I got a call from a friend, Andrew, in the States yesterday evening. He and I got to talking quite a bit and one of the things that we got to talking about was about food. He is one of our supporters every month and he mentioned that he wouldn't mind if we got ice cream every month using the money he gives us. I was smiling! I don't think that we'll be buying it very often, but I am looking forward to our next bucket of ice cream. We haven't bought a bucket of ice cream for probably close to 6 months.
Andrew, when I get my Haitian driver's license (which should be any day now), I am going to go buy myself some ice cream and I'll post a picture of our faces deep in the container of ice cream! Thank you for your encouraging phone call (and I am not just talking about ice cream)!
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We are depending on the Lord for direction in everything we do. We are working to spread the gospel to the people of Haiti with the Baptist Haiti Mission while we wait to complete Lou's adoption. Our primary goal in life is to show the ultimate satisfaction in knowing our Lord Jesus Christ - we pray that God be glorified. This is our adoption/missionary story...
Details: How it Began & the Latest Plan
Prayer List
- Wisdom and Knowledge into the Will of God for Our Lives
Milestones
- April 17, 2007 - Paperwork Arrives in Haiti
- May 16, 2007 - Entered IBESR (entered the paperwork process in Haiti)
- June 2007 - First Trip to Haiti
- July 2007 - I600 Paperwork Submitted
- January 2008 - Second Trip to Haiti
- April 29, 2008 - Put House up for Sale
- May 3, 2008 - Sold House
- May 17, 2008 - Out of IBESR and in Parquet
- May 30, 2008 - Last day of Work
- June 30, 2008 - Fly to Haiti
- July 1, 2008 - Pick up Lou From Orphanage
- August 23, 2008 - Out of Parquet
- December 19, 2008 - Entered MOI
- May 28, 2009 - Began Orphan First Legwork - Orphanage Drirector should have started this in October 2007 when USCIS inquired of her
- June 9, 2009 - Birth Parent Interview with USCIS (as a result of the Orphan First Program this is being done early)
- June 15, 2009 - US Embassy DNA letter to orphanage director
- July 29, 2009 - DNA Results Emailed to USCIS
- August 31, 2009 - MOI Paperwork signed
- September 9, 2009 - Out of MOI, paperwork delivered to Haitian Immigration for Passport
- September 19, 2009 - I600 Approved by Minnesota USCIS office
- September 28, 2009 - Approved I600 "cabled" to US Embassy, Port-au-Prince by the National Visa Center (New York?)
- October 2, 2009 - Passport Finished
- October 6, 2009 - Physical Exam and Tuberculosis Skin Test
- October 8, 2009 - Test Result of TB Skin test: Positive - Chest Xray taken
- October 12, 2009 - Chest Xray Results of TB: Negative (US Embassy closed for Columbus Day - dropping off paperwork tomorrow)
- October 13, 2009 - Dropped off Paperwork for Visa
- October 23, 2009 - Received Email About Visa Appointment for Monday the 26th
- October 26, 2009 - Visa Appointment (Paid for the Visa)
- October 27, 2009 - Picked up Visa
- November 4, 2009 - Leave Haiti for the US
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- Baptist Haiti Mission - 18° 28'01.79" N, 72° 17'40.59"W (elevation 3988)
- Baptist Haiti Mission Beach House (Camp) - 18° 56'06.98" N, 72° 40'51.89"W (elevation 165)
- BRESMA I (Baby Orphanage) - 18°33'36.10"N, 72°17'25.01"W
- Visa Lodge (The Hotel we have stayed at twice) - 18°34'07.24"N, 72°18'08.30"W
- Kaliko Beach Club (where we visited our first time to Haiti) - 18°52'15.99"N, 72°36'55.12"W
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- Snail/Slug Lesson Cont...
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- Ice Cream
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6 comments:
Haha...you're welcome. It was good talking with you. The only thing better would be to enjoy the ice cream with you. Enjoy!
Ken -
If all goes well you should be able to get more ice cream. I tried to send a small amount of cash with the group from Church of the Open Door.
Everyone's bags were FULL this time, so I was not able to slip anything in.
I'm not sure if it will work out but I just grabbed an envelope at church today and gave it to Steve Hanson, our global minister.
If they make it up to Baptist Haiti Mission, they will just drop it off at the shop. If not, it will stay at Mephibosheth(the home for special needs children in Port-Au-Prince) If you have a chance, please visit as I really think you would enjoy this HOLY, HAPPY group home. I'm going to try to see if I can find your phone number and send it to Steve Hanson. They leave early on Monday (June 7th).
I've followed your story every day. Peace and blessings to the whole family. I hope I can come back to Haiti sometime soon.
Debbie Woodward
Church of the Open Door
Maple Grove, Minnesota
Hi Debbie! Thank you for trying to send some things and thank you for sending an amount of cash - everything helps!
I hope that one way or another we meet the folks from your group. It would be nice to visit the location in Port and see what it's all about.
Thank you for your blessings and I pray for God's blessings in return!
Ken
Ken-
I havn't been able to locate your phone number. I know I just saw it in the last couple of weeks (sorry but it is on some miscellaneous piece of paper).
If you have a chance, will you please send it to me. Steve Hanson usually goes to an internet cafe daily to keep up with all of his Global Ministry work. I can e-mail him your phone number in case they make it up to Baptist Haiti Mission.
Debbie Woodward
3658-2516 is my number
HEy Ken-
We have donors that say use the money for diet coke- use it for ice cream --- I don't think that many supporters are nearly as judgmental as we might be worrying they are. In three and a half years in haiti I have learned that if little things like expensive ice cream or diet coke can make you feel a little closer to your own culture or past happy memories --- those things will fuel you to keep going when Haiti gets very hard ... and as you know, sometimes Haiti really hurts.
tara and troy (and we used to attend Church of the Open Door - my uncle is a good friend of Dave Johnson and we are podrishoners now.)
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