Life in Pictures

It's time to post a blog again and I realized I haven't done a photoblog in quite some time :)

           So today I give you these photos from the past four months!

August 17-September 16 I wasin PA and MO with Caïla, a Respire Haiti student, while she recovered from spinal surgery. 

Sending birthday wishes to Haiti from PA

We had lots and lots and LOTS of time together, Caïla is doing my hair :)

On our way to MO from PA where Caïla is continuing to recover until she is able to travel back to Haiti.

An amazingly beautiful "reverse" sunset, this is looking to the east

We had a fantastic student turnout for the first day of School, October 1. There are some voodoo beliefs about sending your child to school on the first day of school after a break. The chains and myths are slowly being broken.

Lunch under the shade structure, first time for meals to be served outside of the classroom.

One of our community English class students showed up at my house with a birthday present for me... a puppy dog. That was far too young to be away from it's mother.

He was really cute, and it was fun for awhile but he had to find a new home.

Two of the sweet girls from our accelerated class snuck in a "Happy Birthday" pic during student photos.

A good friend of Respire came with a belated birthday gift a few days later, just in time for me to cheer on the boys in blue during their world series run.

Always thankful when we are able to get a restful afternoon away.

Respire Haiti has partnered with an Organization called Universole, we have three girls making leather goods.  Stephanie and I work with these girls three times a week.

This is Islore assembling a sandal.

Daphna punching fish shapes, for coasters, out of leather.

More sandal making. 

Spent a fun Sunday afternoon to Port au Prince with all of our American staff. My first ever drive to Port au Prince and we survived! Music blasting, A/C not working and all :)

Family picture during our Sunday funday.

Thankful for the community I have here in Gressier.

Serving up plates of rice at our Saturday feeding program.

Building relationships while baking cookies, now you're talkin. 

A pretty typical looking afternoon at our house. We get home from school around 1:30ish and about 2/2:30 the knocks on the gate for homework help start happening. Lots of relationship building happens around this table.

Found these handsome boys outside my gate as I headed to church yesterday. Both are neighbors and Respire Haiti students. 

Some of the faces and things you'll see going on at a neighborhood party. We play, we dance, we sing, we share God's Word and then finish of with snacks and water. 

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