Our House, Birds

Today the focus of the work done by the team at the mission was the building in which we live (the first floor mainly). Mostly painting was done, but gardening and guttering was done as well. We fixed a gutter piece that fell during a hurricane last year as well as cleaned and realigned other parts.

The gardening that was done was to remove and move some flowers and plant corn, peas, zucchini, and bush beans. I have to build a fence to keep people from stepping on it, but I am looking so forward to eating the goodies that come out of it!

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of anyone working (too busy helping), but I did just take these pictures:



They painted the metal bars over the windows, the concrete above and below the windows as well as the white on both sides of the house and right outside the front door. It looks much cleaner and better now. Carter also painted the railing-type bar on the front porch.

Again, THANK YOU ALL FOR BLESSING US!!

I attempted to get Lee from Answered Prayers a Digicel T-Shirt as a surprise because on Saturday he mentioned that he wanted it one, but I was told that they don't sell them - you got to buy something first (this is crazy because Digicel marketing items are ALL OVER the place in Haiti). Oh well, I tried.

Birds

This morning while looking at things and figuring things out, I saw this bird sitting in the tree and got a couple shots of him:



In the middle of working, the kids said they found a hawk in the nets by our house. Here is a shot of him. He got himself out the same way he got in - through the net itself.

More Team Work

Great news! The team that was in Saturday is coming again today! I hope to have them work on our house a little bit. The outside needs painting and it'll be nice to have their help.

Their plans to go to another place fell through so they'll be spending the day here at the Mission. We'll most likely be doing a lot of painting again and repairing of gutters for our cisterns. There is plenty of things to do around here! We are so thankful for their help!

Team Work

The team that came yesterday did GREAT WORK!

They arrived around 9 AM and were ready to start immediately. I gave a short tour on the way down to where we would be working. This involved walking down where a new concrete floor/roof was being poured on the hospital building thanks to some funds from USAID (a US Government agency). I think they enjoyed watching how things are done without all the hi-tech devices in the States and Canada (I mentioned Canada because some were from Canada, eh?).


When we got to my shop, they unloaded their bags and started gathering supplies - most of the work involved painting. Kris and Lee, from Answered Prayers, were the team leaders of this group. They were very good at keeping people going, organized, and dedicated to doing the jobs right the first time. The places that they painted look great! Three of the ladies from the group painted a pretty dirty bathroom area that didn't smell the greatest - they did it all without complaining and even (somehow) had fun doing it!



Lee and I also did some work in a couple other buildings - including bolting down some sinks in one of our bathroom areas (we had one stolen not too long ago).

They worked all day from about 9:30 AM until 4 PM with a quick lunch break. This was my first time hosting a team and things went very well - they made my job easy and a lot necessary things were accomplished for the mission.

Here is a shot of most of the team (some making silly faces, perhaps it was the paint fumes...) - some of the team had started the walk up the hill already:



A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!!