Stormy Saturday Evening

I promised Pastor Richard C. that I'd add to the blog today, so I'm keeping my word since we have an evening we aren't out running. This is a picture of Barbara Macloed's rented home. The landlord is adding a new apartment on top so the Carpenters can live in the bottom. It's right next door to the house we rented for the orphanage.


Al and Bev are standing on the orphanage porch and we must pray it looks more finished than that when we get back. The rooms are quite small but they'll work well and there is enough space between the porch and the wall for the kids to play.
Those front windows will be louvered with cement blocks I think. After we get some screening on them, they'll be just fine. It's going to be a stretch for the Carpenters after living with us because they won't have the protection there that they enjoyed at the mission house. There won't be a cage on their porch for a while although, it will probably a priority once they spend a night there. In case I haven't explained it before, they will live in this little house for about six weeks until they get the nanny trained then, they'll go next door at the end of the day to have some time of reprieve and the nanny will spend the night with the boys.

Across the street a man has a bakery, well, not like any bakery you are thinking about but a bakery none the less. The rats are abundant. We need to pray the rats stay on that side of the street and don't decide to pass through the orphanage! Surely they'll not get nosey and come over. But, I have a feeling Al and Bev will have some rat stories before long.

Pray that Al and Bev can raise the funds needed to pay the rent on the apartment next door and enough for their needs beyond what they'll receive through working at the orphanage. Al lost 50 pounds in nine months, hopefully, he won't lose anymore. We need his strength and ability to work as there will be plenty with helping Barb, us and those things Bev needs him to do at the orphanage. WE have a name for our orphanage but I need to clear it with a friend of ours who may not want us to use the same name he has in the past. I'll let you know later what the name is one way or the other.

In the meantime here's a little news. President Preval has lifted the subsidy on gasoline so it's now well over 6 USD a gallon. We are hoping there are riots over this raise in price and we pray Haiti stays calm so we can go back and work as planned. Please agree with us.
Carolyn