Hey Everyone,
We are all doing really well. We can’t believe it has almost been a week since we left. We have made some amazing progress. Last Friday when we visited the school and began work, Bruce told us our goal for the week was to lay the cement for two of the four rooms. Today, with the help of a great crew of Haitians (or more appropriately, a great crew of Haitians with the help of a few Americans), we were able to lay the floor for two of the rooms and prepare some of the third room for cement. It was a very long day of labor. We got up at 5:30am, loaded the truck, drove up and the work began. We helped scour the hillside for rocks, move gravel in buckets, tie rebar, bend rebar, measure for accuracy,fasten the forms, compress dirt, entertain a lot of children, and many other activities. We just got home at 5:45pm and are showering before dinner. We broke our record from last January and had 20 people in the land rover along with a lot of other building supplies. It is really dry here and we are all covered in dust after any time in the truck. We were all extra dirty today after working hard, sweating, and driving. We’ve attached a picture of Keith in all his dirty glory. He is on the way to a well earned shower. We are looking forward to more time at Foison working at the school. We hope to finish laying cement in all four rooms by the end of the week. Prayers would be appreciated.
We had a great Sunday worshiping at the church in Foison, lunch at Pastor Chrisbon’s (the best Hatian food ever!), and finished the night off with a Shannon coordinated “missionary fashion show” compliments of the trunks of clothes half the team had to wear until we got the second half of our bags on Sunday. It was quite entertaining.
Thanks for all your prayers, please keep praying that everything continues to go smoothly.We appreciate your support.
Much love,
Amber & Team Haiti
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