3 families will soon get a new home

Last Monday Kyrk traveled out to visit 3 families who lost their homes in the earthquake.  Once the request for a new home is submitted and approved by the association of churches, the family then has to show land papers, showing that they own the land.  Then Kyrk goes out and checks the building site etc.  This means that about once every 1 or 2 weeks he is going out to visit people.

This man is currently living in this house along with his wife and 6 children.

Inside their home.  Since the entire wall has fallen down this is what you see when you walk by the house.

This lady is 93 years old and has 14 children, 7 of which have died.  Her house was almost completely destroyed and she is so thankful that she will soon have a new home.

This plot of land is where a lady's house used to be.  It was completely destroyed and following the earthquake she allowed the local school to set up a temporary school on the property.  Now that the school is able to be used she is looking forward to having a new home on her property.

Children in the temporary school

The temporary school was built with whatever materials they could find.

School has begun

Yes, we have officially begun school once again. It has been a long 7 month break and we were all ready to get back into the routine of school. Having not done school since Jan. 12, Naomi and Jonathan were very excited to be able to start back once again.
I am praying that this excitement and enthusiasm for school continues for a long time.
Rebekah is also enjoying doing school related activities and Robert likes to join us, but so far he has spent most of the "school time" in bed. I have found this to be the best method to be able to teach Naomi and Jonathan and keep Robert out of trouble.
Home schooling our children is a challenge, but I'm praying that God will continue to give the patience and wisdom needed.

Dr. Bernard and Group of Carpenters journey

Thank you for your prayers.

Kyrk's cough seems to be going away and he is feeling much better.

Also, Dr. Bernard made it to the states on Thursday and has already received treatment. We are keeping the BHM blog updated with his progress, so check that out for more details. You can get to it through the BHM website, or by going to baptisthaitimission.blogspot.com

God has done some other great things this week. Early Wednesday morning Kyrk sent a well loaded truck up to the northwest along with our group of carpenters. They were going to put a roof on a school and build the school furniture. All of their supplies were loaded on the truck. Everything was going well for them until they got about 3/4 of the way there and the truck could not go any further. They have been receiving a lot of rain in the northwest recently and since the truck was so heavily loaded it was not going to make it any further. Around 6pm they called Kyrk and asked what they should do. It was decided that they should see if they could find another willing truck which they could hire to carry some of the supplies, lessening the load on our truck, so that everything could arrive at the school. Miraculously by midnight, they had everything safely at the school.
Continue to pray for our group of carpenters that are working at the school. Pray that they will be able to safely complete the work that needs to be done and that they can return safely when they are finished.

Fun Pictures, Kyrk's cough and Dr. Bernard

On Saturday Kyrk spent the day building a model airplane with Jonathan. He loved being able to spend the day with Dad and to learn how to build an airplane.



Anna is growing up so quickly. I was taking a picture of her on Sunday and Rebekah wanted to get in on the action also.


Over the past couple of days Kyrk has been struggling with a very bad cough. It is really making him miserable and he would like to be able to stop coughing. One of our workers gathered the leaves in the picture below and told Kyrk to make a tea with them to help his cold. The tea tasted really good and hopefully it helps his cough. Pray with us that God would heal Kyrk's cough.

We are not sure what the first 2 leaves are, but the third one is orange tree leaves and the fourth is coffee tree leaves.

Thank you for your prayers for Dr. Bernard. He is supposed to be coming home from the hospital today and it is looking promising that he is going to be able to go to the states soon to get the needed treatment. Praise God! I'm sure he and his family would appreciate your continued prayers.

Prayer needed for Dr. Bernard

A few days ago Dr. Bernard was admitted to a hospital in Port-au-Prince with chest pains. For those who don't know Dr. Bernard, he is the head doctor of our Hospital on the mission campus. He has served in the hospital for more then 30 years.

Dr. Bernard is a wonderful servant who has diligently helped so many people over the years. Now he is in need of help.

He is in need of advanced cardiac testing, which can not be done in Haiti. Doctors suspect that he needs stents, but they do not have the equipment here in Haiti to help him further.

He needs to go to the United States, or Canada for further medical help. Pray with us that God would make this happen. He has no medical insurance and no way to cover the medical expenses in the States or Canada alone. Pray with us that God would miraculously provide a willing doctor and hospital so that Dr. Bernard can get the medical attention that he needs.


Dr. Bernard, hard at work in his office

Praying for the flu bug to stop

Thank you so much for the prayers that you have offered in regards to the major flu bug that we are battling here. We are praising God that our family is finally over it completely. There are still a few people sick with the flu, but we are hoping that the worst of it is over. Chris and Kelli returned on Wednesday and some of thier children are now sick and we are praying that Chris and Kelli don't get it. Our 2 large groups leave tomorrow so your prayers for good travel would be appreciated. We are praying that they will all feel great and ready to travel by tomorrow morning. The Dutch group has 3 days of travel ahead of them.
Below is a picture we took Wednesday morning. We had 3 groups here for that day, which is the most people we have ever had here at one time.


These groups have been a huge help. The Dutch group has been rebuilding 3 classrooms at the Griffen school that were damaged in the earthquake. This is a picture of the school they are building.

The other groups were building houses. I should have pictures and stories of those families and thier new homes later this week.

Thank you again for joining us in prayer for healing and for this sickness to stop.