Just wanted to give you all a quick update on how God worked this summer in Mirebalais, Haiti through GCA. After the earthquake God blessed us with the completion of the construction of our Guest House and it was dedicated on May 30, 2010. We had our first team for the summer on June 5, 2010 and that was when our intern, Trey, joined us for the summer. Then on July 17th, another intern, Andrew, joined us. They were a true blessing to our ministry and a great help to me.
During the summer we worked at Tou Tou's orphanage - some of the teams did painting, VBS, ESL and played soccer. Everyone enjoyed hanging out and spending time with the children. It was amazing teaching them songs in English and how quickly they learned the songs.
Then there was Parachute Village - that was a truly amazing experience for all who went there. It is a group of about 200 adults and children actually living under a parachute who were displaced from Port au Prince after the earthquake. GCA brought them tents that were donated by church's in the US, food, clothing, some medicine and formula for the newborns. As of this posting, GCA is the only organization supporting Parachute Village. When we learned this it came as a shock, but prompted us to continue and step up our commitment in helping them. A side story from our time there: We were amidst these deplorable living conditions and our team sang 'How Great Thou Art' and 'Amazing Grace' in English to the people there and then they sang the songs back to us in Creole. You truly cannot imagine experiencing the joy and love of the Lord like the people of Parachute Village have. They are living under a tent and being fully dependant on God to meet their daily needs.
On October 6th, we got our school up and running. The children look so cute in their uniforms going to school. We are teaching them English as well as all the other subjects. We are doing one school at our guest house and another school at Tou Tou's orphanage.
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