Haiti Visit by Cory and Church Visit Schedule.

We share about the work in Haiti:
March 24, 11am service, Central Wesleyan, Jackson Michigan
March 31,  9:30 am service Living Hope Community, Richland MI
March 31, 6:30pm service, Diamond Springs Wesleyan

The trip to Haiti went well. The country has been mostly calm the past few weeks but there are reports of potential serious trouble at the end of March. 

Broccoli and other vegetables

The politics are complicated and partly international so it is hard to predict.

Just before going to the airport on our return we had a good meeting with 3 of the top leaders of the Haitian Wesleyan Church: Pastor Denor, Pastor Doucet, and Pastor Clother. 

They advised that due to the potential problems, we wait until April 8 to decide when the Wesleyan missionaries should return. They think if Haiti is calm until then, it is likely to stay calm.

Planting the dormant apples

The time at Delice was encouraging. The nursery and small garden (irrigated due to dry season) are growing well. It was good to see many types trees and vegetables growing at a good speed. 

The cool weather slows the growth of most plants but the good side is that weeds also grow much slower than they do down in the hot areas.

The workers never had broccoli and were impressed with how “sweet” the raw stem part was. One, impressed with the diversity, kept asking if this or that tree would produce anything.

Macadamia tree 

We planted the 33 grafted apple trees, each a different variety shown to do well in the tropics. 

With all these we should have late storage apples available until the early varieties start to ripen. 

Some may even produce more than one crop per year. Varieties planted include Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Arkansas Black, Coconut Crunch, Cinnamon Spice… 

The photos are from this week.

Too much erosion from years of growing corn and beans in Delice area!

Spineless Peach Palm and Black Sapote I gave a few years ago at Clean Water for Haiti, in a dry area near the sea.

Moringa products for sale at Port au Prince Airport.