Last night we had a fun, yet very chaotic time celebrating July birthdays. It’s always great to hear them sing over and over to each individual child … last night, I believe, there were 7 birthdays. After lots of singing and cupcakes, we all sat (well, some ran around) and sang songs together for quite a while. A good way for the team to end their week here. This morning was time to...

I’m sorry that it has been a couple of days … photos haven’t been uploading and I know it is better to see pictures than to listen to what I have to say all the time! The team has kept busy and will soon be heading back to the states. Thanks so much to all of them for the many projects they helped us out with this week! And … they certainly kept us laughing! They finished up...

We have a team here this week and they have been working on some projects to help improve the orphanage. They have made the children some swings, put together many parts and pieces to make 4 bicycles, are working on shelving for the childrens’ rooms and the storage room, etc. They have also enjoyed playing with and getting to know the children as well as holding a men’s conference last...

Yesterday, as we were toward the end of our church service, I saw a familiar truck drive up to the orphanage, followed by two vans. As I walked over to see what was going on, children began piling out of the vans like crazy! I’m thinking, “No, no! I can’t take all these children!” Come to find out, these were all the children from the orphanage that was destroyed by the hurricane...

This afternoon, we went to the top of the mountain … okay, more like a large hill … that overlooks The Habitat. We hadn’t been up this way before and the view was great! There’s just somethin about being somewhere with a view like this. The mountains … in all their majesty … proclaim God’s majesty like nothing else. We even me at few little friends along...

God is hope to a broken world. He is a Father to the fatherless. He is love where there is no love. He is peace throughout the storm. He is joy amidst the sorrow. He is the way … every time. And today … I will rejoice for He has made me glad! (pictured above: Madeline, Fritzon, Mackinson, Dourison, Dada, and Roudfaelle)

It will probably sound funny when I say that we only had 10 people along on our beach trip yesterday … but in comparison to two weeks ago, when we took 21 … it was a breeze! We took the older boys on the outting yesterday, along with a girlfriend for Lexi. Who would have thought that in taking boys 12 and older that we would have the privaledge of hearing awesome praise and worship music...

This afternoon, Lexi and I spent some quality time doin nothing but loving on some wee ones. We had fun, they had fun … and we got some cute pix too Sweet, sweet Emily, always there with a smile on that cute face of hers! Jack-Jack is starting to come out of his quiet little shell! Lexi giving squeezes to everybody around! Emily, Dourison, Jerry, KC, and little Mack Big squeezes and tickles...

The Baby pool has been a great new adventure for the wee ones at the orphanage! The baby ride-on toys and scooters and skates for the older children have been great! Jacob saw the older children riding on the scooters and wanted to try his ride-on toy the same way … it was so cute! The slide finally got to Haiti last week and I think that it has been the biggest hit of all. All of the...

Check out the computer room … this room is for the older kids to enjoy … last month, a couple of computers were donated to the orphanage and put into this room (thank you … again! post and photos are back a few posts). Since then, I decided it would be cool to get more stuff into that room … to make it a cool hang out place for the kids. We added a bookshelf and a table, which...