Go tell it on the mountain

In less than a week, Lord willing, three of our family will be back on the mountain at Délice.

So thankful for the prayers during this busy summer and during our transition.

The move should be 'interesting', character building, faith testing, and exciting.

Sometimes missionaries have a hard time finding a honest balance between sharing things in a too positive light vs. focusing on all the hard ugly details.

So I'll confess to finding this blog hard to write and post...not knowing if I hit the right, true balance. Trusting you will forgive me if I did not.

We plan to live in the new house, while pushing to finish up some of the start up tasks....

• Praying to find a workable internet system for the new house. We plan to travel daily to the neighbors to check our emails as our phone reception will likely be spotty. 

• Praying that the neighbor's internet is still working. Putting a back-up plan in place in case it is not.
• Cleaning up from the summer's absence. Getting bedrooms set up
• Unpacking
•  Getting working household and school area set up
• Completing the cement surfacing of the floor
• Continuing school with Fritzlin
• Getting the electrical solar/battery system bought, set up, and functional
• Moving from cistern water hauled up by hand in a bucket to running water

• Once both running water and electric are in place, we will be able to treat drinking water
• [Until then drinking water will be from our kind neighbor's place]
• Purchasing propane tank and pipe for the stove 
• Working on the front retaining wall and entrance way, replacing the rock and dirt ramp
• Getting the fence up the mountain and in place so that trees and garden can be planted
• Terracing the land to help prevent erosion and prepare planting areas in preparation for next year's rainy season
• Find a way to transform the gravel pit into a water catchment area
• Start to connect with the folks from the village and build relationships


• Continue to build relationships with the staff from Together We Can-Haiti and the kids Agape House
• Work on building the AMP team and partnerships

And more.....trying to be realistic without becoming overwhelmed

Only the Lord knows the time-line for these projects. We will do our best to stay flexible and content..counting our blessings.

 But we know there will be trying days and issues, so we ask you to pray for our family. [Remember Eli and Anna at Calvin as well-that they can continue to lean on the Lord while trusing Him]

Another reality is that some of the projects will need to wait for additional funding before we can purchase the needed supplies and hire help. You can read more about the house build funding here.  

While we would love to hire a handful of men from the village during the dry season, [when they don't farm as much], to work on some of the projects, we don't have the funds to pay them. So we will hire just a few or wait until the funds arrive. 

We know what a blessing it was to the village to have so many of the men working on the house last year and early this year. We look forward to hiring some of the same men to work on the land, which will not only bless their families and the community but will help us to continue our relationships with them. 

The faster the start-up/developement funds come in the faster the AMP proprieties will move to becoming self-sustaining and Lord willing, generating profits for supporting the ministries of the national Wesleyan Church of Haiti.

Other approved projects:
Agricultural Training Program
Creole Health Book Project

Coming soon...AMP project for second site.

We thank all who already joined the prayer team for our family, the new work at Délice and for those joining us by giving or praying for the funds needed to move forward.

Together we can make a positive difference.