God Saying The Time Is Near
Buena's Tarde,
It has been a busy two weeks, as you may know, our friend and sister in Christ, Kathy Gilliland, was visiting us from the 8th of January to the 21st. We had her hopping with many ministries that we participate in. The Haitian Christian Education Center isn't the only ministry we work with. First of all we would like to thank those who let us come in and share the love of Jesus with them and their congregation, Pastor Raphael and his Mission of Mercy children, Pastor Hector Julio and his choir, Debbie Martinez from the La Vega Christan School and the children of all ages, the Haitian Christian Education Center, his sister-in-Law, Alena from Cutapu, and most of all, Kathy, for her determination to come and do exactly what God has put on her heart.
She was here for only 4 days when the earthquake hit, she decided during the week she wanted to go back to the home of our teacher and visit with his family, as you seen in her blog, they have an unfinished home, Kathy felt they needed some pictures on the wall to make it more homey. We arrived at 5 o'clock in the evening and we took pictures and just sit down to talk and we felt our chairs moving, the children were playing on the floor and Earl said," the kids are bumping into my chair," I felt I was getting light headed and thought maybe I was fainting, but it was quite a long day, and we we started looking at each other, I said, "I think we're having an earthquake, we all turned to look out the front door, and before our eyes, the van was swaying forward then backwards, then forwards and backwards, it felt like minutes, Kathy said it was only seconds, but later on I was talking to one of my friends and they said they thought it was a minute or two. All I can tell you is ,it felt like forever, I really didn't think it was going to quit.
When the quake was done, the teacher and his wife went outside and started talking to one of the neighbors and he came back in laughing, he said, "the neighbors are screaming God is coming! God is coming!
The rest of Kathy's stay was difficult for the schedule I had plan for her, Kathy and her sewing group from Linesville, Pa. made triangle and oblong cloth diapers, receiving blankets, much bigger blankets for the families, they made sanitary pads, money was donated to buy baby lotions, oils, soaps, and Kathy even bought material to make box skirts for the Haitian mommies. Satan had other plans, it rained most of her stay, we had 3 afternoons to make box skirts, each time our day came to sew, the electric went out, every time we were ready to go into the Haitian homes, it rained, when we started to go to the Haitian church services, the Pastors told us that the Haitians have gone to Port Au Prince to track down their loved ones, it was difficult to keep your spirits up, but God taught us, it doesn't matter what she came to do, he wanted us to bond in fellowship with one another. Kathy, Earl, Gabriel and I spent some quality time sharing stories with one another. We were there for each other, when you feel no one cares, then God sends someone to you to help lift you up. Kathy was my angel for those two weeks, maybe she didn't get to do what she had her heart set on doing, but regardless of the rain, the electric, and only a few Haitians, we had a bonding moment, as my family would say. Kathy was the first missionary we had come and see what our daily lives are like, she saw some very stressful times, but we love serving the Haitian community and we had a great time sharing Jesus with others. She is very talented in sewing, speaking, and singing, by the way Kathy, our curtains look gorgeous!
During the week of the earthquake, there was only 7 children in school, the schools are suffering also with the devastation in their country. Our support is down, those of you who support children please keep you support coming, if you read the blog created by Kathy Gilliland, she wrote a day by day experience of her stay here, but Kathy was telling you of a couple of things about the school, the teacher Wilbert for example, the parents of the school kids are suppose to help their child by paying 200 pesos a month, those parents aren't doing that, so the teacher only gets paid by the children who have American sponsors, we only have 21 sponsors and not all pay their support each month, it is a hit and miss situation, we are grateful to those of you who do. She also said the teacher gives the students money to buy a snack each day, well, when the parent has money to give the students to buy a snack, they go over at break time and buy something, but some of the families don't have that kind of money, Wilbert feels sorry for some of the kids like we do, so he will give one or two students a couple of pesos to buy something. There are 50 students that attend our school now, only 21 have American sponsors, who don't always pay, there isn't enough funds to buy food, taxi's, water, school supplies, bookshelves, tables, and uniforms. When their support comes in, the teacher is paid from that, then whatever is left we try to buy them the things to get them their education. We did buy three 8 foot tables several months ago, but our need was for a taxi at the time, we were paying over the amount of our bank account, our own personal funds were going towards the taxi. There is so much more needed to keep this school going. God has given us his goodness and his mercy toward this school, we feel we need to do much more but right now it's not affordable, now the earthquake, the Haitians are leaving their country and headed in different places, we may end up with more kids looking for an education then we ever expected. Please be in prayer for this situation.
If you would like to spend a week with us, please, don't hesitate! God is calling all of us to finish his work. My home is open to anyone of you who would love to come.
