Today, Second Cape May Baptist from Cape May, NJ travels from Les Cayes, Haiti to Port au Prince, Haiti to Philadelphia, PA. Would you pray for them as they travel? I have heard it went very well. Pictures coming soon!
Rob
Friday, February 22, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Haiti Creole Resource...
The following web site has some free downloadable tools, and some very affordable more robust options for learning Haitian Creole. Check it out. If you do, please let us know what you think!
Rob
Friday, February 15, 2008
A glimpse into the Shoe's Soul
Many folks have asked us to include information on how our family is doing. You can now get a little insight into the Shoe's Soul by going to www.theshoessoul.blogspot.com. You can catch up on what is happening in our personal lives since we've moved to the states (and there's a lot!). You may be amazed, you will laugh and hopefully be spurred to pray for us on our life journey as we continue to serve the Lord through RMI. To whet your appetite, here are a few pictures:
Dan and I, the re-invented U.S. version!
Devon, 20, and Duke the Walmart shopping dog!
Dawn, 17, and a State Volleyball Championship!
A recent visit to Abricot
Our trip to Abricot on January 10: We took pictures for Hope for Kids and looked at possible projects for New Church to consider for future visits. Last year the students had to walk about 5 miles to have their pictures take but this year we have a new road into Abricot. It's a beautiful part of Haiti and one is able to see the beauty even better on this road. But the true beauty is in Haiti's people. They are always happy to see us as we are them. Here is a slideshow for you! Gary McLaughlin
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
More Southern Haiti Flooding Info
Dan is in Haiti and sent the following report: "The palm trees are swaying in the tropical breeze but it's RAINING BUCKETS! Again! Southern Haiti has had almost steady rain for more than a month and a half. Tropical Storm Noel contributed quite a bit of rain and there is more disturbed weather in the Caribbean coming this way. All this rain has created incredible hardships on a people that are already struggling for their day to day existence. Most crops have been lost - especially tough since the Les Cayes plain area is the "breadbasket" of Haiti. Animals have been swept away. Commerce in the outlaying areas has ground to a halt because supplies cannot be brought from the capital to Cayes and then trucks cannot get out to the areas they service. Everything people own is soaking wet, water is inside their flimsy homes (some homes have actually been swept away or are covered in water), sickness is increasing and there is much hunger. Pray for the people!"
Dan went in Wed. Oct. 31 to help prepare for a team from Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church (Chicago area) who were to go in today. Their Sister Church, Astruc, is very remote. It is in the mountains in the middle of the southern peninsula. The Sister Church pastor sent word that the river they must cross to get there is completely impassable. It's way over people's heads. Also, the road leading to the river has been washed away in 3 places. The trip to this church is usually pretty tough in dry conditions. Rain turns the road to a muddy clay mixture that is truly difficult to get through.
After consulting with Dan, the US team decided to cancel the trip. It was clear that they wouldn't be able to get to the church. We are all very disappointed needless to say, but it is a wise decision. They have rescheduled their trip for January. Things should be dried out by then!
Rob was to go in with the team too. Of course, he is not going now, but may still go to Haiti next week to work on the bookkeeping system. We'll keep you up to date on that once his plans are clear.
At this point, we have no word from any of the other sister churches. They will work at that once things dry out and navigation is possible.
Here are some photos that Jenn Rogan (RMI missionary) took 2 weeks ago as they traveled back from a Sister Church.
This is a road! They had to manually build a new section to get around the boulders!
Well, it WAS a road!
RMI staff checking to see if that part of the road was passable.
Jenn, Dan and some RMI staff took these pictures yesterday:
The river in Les Cayes, near the mission center, called La Ravine.
Notice the wet high water mark on the house!
A couple of missionary friends (not RMI) also sent information and photos. Where one of them live, at the top of the mountains in the middle of Haiti's southern peninsula, they personally recorded over 19 inches of rain and 70 mph winds. Here are the pictures they sent:
Again, pray for the people of Haiti!
Debbie
To go, or not to go, Pray for Haiti...
The flooding persists. TS Noel has come and gone, but the rain has not. I may or may not be going to Haiti today as planned. A decision will be made in the next couple of hours. So sad if I and the team from Chicago can't go! Up to this point, the road to the village I would be visiting is impassable due to a raging river that we need to cross (there is no bridge. so the water levels must decrease, and the mud must dry out enough so that our 4 wheel drive vehicles can navigate across).
Here is a picture from 2 days ago with the kind of destruction that is so common due to the rains. This is not the road I was to take, but it gives you an idea as to what the rains have done. This is a very, and I mean very typical sight.
Rob
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