Recap of Busy Days

Well, SI is gone then we had four more people the day they left, the four from WI, Doug and Lois Fearing, and two others, left yesterday. Gary went to Port to pick up a Pastor from FL, Baptist, big church who will spend the night and a day or so.  We were working with a church member (business man) who was supporting another work (Haitian run and one of our employees, he would send money to Touch to give to Daniel for a school and all the time ask us questions about us, and how we believed the Haitian school was doing).  He would give us 50 dollars a month for our trouble and service and sometimes send money in at Christmas.  After being faithful to help him do what he does for about three years, his pastor is coming to check us out.  So, I'll let you know how that goes. 

Remember Pierre, the guy with the badly burned neck, etc?  He's, right now, getting surgery by Italian doctors on an Italian boat. They came to St Nicholas after all our people left and their expertise was fixing facial problems. We took Pierre and they are fixing him. Isnt' that wonderful? 

If you checked fb and all the pics of the hospital or my blog, what was done here by the SI medical group, Diana and Brian Moreno was probably the best care anyone could get. They sure worked hard.

We are still working on the school wall getting it up according to the engineer, Jeff Samida, so that it's earthquake safe. No wonder the Haitians can't do things that would last an earthquake. It's very expensive.  Also, giving $$ to Pastor Cesar in Port to rebuild his church. He isn't in Port but near Cite Soliel on Route Nef.  He's a good pastor and he'll have a fine church, earthquake safe when it's all done. 

Sunday a woman from Family Harvest is coming in for a week to work at El Shaddai, Monday a woman from FL is coming to work at El Shaddai as well.  Then when the FH woman leaves we pick up a man from FH to work another and when he leaves another gal coming in for a week.  And the FL woman will be here for three weeks.

We have two Haitian boys now living with us.  You knew we had Jr from the orphanage that Silsby visited (who may get released from jail this week) and the other is from Port.  His sister lost everything in the quake wanted him to be someplace. Nancy Hibbard, who works with us knew a Dr from Portugal who orchestrated getting him off the street.  Both are delights really and not a problem at all.  We all take turns doing things for them if need be but they are pretty easy. They both go to El Shaddai.

The orphanage has opened it's girls' home, with twin 2 year olds.  So, we have room for more kids that may come our way.  The boys house can hold 8 and the girls house the same.  (Have 6 boys now). 

Let's see......the SI team worked on Adolph's house and made it quite nice to handle about 18 people, I think.  We slept ten (Dr's and nurses) along with regulars, Dan, Nancy, Gary and I and not one stopped up toilet.  Pretty good huh?  We fed 21 SI people a night plus us, plus Pastor Jeff Perry was here with another guy for two nights so the number went up.  The SI builders made a serving bar along the grill work and benches for the two long tables (that have been here forever) and the space where the banister came around the stairwell (that created an opening that nothing fit in, they made a big pantry.  They made shelves downstairs kitchen which I'm trying desperately to make into a nice place for teams to have morning coffee and breakfast rather than coming up here. 

That's about it.  All in a week!!  While many, many people at the hospital were getting quality care and surgery. 

Port is still a mess, nothing is really getting done except the highway and that's working very well.  (DR is putting it in).  Tents are everywhere.  Every available space. It looks like Cite Soliel.  Can you imagine Port becoming Cite Soliel.  No one seems to have a good plan to fix the problem. 

Falling asleep at the computer.