Wilber is the backbone of our school, and he works for almost nothing. He tells me that he can't keep his cloths at his house, so he puts them in a small box at the school . If anyone deserves this work he does.

   Please send anything you can to T.M.C.I. (the missionary church int. )

   This will be a Tax deductible donation !!

  as always put a note that's its for Haitian Christian Education Center ( for Wilbers house project )

  Thank You so much and God Bless,   Earl

questions call  814-806-3007

Sorry it's taken so long to write a newsletter, but I just returned from the Dominican Republic spending the holidays with Earl and Gabriel.  What a glorious time we had, the sun was out most of the time, the time of the year was great for a friends wedding, (Earl, Gabriel and I stood up for our friends), we would like to congratulate Alberto and Pretchy Pena on their marriage, we do pray God continues to bless you all, we were able to visit some friends we haven't seen in a couple years,(Renaida Garcia), is expecting her first child, her husband and her are delighted to be having a daughter, and we worked on some of the adoption for Gabriel, of course, it's not over yet, we are still trying to get all the paperwork in order and the attorney to find time to work with us to finish this up.  We are leaving it in Gods hand, please  be in prayer for all of us. 

I did accomplish my visits with the Haitian Christian Education Center, we are learning more and more about our Savior, they are so smart when questioned about him, they truly do love the Lord as much as he loves them, we were able to teach them a couple new songs in English, those of you who are coming on the mission trip in March, you will be able to hear them.

For those of you who didn't know, the mission trip is set for March 19th thru 26th, 2012, there will be some carpentry work, brick work, painting, visiting families, and VBS, VBS will be lead by April Gaines again this year, the kids loved them coming last year and are looking forward to them coming again.  The cost is $450.00, and you buy your own airline tickets, if you sponsor a child in the school and would like to bring them something, feel free to do so.

I want to share a little story with you, when I was with Earl and Gabriel, they were telling me about these two boys, which are twins, Gabriel was telling me how mean they were to him, they would hit him in the head, chase him down the street until he reached his front gate, no matter how horrible they were to him, he was still going ? out to play with them, I told him, if they are mean to you, you just come home and leave them alone, don't fight with them, he understood what I was saying, but  before I left for the states, he told me that they were being nice to him again, only God knows what had happen to make them stop being mean.  Today I called to see how he was doing and he proceeded to tell me about the twins, they had an electrical fire last night and lost everything they owned, including their home. Gabriel heard what happen and he and Earl went into his closet and started picking out clothes that don't fit him anymore, he said pants, shirts, underwear, and socks, they took them to the twins. I said to him, I thought they were mean to you, but he said mom, they lost everything! 

Now, I thought Gabriel wasn't listening to half the stuff Earl and I have been teaching him, God showed me otherwise, what would you have done if you were in Gabriel's shoes? Take a lesson from a 6 year old, never turn your back on someone, you will never know when God will put someone into your path for help, lets love one another, as Jesus has loved us!

Please be in prayer for Earl and Gabriel, the Haitian Christian Education Center, the children, our mission trip coming up in March, the missionaries that are coming, the supporters for the school, and of course our teacher, Wilbert Darius and his family, what a blessing he is   

                                                  All for the love of Jesus,  Shirley,Earl, and Gabriel

   I really want to thank the people from Oil Creek U.M. Church, Roanoke, West Virginia. This is a small church with about 50 or 60 people. The took a vote to send a Christmas to our school, instead of doing shoe boxes this year. I want everybody to say a small prayer for these people, also don't forget the reason for the season, JESUS CHRIST. please don't take Christ out of Christmas, also pray for our mission. Thank You and may GOD BLESS all of you.  Earl, Shirley and  Gabriel

Usually when I write the newsletter, Earl always reads over it before I post it, well, he has been out of electricity since Tuesday, I have been trying to call and my calls go directly into voice mail, please be in prayer for electricity and our communication.

I am trying to gather funding for my trip to the D.R. for our family Christmas this year, each year it seems to be getting harder. I know God will supply all I need to get there and finish our adoption. C.O.N.A.N.I. says they will no longer fight us, they will give us our approval, but I need to be there to finish the paperwork, we are in the process of doing all of those wonderful papers AGAIN. We would appreciate your prayers for this last thing that is asked of us. PRAISE GOD!

The Haitian Christian Education Center is in full mode, the children came back in full force, we have had some children go back to Haiti, but we are still excited in their willingness to learn all that they can about our Lord and Savior. Our sponsor ships have dropped off, but God is the only one who can make this all work, we thank all of you who have faith in our calling for this school, your sponsor ships are greatly appreciative.

