Snapshots of Life Happening at Grace Village..

Snapshots of Life Happening at Grace Village....

So much has been happening its hard to keep up all the time!!

 School is underway and the kids love it! It is such a blessing to see all the kids come up from Titanyen to go to school! We have 306 attending school...for FREE! It's such a blessing that Healing Haiti can provide this for the community. We are in the process of getting the uniforms made and have been measuring kids for several days! :)

THE KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD!! 

THEY ARE EVEN GETTING IN A LITTLE         PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS! :)

WE ALSO HAD A DAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BLESS SOME OF OUR ELDERLY WITH FRESH HAIRCUTS! :)  

SCHNEIDER'S GETTING THE LESSON ON HOW TO PROPERLY CUT  HAIR.

WE BROUGHT 4 OF OUR ELDERLY UP THAT DAY TO KEEP THEM ALL LOOKING SHARP WITH NEW HAIRCUTS AND OF COURSE TO KEEP THEM NICE AND COOL TOO! :) 

 EDMUND LOOKING SHARP AS EVER!! :) 

WE HAVE EVEN BEEN HAVING A LITTLE BIT..WELL A LOT... OF FUN!!                    

WHO DOESN'T LOVE TO PLAY WITH SNACKS AND PRETEND THEY ARE TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE! 

WE HAVE TAKING SOME MORE OF OUR KIDS OUT TO SERVE THE ELDERLY...DELIVERING THEM MEALS, SINGING FOR THEM, PRAYING WITH THEM AND LOVING ON THEM!!

IT MAKES MY HEART SO HAPPY TO HAVE KIDS ASK ME ALL THE TIME IF THEY CAN COME WITH NEXT TIME I GO VISIT THE "GWO MOUN" (ELDERLY) :)

WE HAD SOME TASTY TREATS ALL THE WAY FROM MINNESOTA!! FROZEN APPLE CIDER! 

THEY WERE A HIT!! 

WE ALL LOVE COLD TREATS IN HAITI!! :)

EVEN WENT OUT TO EAT AT A REAL HAITIAN RESTAURANT!! 

SOME PLANTAIN AND A COCA COLA! 

IT WAS DELICIOUS! THEN BEST PART WAS I DIDN'T EVEN GET SICK FROM EATING "REAL" HAITIAN FOOD! I THINK I'LL FIT IN JUST FINE HERE! ;)

 

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO TAKE ONE OF OUR ELDERLY DIEUFORT TO THE HOSPITAL. HE HAS BEEN NEEDING A SURGERY FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WERE JUST BLESSED WE COULD FINALLY GET HIM IN!  

THE KIDS DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL ONE DAY THAT WEEK SO I DECIDED IT'D BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A FEW OF THEM TO KEEP HIM COMPANY!


ALEX AND GERNO WERE SUCH A BLESSING TO HIM! THEM SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR JUST PRAYING AND SINGING TO HIM! IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM SIGING ALONG!

PRAYING OVER HIM AND LISTENING TO THOSE BOYS PRAY IS ALWAYS A GOOD REMINDER TO ME. THEY PRAY WITH SUCH MIGHT AND COURAGE! IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS! THEY HAVE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IN THEM AND IT SHOWS!! 

THERE IS EVEN TALK ABOUT MAKING THIS INTO A NICE LITTLE "APARTMENT" FOR KATHY AND I! :) 

 
 WE WERE ALSO BLESSED BY HAVING THE BROBERG BOYS COME AND BUILD US A PIZZA OVEN! NOW WE JUST NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT! :) THIS WILL BE A BLESSING NOT ONLY TO US BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY AS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS TO BAKE BREAD FOR THEIR FAMILY OR TO SELL AT THE MARKET TO EARN SOME MONEY! IT'S A WIN WIN FOR ALL! THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR HEARTS FOR HAITI!

AND HOW COULD I FORGET......THE NEW BASKETBALL HOOP!! YES THIS REALLY IS A BASKETBALL HOOP....YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY THIS MAKES ME!! CAN YOU PICTURE IT NOW....BASKETBALL CAMPS AND PRACTICES ALL YEAR LONG!! START DONATING BASKETBALLS PLEASE!! :)

THIS WAS A PERFECT END TO A WONDERFUL DAY! THIS HOOP WILL GET LOTS OF USE I'M SURE OF IT!! :) 

  

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OF YOU WHO MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY FOR ME. I AM SO BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO BE LIVING IN HAITI AT GRACE VILLAGE. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I AM IN MY 'HAPPY PLACE' EVERY SINGLE DAY!! 

JUST A FOREWARNING...WITH ALL THESE AMAZING BLESSINGS WE ARE GETTING HERE (AND OF COURSE MY KIDDOS AND MY ELDERLY) I MIGHT NOT BE COMING BACK TO THE STATES FOR AWHILE :) 

BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING AND LOVING ME!!