2011 Year Review: Happy New Year 2012!

Grapefruit clump.

January: Left Michigan on the 5th. Returned to Haiti the 6th, to Port-au-Prince. Paperwork-done and flew North on the 8th. Restarted our school year-10th. Jan. 12 hiked to the top of a nearby mountain to remember and pray for the earthquake survivors on the one year anniversary. On the 31st celebrated with about 300 children the first year of Kid's Club.


February: Team delay because of Michigan blizzard but arrived on the 9th. Painting, wood working, gazebo building, tree planting. Yummy food and wonderful fellowship with the folks and D's. Anna's 10th birthday. Team leaves early due to eye injury.

March: Banana plant give away. Carnival weekend. Presidential elections. Internet repair. Twisted ankle.

April: Date palm distribution. Newsletters. Local folks protesting election results. Missionary retreat. Visit to mass earthquake grave site. Overnight visit LaGonave. Easter.

May: Agricultural Day. Patient packets arrived. 10,000 Creole Health books arrive! New Haitian president in power. Local protests block road. Visitors from HAFF.

June: Bananas. Cargo. Medical tests. Finished up school for break. Chris and Kathleen come. Todd's family and team come!! Wonderful visit.

July: USA. Family. 4th. Home ministry training. Beth's diagnosis. TerAvest road trip to Yellowstone. Church visits.

August: More visits. Trip out East. Packing.  Breadfruit trees. Approved for another 4 year term. Hurricane delay. Back home. School restart.

September: Cory-Pigeon agricultural conference. Eli's 14th birthday. 13 years in Haiti. Moringa garden. Dad's 70th. Changed blog. Wind storm.

October: Road work. Bamboo plants. New solar panels. Cory renewed visas in Port and visited LaGonave.

November: Tree pruning. Finished up a curriculum year...started the next. Dad received a new hip. Thanksgiving. Hospital summit meeting while the other 3 visited LaGonave.

December: Newsletter. Todd's elbow surgery and Beth's last chemo. Christmas.