Reminder that the mission trip is set for March 19th thru 26th, 2012, if you are willing to step out into faith and join us, please email Earl or myself, and we will give details and dollar amounts you will need. Last year, we had a group of wonderful people, everyone was willing to do whatever they had to do to get the job done, April had a terrific VBS, we all had a glorious time with each other.

I have been taught many things this week in bible study, one of the studies that we are hearing about is the mess this country is in (USA), in II Chronicles 7:14-22, we are ask to call him by name, humble ourselves, pray, seek, and crave him, he will hear us, he will heal our land, we sometimes don't give up our wicked ways for him,but he is asking us too, he wants us to tell everyone in every nation about him, we need to pray always, seek always, and ask for more of him in our lives, until we change our attitudes he won't hear us, find time to sit down and spend quality time with him, pray for direction in what he wants you to do, find answers! The more we look up to him, the more he will listen to us.

I have learned so much about my own faith this past year, I wasn't even close, personal things were more important to me, today, I am happy to tell you, he is the only thing I look up too, he is the one that guides me and directs me, I had to focus more on him and everything else will fall into place. I loved everything he has ask me to do in the past few years, I am looking forward to however many more years he is willing to let me have to continue to work for him. My eyes, my heart, my mind, and my soul are praying, seeking, and craving all that I can have with him.

Earl, Gabriel, and I pray that all of you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving time with your families, don't forget to take time out to thank the most important person, Jesus Christ, for all he has done for you. See you next month. God Bless, 

                                                                       Earl,Shirley, and Gabriel

Also remember, the shoe fund for the children will be collected all summer, we would love to be able to take the children to the shoe store for another year of brand new shoes for the school program. Please send your donated amount to T.M.C.I. along with note for "SHOE FUND".

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER, GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS!

Hope this letter finds all happy and blessed by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Earl and Gabriel has arrived safely to the U.S. for their 3 month stay.  It is so good to have my family home, I wish you could of seen the picture on Gabriel's face when he arrived at the Buffalo Airport, he came running down the hallway screaming mommy,mommy, mommy, and jumped into my arms, that was a blessing from God for sure.

The Haitian Christian Education Center will be done for the summer break this week, the children have learned lots of new things and I was so touched by those children when I returned for our first mission trip in March, they began with a church service and sang Christian songs I'd  taught them in English, it just brought tears to my eyes. Praise God for that miracle that they still remember the words.

We will be sharing the date for the second  mission trip for next year, it will be  in next months newsletter, so If you missed the first one, this will be your chance to come and join us in the 2012..

This year we are seeking new sponsors for our children to join the others who have so generously been giving, this is a once in a life time offer to help Gods children learn more about our Savior. It is still $20.00 a month.  This summer we are also collecting for our second annual SHOE DRIVE.  We would like to be able to buy each child in the school a new pair of shoes, also maybe even give them a new white pair of socks. The cost for shoes will be $10.00 a pair, you may send your donations for shoes or sponsorships to T.M.C.I., P.O. Box 1761 Columbia, S.C. 29202, please put note and tell Judy what the donation is for.

This summer we will be willing to come to your church for a visit, we can talk about the ministry or share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with your congregation. Please e-mail us if you would like for us to come visit!

Most of you know, we are headed back in September to finally finish up Gabe's adoption, C.O.N.A.N.I., which is the government over the children in the Dominican told us there will be no more fighting over this matter, they will help us finish this up. This has been a long 6 years for us and we know with God, all things are possible, but in his time and not ours.

Updates on my family situations, my mom is doing well, she fell a couple of times this past Mothers Day and injured her foot, but thanks be to God, she is doing okay. My sister who has cancer had a biopsy yesterday and the new spot they found was growing by leaps and bounds, she had it removed this morning and test are being done on it now, pray for peace and healing, this Praise I am so grateful for, is the apartment that the Lord found for a family member who was homeless with their two small children, my nephew Chris, is back from Afghanistan, he is safe and still serving our country in Texas.  God has given me so many miracle these past few months and I know he will continue to do so, we all just need to intercede for each other. WITH THIS IN MIND, read LUKE 18: 1-8, God tells us in verse 7, "Will not God make the things that are right come to his chosen people who cry day and night to Him?" Let's all pray day and night for each other and see the miracle he has at hand be given to you.  God Bless each and everyone of you, please continue to pray for the Haitian Christian Education Center and it's children and teachers.