This morning in our church service, Pastor White shared with us in 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, Paul's hardships, our love for our brothers and sisters in Haiti is felt everywhere, it is our time to share with those who have lost loved ones in the terrible earthquake, we need to have HOPE, it's our hope that we can share with others, that he gave us. I'm not asking you to come to a third or fourth world country, I'm asking you to PRAY! It doesn't take money to pray, the best thing you can do now for the Haitian community and the country of Haiti, is pray. He answers in numbers, let's keep those people in our prayers daily, it will be a long road ahead of them. With God all things are possible. God Bless each and everyone of you. All for the love of Jesus, Shirley,Earl, and Gabriel
It has been a busy two weeks, as you may know, our friend and sister in Christ, Kathy Gilliland, was visiting us from the 8th of January to the 21st. We had her hopping with many ministries that we participate in. The Haitian Christian Education Center isn't the only ministry we work with. First of all we would like to thank those who let us come in and share the love of Jesus with them and their congregation, Pastor Raphael and his Mission of Mercy children, Pastor Hector Julio and his choir, Debbie Martinez from the La Vega Christan School and the children of all ages, the Haitian Christian Education Center, his sister-in-Law, Alena from Cutapu, and most of all, Kathy, for her determination to come and do exactly what God has put on her heart.
She was here for only 4 days when the earthquake hit, she decided during the week she wanted to go back to the home of our teacher and visit with his family, as you seen in her blog, they have an unfinished home, Kathy felt they needed some pictures on the wall to make it more homey. We arrived at 5 o'clock in the evening and we took pictures and just sit down to talk and we felt our chairs moving, the children were playing on the floor and Earl said," the kids are bumping into my chair," I felt I was getting light headed and thought maybe I was fainting, but it was quite a long day, and we we started looking at each other, I said, "I think we're having an earthquake, we all turned to look out the front door, and before our eyes, the van was swaying forward then backwards, then forwards and backwards, it felt like minutes, Kathy said it was only seconds, but later on I was talking to one of my friends and they said they thought it was a minute or two. All I can tell you is ,it felt like forever, I really didn't think it was going to quit.
When the quake was done, the teacher and his wife went outside and started talking to one of the neighbors and he came back in laughing, he said, "the neighbors are screaming God is coming! God is coming!
The rest of Kathy's stay was difficult for the schedule I had plan for her, Kathy and her sewing group from Linesville, Pa. made triangle and oblong cloth diapers, receiving blankets, much bigger blankets for the families, they made sanitary pads, money was donated to buy baby lotions, oils, soaps, and Kathy even bought material to make box skirts for the Haitian mommies. Satan had other plans, it rained most of her stay, we had 3 afternoons to make box skirts, each time our day came to sew, the electric went out, every time we were ready to go into the Haitian homes, it rained, when we started to go to the Haitian church services, the Pastors told us that the Haitians have gone to Port Au Prince to track down their loved ones, it was difficult to keep your spirits up, but God taught us, it doesn't matter what she came to do, he wanted us to bond in fellowship with one another. Kathy, Earl, Gabriel and I spent some quality time sharing stories with one another. We were there for each other, when you feel no one cares, then God sends someone to you to help lift you up. Kathy was my angel for those two weeks, maybe she didn't get to do what she had her heart set on doing, but regardless of the rain, the electric, and only a few Haitians, we had a bonding moment, as my family would say. Kathy was the first missionary we had come and see what our daily lives are like, she saw some very stressful times, but we love serving the Haitian community and we had a great time sharing Jesus with others. She is very talented in sewing, speaking, and singing, by the way Kathy, our curtains look gorgeous!
During the week of the earthquake, there was only 7 children in school, the schools are suffering also with the devastation in their country. Our support is down, those of you who support children please keep you support coming, if you read the blog created by Kathy Gilliland, she wrote a day by day experience of her stay here, but Kathy was telling you of a couple of things about the school, the teacher Wilbert for example, the parents of the school kids are suppose to help their child by paying 200 pesos a month, those parents aren't doing that, so the teacher only gets paid by the children who have American sponsors, we only have 21 sponsors and not all pay their support each month, it is a hit and miss situation, we are grateful to those of you who do. She also said the teacher gives the students money to buy a snack each day, well, when the parent has money to give the students to buy a snack, they go over at break time and buy something, but some of the families don't have that kind of money, Wilbert feels sorry for some of the kids like we do, so he will give one or two students a couple of pesos to buy something. There are 50 students that attend our school now, only 21 have American sponsors, who don't always pay, there isn't enough funds to buy food, taxi's, water, school supplies, bookshelves, tables, and uniforms. When their support comes in, the teacher is paid from that, then whatever is left we try to buy them the things to get them their education. We did buy three 8 foot tables several months ago, but our need was for a taxi at the time, we were paying over the amount of our bank account, our own personal funds were going towards the taxi. There is so much more needed to keep this school going. God has given us his goodness and his mercy toward this school, we feel we need to do much more but right now it's not affordable, now the earthquake, the Haitians are leaving their country and headed in different places, we may end up with more kids looking for an education then we ever expected. Please be in prayer for this situation.
If you would like to spend a week with us, please, don't hesitate! God is calling all of us to finish his work. My home is open to anyone of you who would love to come.
This morning in our church service, Pastor White shared with us in 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, Paul's hardships, our love for our brothers and sisters in Haiti is felt everywhere, it is our time to share with those who have lost loved ones in the terrible earthquake, we need to have HOPE, it's our hope that we can share with others, that he gave us. I'm not asking you to come to a third or fourth world country, I'm asking you to PRAY! It doesn't take money to pray, the best thing you can do now for the Haitian community and the country of Haiti, is pray. He answers in numbers, let's keep those people in our prayers daily, it will be a long road ahead of them. With God all things are possible. God Bless each and everyone of you. All for the love of Jesus, Shirley,Earl, and Gabriel
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