What An Adventure

What an adventure!

Several days ago, Daniel and I had the joy of visiting Policard Church on our Motorcycles thanks to our great guide, Anderson (One of the five Sister Church Partnership Coordinators). It was approximately 25 miles away from our house and took about 1.5 hours to get there. After a good bit of winding, bouncing, a popped chain and LOTS of dust, we arrived at our destination.

What a blessing it was to meet with the Pastor and to see how God is using him to reach the community and teach the children in his care that attend the church. Every Friday, during the school year the church brings in an agriculturalist to teach the children about gardening. They have turned their church yard into a huge garden, filled with peppers, corn, grapefruit, pineapples, sour oranges, mangoes, yams, sweet potatoes and a whole bunch of other items (I can’t remember or have no idea what they were :)

What a joy it was for the Pastor to show us what God is doing on his hill and through his ministry. To top it all off, he blessed us with a fresh pineapple, straight from his garden.

It has been such a joy for me to be able to meet new people, to sit with them, talk with them, encourage them and pray with them. (through an interpreter of course). Thanks to each of you who go with me in Spirit and get to join in on what God is doing!

But. . .the story doesn’t end there. . .

After a brief rest and a refreshing drink of juice, it was time to return home. Upon returning to our house late this afternoon, I came to find out that the rest of my family had an adventure of their own. Some of the electric wires feeding our house had been rubbed through by some branches. When the sparks began, they fell to our very dry grass and started a fire. When my wife instinctively went for the hose and began dragging it out, the main water line feeding our house snapped! So. . . using the bubbling spring coming from the yard, basins, and a shovel, eventually the fire was put out. 
Here’s the best part. . . Another missionary serving with RMI, Joel Sutton, was already here when we arrived and was rounding up all the pieces needed to fix the water line, was working on fixing the electric lines and trimming the branches. It is great to be a part of the family of God!

I can’t imagine being anywhere else. . .except where God wants me, and right now, it’s here in Haiti.

Here We Go . . .

We are just three days from our flight to Haiti. We have been on this journey for almost three years and the time has finally come to say our final goodbyes here and begin building relationships in Haiti. Thank you to each of you who have played a
part in making this a reality, no matter how big or small your contribution, you have been an incredible blessing to our family!!!

The past two months, since moving out of our home, we have been spending time with friends and family from Florida to Kansas to the Poconos and wrapping up some loose ends before leaving the country. Some of the highlights included a visit to the Salt Mines in
Kansas, the Creation Museum in Kentucky, high school graduation, and some fun family moments as we visited some favorite places for one more time before our move. We were all extremely excited to see that our container arrived in Les Cayes, Haiti and was unloaded into our new home this past weekend. Words cannot express the excitement that we experienced in seeing our piles of personal belongings stacked in our new home:)

On Monday, July 20, we will be boarding the plane in Baltimore by 7:20 am to begin the final part of this journey to a new life and culture. We appreciate your prayers and support as we go. Pray also for those that will be serving with us. For the first week or so, we will be staying in guest rooms at the RMI office, until we can get our home unpacked and in order. On Tuesday morning, we will begin the unpacking process. Wednesday we will meet Madame Lala, our family cook. Please pray for her as she prepares to work with us.

Many of you have asked if we would continue to use our current cell phone numbers, but unfortunately, we are not able to do that. Until we figure out all the details of cell phone usage, you can always get in touch with us at our family email address, leeandtina94@gmail.com, on any of our facebook accounts, or our mailing address, c/o Agape Flights CAY 28416, 100 Airplane Avenue, Venice, FL 34285.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support. We look forward to keeping you updated from the southern peninsula of Haiti, very shortly!!!