“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.” Philippians 1:3-5 (NASB)
It seems that words are never enough. We can never begin to tell you how much we have appreciated your prayers and your participation in our desire to share the gospel in Haiti.
It has been a great month! We picked up 7% in both our monthly and one time goals! That brings us to 41% monthly and 65% one time. Continue to pray that God will raise up monthly partners so we will not only get to the field, but we can stay there as well :)
As we continue to work toward our financial goals to enable us to minister in Haiti, we also continue to be busy with ministry here in the States. Lee continues as the Associate/Youth Pastor at Calvary Bible Church and Tina continues to direct PMI Pregnancy Resource Center, a crisis pregnancy center in Greencastle. In our spare time, we are enjoying (hopefully) one last year of maple sugaring on our property and our neighbors. Following are some more pictures of this activity that has become a family project for us.
After collecting anywhere from a few ounces to a over a gallon of sap per tree, the long process of boiling it down begins. Lee usually gets the cooking started between 6 and 7am.
Every 10 minutes, it is time to stock the fire and strain the impurities from the cooking sap. Somewhere between 7 and 10pm, we will usually have the completed maple syrup in jars. On most days we will cook off between 20 and 25 gallons of sap, which results in just over a quart of maple syrup.
The Haiti Connection...
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