Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you all are having a wonderful day! We sure are! We are in the midst of delivering to all of the schools and we are having the best time. Right now we are at Blanchard and we have already been to 2 other schools. The internet has been down at the Guest House (which is why we are posting at Blanchard).

We had a great day yesterday. We have finished 3 roofs and painted A LOT. Everyone is doing well, no sickness.

Going around to all of the schools has been amazing. The children are so excited about everything they are recieving (one little girl that was sitting in my lap was so excited that her excitement got ALL over me). They squeal and bury their heads in their hands as we are passing out the items...it is priceless.

We hope everyone at home has a blessed day. Everyone here keeps saying this is probably one of the best Thanksgivings they have ever had. Eat some turkey for us- we are going to a Haitian buffet for lunch!

*Happy Birthday to Amy from Haiti!
**Big Bob- people keep asking about you!
***While you guys were eating ribs on Tuesday, we were enjoying peanut butter sandwiches.

First Work Day

Today was our first day going into Cite Soleil to work. The men tore off and roofed 2 houses all in one day. They worked really hard! The ladies painted areas of the church that Pastor Leon designated. Jackie gave us a tour of the school and we had a wonderful time meeting the students and spending time with them.

We had a team meeting tonight where we shared about our day and fellowshipped together. The overwhelming feeling from all of the team members is that we are incredibly blessed and fortunate. Tonight it is pouring the rain (thankfully there are 2 families that now have a secure, waterproof roof over their heads). We are hoping that the rain will subside during the night so that we can get a lot of work done tomorrow. The goal for the week is 5 houses to have new roofs and improvements around the Cite Soleil church.

We miss being at the Thanksgiving dinner tonight. We sat around talking about how everyone was eating bar-b-que back home. Thanks for your prayers and comments. We are thankful for the opportunity you all have provided for us to be here. We are really excited to deliver ALL of the bags on Thursday.

We are Here!

We arrived to Haiti around 12:00 with no problems! The flights were on time and all the transitions were smooth. All 36 bags got here and got through customs with no problems! The customs officials certainly enjoyed shooting the finger blasters across the airport while they were searching the bags. We gave them one as a souvenir. We are about to head to the grocery store to pick up some food for the week. It has already been great to be back in Haiti and see old friends. The weather is beautiful but hot (around 90 degrees). We are excited about a great week and can't wait to see what the Lord has in store.

Haiti... November 24- 29

We leave in the morning for Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Our flight leaves around 6:00am. Please pray that God will be glorified in all that we do. We are taking down around 1,200 packages for the schools. Praise God! Thanks to all that contributed!

The Team: Bobby Long, Donna Long, Christy Ferrell, Chad Ferrell, Marshall Harper, Rachel Harper, Curtis Watson, Jordan Wilson, Tyler Boone, Rodney Hicks, Nicolle Lemire, Kenny Lemire.