This year so far...

I'm sorry its been such a long time since I've last posted, we've been so busy! Here's what we have been up to so far this year...

This semester Mom taught an intensive Christian Counseling class at the seminary...

Everyone loved the class and really enjoyed learning how to counsel people in their churches!

Last month we had a team from Sharptown church come!

They cooked meals for us every night and were such a blessing 

The guys played basketball with the students...

They even got to visit Linsey at Streethearts!

We did a conversational English night where we split into groups and they got to meet the students!

Love these guys <3

They had great conversations and it was lots of fun

Since Andy and Dawn Buzby were here(!), lots of garden work was done and lots of seeds were planted!

We went to Micheline's church on that Sunday...

It was a beautiful service and a blessing to be a part of.

Thank you guys for coming! We loved having you <3

Haiti's beauty breath-taking even when you see it everyday

Our beloved Boone passed a few weeks ago. He was such a good dog to our families. He was loyal and devoted to his job as guard dog.

We needed a new dog to do Boone's old job, so after lots of research we bought a little female rottwelier mix from a breeder in Petit-Anse. 

Her name is Sadie and she has already won a place in our hearts <3

This past week we had a team from West Park Church!

During their time here they painted our administration building...

And the Ayars girlies helped too ;) 

We hiked to church in DuFour, and the service was beautiful. We had to bring our own chairs as you can see...

One day we had another conversational English night which is always a blast. 

We split into groups and just talked away... 

...and laughed...

...and prayed.

We visited Streethearts, and what you get to experience when you go there is incredible. 

The children are talkative and crazy, but also very giving and sweet <3

They love pictures too!

After a lovely week of hard work, games, and good times together, the team journeyed back to their Jersey home. Thank you guys for coming! You are always welcome here. 

Thanks for reading :)

A Very Busy Fall

I thought I'd start this blog with some lovely pictures of this beautiful country...

So if you haven't heard already, we have had tons of rain. And I mean TONS.

Now this is quite strange for Haiti, usually we have warm, sunny days, and in the evening we will have a quiet, steady shower this time of year.

(I don't think the froggies mind the rain :)

But for the past month or so, we have been getting rain, all. day. long. Pounding on the tin roofs of all the little huts in northern Haiti, flooding the streets, soaking the ground. Fortunately, this past week it seems to be letting up, drizzling only occasionally.

Jumping back to my last blog, you might remember me mentioning a medical team that was coming from Canada. Well they came, and it was amazing. We worked at Empower Global's clinic "Jehovah Rapha" for the week, while also doing mobile medical clinics for the three days. After working all day as a translator for the team, it was comforting to know that so many people would be falling asleep that night with no pain. No pain because of the labor of this hardworking team. 

In the afternoons while the team was here, my Mom and a bunch of students did a VBS for the children in a nearby village.

They played games, sang songs, watched the Jesus film in Creole, and read from children's Haitian Bibles, and as you can see, had a blast!

Nora loves visitors :) 

After a long, quite successful week, we all sat around a campfire and enjoyed one another's company. We are so thankful for this team, and their effort to make Haiti a healthier place.

Thanksgiving with all of our OMS Haiti friends was a success (as always!). 

We all get together and each share something we are thankful for, and this year the topic was God. What are we thankful for about God? What part of His vast being do we love most? It was really cool to hear all of our fellow missionaries share.

After eating a delightful meal with everyone, we played volleyball on our basketball court, we talked and laughed. Together.

December already, huh? It's crazy how quickly this half of the school year has gone by. As you may already know from past blogs, at the end of the year, we always have soccer matches between classes.

My very favorite of our Emmaus games was this one, 

when our wonderful second-years made it into the finals!

As you can tell, they are all very excited :)

Also, we had our first ever basketball game between students and staff!

With December comes Christmas, decorating, 

and listening to music that never really gets old :)

Thank you for reading this blog, 

and have a splendid rest of December from our family to yours <3