Thursday, January 28, 2010

Leogane still struggling

Well, Tim and Lisa are on their way back right now from Leogane. They are in Santiago and are expecting to be back in Minnesota around 3pm tomorrow! Here is an update from Lisa's blog about her recent time down in Leogane:

"I'm so amazed by how God worked to bring me to Haiti this time. WOW. In the past few days in Leogane I spent a lot of time with the kids at the orphanage. Jas and Greg are really tired and the 'camping trip' it's quickly wearing on them. Can you imagine... managing 35 kids in something resembling a construction site, with one big hole dug for a toilet, no running water, a tarp for shelter, cold nights, shaking ground, sick kids... and the list goes on. The kids are contained in a small area of "safety." If they leave this little plot of land, they risk falling concrete walls or buildings. Any structures that are stil standing are NOT safe...
I grabbed a few kids and sat down for story time. I'm learning enough creole that I was able to translate some of the Dr. Seuss stories into English for them. Green Eggs and Ham was a hoot. I kept asking them if they'd eat green eggs and they'd all look at each other and then shake their heads 'no!' They begged me to keep reading. They loved the attention and the amusement of having something other than rocks to keep them entertained."--Lisa (from her blog)

"We visited a property yesterday. It's beautiful. It's set further into the countryside. It's a very large chunk of land and extends to the water. There is a huge potential for growth of the orphanage and has room to build the clinic, church, and dormitories that Jas and Greg dream of for the futrure of OLTCH. It would take a good year to build up what they need, so they would need to temporary relocate somewhere in the meantime."--Lisa (from her blog)

There is still so much to be done in Leogane and Haiti in general...SO PLESE KEEP PRAYING and remind everyone else too TO REMEMBER!!!!!!!!! just take a look at this youtube video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Kupe1ttr8

THANK YOU to all for your prayers and support!
God is in control and to HIM be all the glory!!

In His loving arms,
Katelyn

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