This winter and spring have been full of teams, rain, ministry opportunities, rain, computer/internet challenges, and some more rain. We will spare you the pictures of the rain and computer problems... although, you may have seen a couple of pictures of the latter on Facebook recently (let's just say that a frog and a lizard lost their lives while taking up residence inside a computer).
However, we would like to share some pictures of a little bit of the ministry and preparations that happen here on a regular basis.
RMI's goat project has provided about 400 goats to children and their families since the beginning of the year. Each goat given to a child provides him or her with the ability to attend school and purchase the supplies needed for education and other needs.
Lee learned very quickly that getting goats ready to go out to their new homes, isn't always as easy as it looks. Our Haitian staff make moving goats look much easier than it is.
One of our teams' favorite activities is spending time with their sponsorship children during their trips to Haiti. Monthly support from people in the States provides many children in Haiti with an education that they wouldn't have, otherwise.
Another favorite team activity involves home visitations with the people of their sister church community. This gives team members the opportunity to minister to the hearts and lives of people who are not always involved in the church. When visiting homes we provide a family with food, hygiene kits, or water filters and spend time praying, sharing the gospel, and/or offering them some encouragement.
Occasionally, our teams have the ability to offer a medical clinic at their sister church. These usually focus on education, but sometimes they are able to provide other resources, as well.
Each time a sister church comes to visit, there are many Haitian women and men who give their time and resources to provide meals and clean, safe places for our teams to rest. We cannot even begin to share our gratitude for the servant's hearts of our brothers and sisters here in Haiti.
It is such a joy for us to be able to share with our brothers and sisters, both Haitian and American, as they minister to one another during their time together.
This week we have two teams on the ground. Lee is out with Trinity EFC (LA) as they visit their sister church in Picot and Daniel, our teammate, Joel, and summer intern, Kendall are working with TFC Youth Team here in Cayes as they do some work projects for RMI and the missionary community. Your prayers are appreciated as we serve alongside of them.
