We had an eventful trip down. Everyone made it fine. Upon arriving at Port au Prince we met Karen and found that she had a stressful day. When she arrived at the airport, she went into the washroom and was attacked by a man who hit her three times and stole her money. She has a bruise on her forehead but she is doing OK and we thank God for her protection. We had a two hour wait at the airport while she tried to identify the man on tape but no success.
We had an exciting drive from PaP to the compound. We all traveled together in a large bus with a driver who had no fear. Haitian driving is like no other driving on earth. It's where you learn how to pray. We arrived safely, had pumpkin soup for supper.
This morning we had a great worship time with our new friends, then a tour of the compound. This afternoon we will be going out to buy supplies for the new school and tomorrow we start the work project.
We have all been getting new nicknames. Heather is called Madame Gerry. Ben wants to be called TiBennie - Ti means small. Other names to come.
Our handimen have already made a few repairs - we would call them minor at home but thay are very important here.
Tempature is about 32 degrees and muggy.
We thank you for all your prayers helping us to arrive safely.
God bless you all and keep checking the blog as we will work at keeping you as well posted as we can.
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Wow! Sorry to hear about Karen's attack but happy to hear you all survived Haitian driving. Fun, hey? Wish we were there, too. Don't forget to give out my hugs.
Sandra
Glad you are all safe. We have been with you all the way. Driving in Yarmouth will not be near as bad after being in Haiti. Say hello to everyone on the Compound.
Dickie
So glad you are there safe. I will be following your progress daily. Praying for you and your interactions with the kids, staff, and people in the community. I hope Karen is OK. Spoil her while you are there!
oops...it shoud be from Janet Rose!!
This is Bessie, Mark and Patrick Churchill. We miss you Bennie. Things are much the same here. Warm weather, but not as warm as you have it there. We are hoping to get more comments from you. Good ones though!
Your mom says hi. And hope everything goes well and she is thinking of you.
hey daddy....I am so glad you made it there safe. I was just glued to the computer waiting to find out....pretty sad eh. Just want to tell you I love you and miss you already, hope you don't melt and dad...make sure you make friends with the spiders....they will EAT you:) love you so so much...be careful...oh and claudette says hi and be careful.
Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
xoxoxoxo
MY PRECIOUS WAYNE,
LOVE YOUR EMAILS. ARE YOU ABLE TO CHECK YOURS? I WRITE TO YOU. SAY HI TO EVERYONE. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO PICS OF ALL THE CHILDREN AND THE ANGEL WITH THE DOLL.
ALL MY LOVE, VICKIE
So glad you are all there safe and sound! I look forward to hearing the excitement in your blogs as you keep us up-to-date in your daily endeavors. I hope to experience it first hand one day! Great big Hugs for everyone..You make me proud!
I will be praying for you.
Debbie Muise
We are all so proud of all of you! Your in our prayers daily, hourly all the above. Tell Brian we love him and miss all is well here! Noah sends big hugs and says "I Love You". Hannah send hugs & kisses and says "I Love You too grampy". Hailey sends lots of hugs & kisses "Be careful Gramp & I luba you & Grammy loves you too!"
Looking forward to more postings.
love the Roberts crew
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