Feb 15-22 Mission Trip Update
My apologies to everyone who checked in last week looking for updates on our team and what we were accomplishing. We never got a chance to post a blog. But now that we are back, I thought I’d add a new update just to let you know what we did.
First of all, it appears that we have made our last 6 hour journey through the Dominican Republic when arriving or departing. The Port-au-Prince airport is now open and running well. Thank you Jesus!
We were able to particpate in two food distributions to the community while we were there. New benches were made for the church and school. New shelves were made to house and organize the tools and get them out of the upstairs bedroom. Records were updated for some of the children, including taking in 8 more children – most of them impacted by the earthquake in some way. Also, Ema, our team member from Canterbury, England, spent some quality time teaching at the Cabaret Baptist Academy and with our teachers.
We purchased block, sand, cement, and steel for the rebuilding of our wall. We are using this opportunity to start a trade school course for masonry, so not only will walls be rebuilt, but those Haitians who work with us will also be able to develop new skills and find meaningful jobs in the future.
More mattresses were purchased to go on the beds built by Mike Snider while he was there overseeing the work.
We had generator problems, so a new larger generator had to be purchased. This will help us absorb the heavier burden of more mission teams and work crews. To see a LOT of pictures of the trip go to www.jbahaiti.org/photos.
Thanks to everyone who kept us in your hearts and prayers while we were there. It was an unforgettable trip for all you attended. These early trips have been more difficult than usual, both physically and emotionally, but they have been necessary to put together the system that will be able to sustain the coming teams. At this time, we have 4 mission teams scheduled for March and are working on more for April and May. If you are interested in bringing a group down, please contact Maryann at mgrigsby@jaxbaptist.org.
There is more to tell, but I’ll leave that for future blogs. Keep praying for Haiti in general and for JBAHaiti in particular.
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