Saturday June 19th I traveled up to West Virginia joining with 12 men and 7 women to covenant to work together to rebuild the meetinghouse of Pastor Eddy Sainvil in Petit Goave, Haiti. The brothers and sister in Christ there were Brethren, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist and non-denominational. Yet the goals were the same. And to prove the point we agreed "unanimously" that all decisions would be made by consensus ensuring that even if one person disagreed with a decision we would stop, pray and brainstorm until a consensus could be had. A contractor made a recommendation to purchase a flex-steel building in the US and ship it to Petit Goave to insure quality and relative safety during an earthquake. Quotes were available for a 40x80 building of $20,000 to Florida where the costs would escalate for shipment and customs and all the rest that burden us when shipping to Haiti. Even so we felt it affordable.
Still there are obstacles to overcome. Some of these were discussed and a Building Committee of four were chosen to make a trip to Petit Goave ~ our Calab/Joshua Team that will go, evaluate, pray, meet with the Pastoral Elders there and report back to the group.
It was a good meeting of the minds. It was the beginning of a project ~ a vision for the future ~ a future that begins now.
Churches are invited to join hands in the fund raising efforts. Mt. Pleasant has begun with a recent steak dinner. Another is being planned for October. Middle River and Rileyville are joining in also. If you have interest in this ongoing plan, give a call to Janet Elsea, Becky Miller or Doug Southers. We're all on the same page, heading in the same direction. Progress we can see in a project that God is in.
In other "news", the orphanage in LaJeune is almost complete. Their garden is in and others are being planted. Allen Bowers from Antioch is headed down in July to work in a variety of areas in LaJeune. We are hoping to get updates from him upon his return.
Creole classes are being taught by Patrick Eugene at Mt. Pleasant currently. They will be running through the fall and winter. Brethren are traveling from West Virginia and Woodstock for the classes. If you are interested give Janet Elsea a call at 271-3000. Classes will be suspended for a month in July and you'd be welcome to catch up and start up with us again in August.
That's all the news I have for now. God's richest blessings to you all. Take care to pray for the people of Haiti as the Hurricane season comes upon us.
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