Due to a computer crash towards the end of 2011 we have been unable to post updates on our old website. The new site is under construction but is taking longer than expected. We have decided to continue updates in this venue till we can get them to you via the new site. Please forgive our tardiness in communicating.
Lance Manson Joins the Team
Our project manager Caleb Lapp left our employ in early December following his marriage and move to Les Cayes where he is now ministering with his wife Olga. As we prayed for God's answer to our continuing construction need, one of the contacts we had was from a friend of ours in Jacmel, Danny Pye. Danny had a friend in construction coming to Haiti who wanted to stay on longer term and had construction experience. His friend, Lance, came by to take a look at what we were trying to accomplish. He came down on a weekend to look and then decided to come back to work for a few days the next week to see how it went. On arrival he jumped right in correcting some problems that had occurred in the interim with our Haitian crew as well as doing new work. We had just started work on the guesthouse for our short (and longer) term teams. James Gray, who had done our work on the clinic designs, took Caleb's foundation and reworked it to maximize the benefit. Lance has taken those plans and made them come alive. After the two days of planned work, Lance decided to stay on. He picked up his clothes and moved down.
Lance is now living in one of our small wooden houses that were moved in January to the new site. He reports daily on his progress with photos and text, detailing problems, plans, and progress made. He has begun language studies with Teresa Price our PA who is helping him take his basic language knowledge and expand it to meet his living and construction needs.
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| Lance at the controls of the excavator |
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| Danny and Lance |
We are pleased with Lance's progress on the guesthouse and look forward to his work on the clinic as well as missionary housing.
We are constantly amazed at God's provisions for us time and time again just when we need Him.
Guesthouse Progress
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| Plumbing put in |
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| Walls begin to rise |
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| Front porch added |
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| Bond beams hold walls firmly in place |
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| Floors ready to pour |
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| Trusses ready to go up |
Many Hands Make the Work Light
God has sent many workers our way to partner with us in the work. Some have worked on our houses to make them more comfortable for us (gutters to prevent flooding in low doorways, screen doors to prevent mosquitoes). Some have fixed problems. Several have painted various areas to protect both wood and metal structures. Some have added shade producing porches since there is no airconditioning in this hot climate. We cannot thank you all enough for the help.
Others unable to come have sent money to buy materials. Many have prayed. We have been so blessed. One team from Pennsylvania prayed around the grounds for protection and then ministered to the clients waiting to see the doctors. Many with serious illness found relief and comfort from the work they did. Our employees and missionaries also received prayer.
We have also had medical workers come to count pills, clean out the pharmacy, help with surgery, weigh patients, take vital signs, and physicians and nurse practitioners have helped consult the many patients that come daily looking for God's provision for their health needs. We even had a dentist in our reception tent pulling teeth for those in need.
Sally Todd Joins Staff
Sally Todd, pediatric nurse practitioner from Texas, has joined our missionary staff for 6 months of the year. She works nights in a NICU in Texas when she is not working in Haiti. She began working in January 2012 and helped Jim and Sandy move their belongings to their new house when they first arrived. Sally and her husband Robert are currently working hard to learn Haitian Creole. Robert has experience working in the operating room, emergency room and in personnel in a hospital as well as landscaping. He is praying about what role God might have for him here.
Jenn Rogan marries Jean Philogene
On March 25th, Jenn Rogan married her fiance Jean at the Dan's Creek Hotel in Port Salut. It was a beautiful ceremony on the beach at sunset. Jean has joined our workforce at the clinic. He is helping Sandy doing data entry and filling in where needed. We are so pleased for them both.HHM Facing Dispute for Land Title
HHM learned on March 15 that a person in the US, whose father was a previous owner of the land on which we are building, is disputing our land title. A magistrate, 2 bulldozers, and 20 police arrived Friday afternoon after the clinic had closed, with legal documents we had never seen, stating that we needed to leave the land. We explained that we had never seen any legal papers, never signed any documents stating we had received legal documents discussing this issue and therefore knew nothing about such proceedings. We offered to show them our deed but they said it was illegal. They agreed to allow us to meet them with a lawyer on Monday morning. We hurriedly got in contact with the lawyer that helped Danny Pye get out of prison and he agreed to meet with us and see what was involved. Sandy went on Monday and our lawyer called the opposing party's lawyer. The issue was due to the confiscating of the land by Haiti during Jean Claude Duvalier's reign and subsequent repurchase by the man from whom we purchased the land. We are still not sure what the next step is. Please pray with us as we continue to build and work on the site, that God will find a resolution to this problem.
Prayer Requests
1. Praise for Lance's arrival and all the work he has gotten done thus far.
2. Praise for Jenn's marriage to Jean Jean and his joining our team.
3. Praise for Sally Todd joining the team part time.
4. Please continue to pray for the land dispute that our lawyer, Osner Fevry will have wisdom and that God will give us favor with the man disputing our title.
5. Pray for Lance as he works with the Haitian construction team to motivate them to do excellent work for God.
6. Pray for Jenn and Jean Jean as they begin life together as a family.
7. Pray for Sally and Robert to learn Haitian Creole quickly and well.
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