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    Good evening brothers and sisters in Christ,

This newsletter is sort of late coming out, I wanted to wait until it was close to the time for us to head to the states. I will be leaving on the 21st of this month and Earl and Gabriel will be headed out on the 8th of June. I will be visiting my son Robert and his wife in Bowie, Maryland. I have 3 beautiful grandchildren there waiting for me to play with them. I am looking forward to some bonding time with all of them. First Saturday in June, I will be headed back to Pennsylvania to witness the birth of my last grandchild, Earlene is expecting a little girl on the first of July, she has a beautiful little dark eyed boy, who loves to talk to Grandmom on the telephone. Looking forward to some quality time with our oldest daughter Tammy and her family.

We are hoping to visit some churches while were home, one of them will be at the Oil Creek United Methodist Church, in West Virginia, Pastor Robert Mitchell is a big supporter in our school.  Also we will visit Linesville Baptist Church, in Pennsylvania, United Faith Fellowship in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Greenville Baptist Church, in Greenville, Pennsylvania, plus others. 

Earl and I have become members of a new church here in Santiago, International Christian Church, the pastor is James White of Sharing the Vision, him and his wife Teresa, are very faithful preachers in teaching from the Bible, we have a new building and Earl felt we needed a pulpit, so when Pastor and his wife went on vacation, Earl began his handy work, it is a beautiful pulpit and we are so grateful to Earl for all his hard work.

The Haitian Christian Education Center will finish up the school year the first week of June, we have had such a great time this year, we had a group of about 20 from the Bible College of Florida, they came and had a complete BIRTHDAY BASH, for all the kids, they said each month and had the children raise their hands if their birthday was in that month, then everyone was clapping, they were each given toys, some juice, a piece of birthday cake.  The joy on their faces were well worth it, this was something that I feel they may never have had, thanks to all of you who gave your time, effort and the love of Jesus to each of them.

We will begin the next school year on September 6th, Earl and I will be present for registration, I will begin teaching English in the classroom next year, it should be quite easy, since all the children will be at the same level and we won't have to pay an extra teacher. We would love to complete the divisions in the classroom this next year, we will be putting together a work team for this next year, we will be asking for volunteers to come and help with some of the work that needs done here. We will be putting the information in next months newsletter, if you would like to spend a week here and enjoy visiting the children. We have a place for accommodations and for your meals and very reasonable, Be praying for Gods direction in this adventure.

I would like to leave you with this thought, just be willing to let yourself go, step out of the boat, move away from your comfort zone, this summer do something you have always been afraid of, God will direct you, you will be amazed how God will use you.

God Bless each and everyone of you,  All for the love of Jesus, Shirley,Earl, and Gabriel

PS. Just came in, customs have new regulations out !! We can NO longer receive any used clothing or sheets and towels of any kind. Also medications. We have had our shipment from April put on hold, and don't know when we will get it. We had 5 boxes in that shipment, and have no idea whats in them.
 Please do not ship anything to us untill we can get more information on this. Thanks Earl