The cost to import

If a person wanted to import a car into Haiti from another country they will be paying almost 70% of the value they estimate its worth!  WOW!

Pray!

We ask you to take the time to PRAY for the Adoration Christian Centre.  We have some specific requests for you to PRAY for:

 

1.  Please PRAY for all the students from Kindergarten until Philo (Grade 13) who are writing exams.  We have over 300 students in our programs that will write the year-end exams.  Their final marks are based on these exams.  Please PRAY for the students to study hard, to be focused and to try their best.

 

2.  Please PRAY for the Grade 6s, Grade 9s, those in Rheto (Grade 12) and those in Philo (Grade 13) who are writing their government exams.  On top of the exams they are writing for their schools they have to write government exams that determine if they are allowed to go to the next level.  Once again please PRAY  for the students to study hard, to be focused and to try their best.

 

3.  Please PRAY for the school registration and NGO status.  Please PRAY that it might go smoothly and without roadblocks and speed bumps.

 

4.  Please PRAY for land purchase and a rental agreement next year.

 

5.  Please PRAY for the upcoming teacher training team and work team in August.  Please PRAY that they prepare well for the trip here and are a great impact on the community.

 

6.  Please PRAY for Cornelius, Mindy, Chloe and Joel Broersma as they leave Haiti and transition back to life in Canada.

 

7.  Please PRAY for Randy and Karen Lodder in the upcoming months as they continue working with staff and students at Adoration, and for their children, Maia, Levi and Judah.

 

 





Baking cookies

Chloe and I baked cookies for the first time ever the other day.  They turned out pretty good...you have some competition Nancy...

The ingredients.  Notice the phone, had to make one call to Karen to make sure I was doing it right!

All the chocolate mixed through, Mindy loved the finished product.

Before the oven.

In the oven.

Finished product.

Kindergarten Graduation

A flat tire on the way to graduation this morning...we were a little late for the beginning of the school day but not for graduation.  Some nice gentlemen helped us jack our car up and change the tire.

On the green board this morning.  Last day of school!

The theme of the school year.

Her spot on the bench.

Waiting to start the singing part of the program.

Getting her certificate.

Last prayer time with the whole class.

Chloe and her teacher, Mrs. Ackerman

Her certificate, a proud moment.

Family pictures

Here are some recent and not so recent pictures of our family in the past month.  (you can click on the pictures to make them bigger)

Joel celebrated his first birthday on May 11th, he needed a bit of help blowing out the candles.

 

His own cupcake! Not nearly as bad as Chloe when she had her cake.

In the cupboards!  All kids love to play here!

Looks like he had fun unwinding the toilet paper.

Cooling off with mom!

Play day for the pre-ks and the kindergartens from Chloe's school.

The slide.

The swing.

Different activities!

 

A colourful change!

When we first came to Haiti we went our for supper at a restaurant that showed the view of the picture below.  This picture shows what I call concrete village, it is a poorer part located in one of the richer parts of Port au Prince.

 

 

Just recently a couple of companies have donated moneys/paint to have the houses painted.  The picture down below shows the progress that has been made.  You can determine which one you like better.

 

 

Sugar Cane Museum

Last week the Grades 2 and 3s went to the Sugar Cane Museum to see how sugar use to be made from sugar cane. The whole process before electricity was quite an interesting sight to behold. The children learned a lot from what they had seen.

Moving to the first part of the tour.

The bell that was used to tell the slaves that the working day had begun.

Getting notes for the potential quiz later at the school.

The machine used to crush the sugar cane.

One of the students receiving praise for answering a question properly.

Grade 2 and 3

Flying over Haiti!

On Saturday John, Melissa, Mindy, Randy and myself went flying with Jason Krul up to the northern part of Haiti.  It was a great getaway and we got to see a lot of beautiful things in Haiti.   Here are some pictures:

The mountains looked so nice in the morning under the grey clouds.

The Citadel near Cape Haitian, a fortress, just in case the French came back.
It is amazing because it is built on the side of a cliff, it goes straight down for 100s of feet.

The northern part of Haiti.  So lush and green in some places.

Where my next house will be built!

A quick stop in Pignon for some of us to get our stomachs in the right places.

Chloe's turn!

Not only is Melissa a great photographer but she also does hair.  She did Chloe's hair before the pictures were done.  Thanks for the pictures Melissa and doing the hair!

Joel

Melissa Bos came to Haiti to see the country and also is a great photographer.  She took some pictures of Joel and in the near future will take some of Chloe.  Today is Joel's day!