photos - family visit - part 1

From left to right are my mother, father, Rick and Anje Boer. Every evening we sat up on the roof. It is cooler than inside the house.

Rick and Anje brought a large donation of toothpaste and toothbrushes that was collected at their church. Thank you for this donation. We have a year's supply of toothpaste now!

My mother enjoyed handing out candies to the children in the school program.

Smarties was a favorite for the children.

The children enjoy coloring. They trace their own designs and then color them.

photos - family visit - part 2

People in Canada are making mats using plastic milk bags. Bugs can't hide in them. There is a lot of work that goes into making these!

We bought some foam to make the new cushions for the couch. Here Anje is measuring up the size.

The children were interested in watching.

Benson and Manu made a money pouch out of some left over material.

Manu really enjoyed having in-depth conversations with the visitors!

photos - family visit - part 3

Anje did a lot of painting! Here she is repainting the wall by the outside sinks.

A new coat of paint was put on the walls of the outside rooms and also the metal doors.

Rick and my father worked on installing a new counter top and boards for the table and kitchen sink.

They did some varnishing and sealing as well around the sink.

Kimosabee has some problems. Rick and my dad removed the air conditioner fan motor. We couldn't find another part here in Haiti so they took it back with them to Canada. Pray they can find another one.

photos - family visit - part 4

We made a visit to Bonnette to see Paulna's family. Here Paulna is introducing Rick and Anje to her sister. Some of the children of the village followed us around to check out the new visitors.

We went to see Michelore's mother. She was not feeling well. There are a lot of fevers going around. Pray she gets better soon.

This girl was carrying a bucket of water home to her family. It is women and children's work to haul water.

This woman had a stroke a couple of years ago. Deedee is looking after her baby (Rachel). Her son was helping her to cook the family meal.

There is a nice view from Boutilliers overlooking Port-au-Prince at this look-out point.

photos - family visit - part 5

We headed up the mountain to see the sights. At Fort Jacques there is a good view of Port-au-Prince from the walkway around the fort.

There were a lot of people at Fort Jacques because of the holiday -"La Mort de Dessalines" ( translated as "the death of Dessalines")

On Sunday everybody piled onto Kimosabee to go to church. Kimosabee had no trouble!

We made a visit to the abandoned children's ward at General Hospital. The room was packed with 34 abandoned children.

Some beds had 3 and 4 children in one bed. The workers do their best to look after the children. Haitian society needs to change. The abandonment of children is becoming more of a problem here in Haiti and there are not very many missions who want to look after handicapped children.

photos - family visit - part 6

Cousin Johnny is seated cutting some sweet oranges for everyone. His family sent a gift of food grown in their garden in Jeremie by boat. I took all the visitors to wharf Jeremie to pick up the bags of food. The family sent yams, bananas, bread fruit, oranges, tarot, grenadia, labapen

Everyone helped in preparing the Sunday Thanksgiving dinner. We ate turkey, fresh beans and potatoes! It was a nice change from beans and rice!

Anje made a floral decoration for the table from our garden. It makes a nice photo!

The last evening we had a going away party for the visitors complete with chips, pop and cookies!

Here is the finished couch. It now has cushions instead of a board. Rick and Dad are modeling the new couch.

VIDEO - AMAZING GRACE

Il Divo sings a good rendition of "Amazing Grace". God's grace is sufficient in all circumstances. To watch this video follow the link to:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE_W_dSxaOI