A Quick catch-er-uper …

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Pardon my extremely technical language for the title, but there are some other important things that have been going on that I feel are necessary to share.

First things first, about a week ago we had a baptism at the school. If you scroll down the page you can see a couple of the pictures that came from this awesome occasion. The man who is baptizing is named Thom. Thom is married to the main missionaries daughter Cara, and they have been here for about 5 years or so together. (Cara has been here longer) Thom teaches sixth grade and this is one of his students. Thom is an awesome teacher, who absolutely loves the kids – and trust me it is obvious. On this note, though, I feel that it is extremely important to point out a sad reality that happens a lot here in Haiti. There are several students who are contemplating baptism, and the only thing that is really holding them back is their parents. Several students have made decisions and really want to be baptized, so please pray that God softens their parents heart to allow them to be baptized.

The other night while I was in the work room working on my blog, much like I am now, I started to hear a noise. It sounded very much like a crowd at a football, except with a marching band that played violins, and were not any good. So basically not like a marching band, but close. I went outside to see a whole crowd of people marching this way, sing and shouting. I had no idea what it was at first, but I soon realized that it a marching voodoo band. This was a little scary to me at first, because voodoo can be a very dangerous thing. I soon ducked back into the office to not make myself known, but realized that my wife was up the street alone in the school. I thought to myself … well I probably should go check on her and make sure she is OK and not freaked out, so I did. She was fine, and so this marked our first encounter with Haitian voodoo, and hopefully it will get no more intense than that.

One last note … Right now we have a group of dentists here, who are doing work on all the kids in the school – I mean all. They are working their butts off everyday to see and clean the teeth of over 350 kids, and trust me not all of these kids are excited about getting their teeth worked on. Anyways, they are even doing small operations on some of the kids, and I am very inspired by these dentists and the working they are doing here, and the attitude they bring in doing it. There are lots of different areas of need here in Port-de-Paix, and all sorts of different types of mission groups come to work. If any of you reading this blog are ever interested please do not hesitate to inquire more. Blessings to all.

Kyle