End Of School Year Crunch!

Here we are ready to end the year at ESLC and there is always that rush to get things done on time. Thursday, I worked the testing room because Delson was home sick.  I thought, "nice reprieve, don't have to deal with first graders" but by the end of the morning, I was desiring my post because it was at tremendous amount of work. There were so many kids testing and you know if kids test, the tests have to be graded!!!  Imagine giving three different spelling word tests at the same time.  My brain was dizzy!  Thank goodness the kids know their words well enough that when I said Benjamin's word to Tiga, I got a look of, WHAT?? 

These bikes are worth a million dollars ....for smiles like this. 

Always on the phone and a curious dog or lonely dog?  Whenever she finds you available she's there.

Gary's sermon brought the whole church to prayer and repentance, not just a short prayer but an all night prayer meeting.

When you don't have electricity, you bring your cell phone to where it might be....even at church!

Junior and Olivie praying at church one night, no electricity.

El Shaddai kids practicing for closing program.

We are getting ready for our closing program as well, which will be next Thursday.  Looking forward to hearing the kids sing because they love to sing and they love the songs they are singing.  That makes for a successful event ....I hope.  Beach on Friday.  They are all looking forward to that as well. 

Gary and I preached a crusade in a village church the first two nights of this week.  Hard ground. Very hard ground.  Hopefully the other preachers were able to harvest souls, we were hitting what seemed to be a brick wall.

Pastor Cesar's house is looking quite grand, and almost ready to move into.  Pastor Chery's church is coming up and we are so enjoying the joy he has at seeing this church go up.  Pastor Chery is the most real pastor we've met.  He's not religious, not high minded, never asks for a cent. 

We had money to build a school and while sitting in church one Sunday, the Lord spoke to my heart and said, "Build my house and I'll build yours." Yes, Lord, we will build your house.  So, for weeks now, we've handed him money to continue the building and we are seeing God's house go up, while seeing people get saved and healed, delivered.  The messages  he brings on a Sunday are filled with something that helps us.  Never did I think I would be ministered to in Haiti, after all, we were the ones who came to minister.  I have a whole new respect for the CHURCH and realize that without it, you will die. There is no way to serve God outside of His church.  It doesn't work.  Our lives have truly been changed by becoming a part of the Body in Haiti.  

Junior and Olivier both now have flat tires on their bicycles. How they did that is beyond me, they are new tires and they only ride inside the wall around the house.  Need to ask the youngin's some questions.  But, they were filled with shear joy when the bikes came home.  They had worked and put together their little money to see it happen.  Also, they are building houses, welllllll, mud houses.  Quite the construction, I'd say, complete with trees and cars.  They work for hours on these things. 

As always, I'm in a hurry and if there were a dozen other things I should they've escaped me.  So, I'll try and add some pictures and ask you to pray for us for the next week. A school closing (and that means not only the party but moving everything out of the school to our house so it will be safe over the summer).  Two graduations, one of which is in Port.  So, we have a big schedule and we need your prayers that we get through it all decently and in order.

 (Old pictures, looking back)

Leaving Haiti on June 1st.  Thank you all for every prayer and every cent that allows us to continue in this vineyard. This has been a hard year (what year hasn't ) and Gary is facing knee surgery sometime this summer.  We couldn't continue with out you.  Love you, Carolyn