s always faithful.

Love from Haiti

John & Debbie

Pray Haiti!

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