Monday, 29 April 2013

A birthday, some worship time, teachers over! Wow what a week!

And the walls came a tumbling down!  A couple of weeks ago the mayor sent some of his workers to a road that is close by our house.  They measure the road and noticed that it was too narrow, so narrow that even one car had trouble travelling on it.  They marked the walls with some red paint: this paint said "Move wall back 3 meters, you have 8 days."    Eight days came and went and not a single wall was moved back, in fact one of the walls that had to move back also had to move a house back 3 meters.  Two Sundays ago we were sitting down reading some books and the electricity all of a sudden cut out.  We went outside because we heard a big machine.  We then watched a front end loader take down a lot of the walls down the street.  They stopped before they got to the house.  I guess the house has a bit of time before it will be taken down as well. 


Chloe's new dress from Daphka Peters.  She loves it, thanks Daphka!

A cake all the way from Canada for Mindy's birthday!

Chloe's teacher, Mrs. Ackerman and her husband, along with Mr. Chabot
came over for dinner a couple of nights ago.

The children singing infront of the church, Zach giving Chloe and Esther some singing tips.

Chloe and Maia cuddling during the scary parts of Peter Pan!

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Things have been happening at Adoration!

Over the past couple of weeks many different and exciting events have been happening at Adoration Centre. I will try my best to cover all of them in one big blog.

One of our teachers invited went to a local hospital and invited some nurses to our school to do some medical tests on our students. Each student received a little prick on one of their fingers and the blood was tested for different illnesses. Randy and I showed the students how painful the procedure was going to be.
Crazy
 
Medical
 
We recently had a Bible challenge with all the grades. Each grade was given 5 questions to answer about different Bible stories. It was very loud because each class was excited when another class got a correct answer. However it was even more exciting to see the smiles on the faces when the students answered the questions correctly.

Bible challenge
 
A bunch of toys and puzzles were donated from various people in Hamilton, Ontario. The Special Needs Director and the Kindergarten Director spent some time sorting out the toys and sharing them amongst those grades.

toys
 
Classtrips have been going on for the classes here at Adoration Christian Centre. The Grade 4s went to Double Harest, an organization that has developed a farming community. It has numerous vegatables, chickens and fishes growing on it. The Grade 5 and 6s went downtown to the National Museum, where they learned about the history of their country. The Grades 7 and 8s went to Fort Jacques and the Baptist Mission where they visited a museum and an old fort. The Grades 2 and 3s will be going to the Sugar Cane Museum soon while the Kindergartens, the Special Needs class and the Grade are going to go to a playground.

Classtrip 2
 
classtrips

Monday, 15 April 2013

Update

It has been awhile since I have updated the blog.  Since I last updated this blog Chloe and I have travelled to Canada to celebrate my Oma's (grandmother's) 100th birthday, I travelled to Orlando for the Gospel Coalition Conference, while Mindy was home in Haiti with Joel and Chloe.  Here are some pictures of the past three weeks or so.

Joel is having a great time reading books.

Joel is standing on his own!!!

Easter egg hunt.

Another puzzle conquered

Sunrise at our house Easter morning (the day the Son rose)
It is book reading week and Choe got to dress up the smartest person she knew,
so she dressed up as her daddy!

The Sikkema family, only missing a couple families.

The Broersma family, minus Mindy and Joel.

The group of guys that were at the conference together.

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

The Letter "T"

This blog is brought to you by the letter "T" and the numbers 2 and 8. Why you may ask? Well, the first "T" word we have for you is...

Teeth

Our little man got his first 2 teeth yesterday. They are just barely poking through the gums, but they are there :)

 
 
 
And the second "T" word comes with the number 8. 
Any guesses.
I'll give you a hint...it has 8 legs!
Yep, you guessed it...
 

Tarantula

This big hairy spider was in our backyard this morning.  The picture is after it's untimely death by broom...it looked about 3 times as big when it had its legs spread out...

Chloe wanted to touch it, but I said no.  Here is a picture with her hand to give some perspective for the size.
Ugh.  I hate spiders.
 
 

Tuesday, 19 March 2013


Some pictures of Chloe.  We went for a walk one Sunday on the improved road that they are fixing by our house.

We got to see some flamingos in a lake just outside of Port au Prince.

A friend gave Chloe a ride on his four-wheeler.

Mindy teaching thumb wars, a student chillin' with Joel, Hendy and Chloe on the slide,
and Mindy and Chloe teaching Amson how to play 'What time is it Mr. Wolf?'

Joel is quite content.

Mindy and her children.

Monday, 18 March 2013

Life at Adoration

This past week we could watch the children write their exams. We watched the children play and enjoy the beautiful weather. Another control is done and the students are eagerly awaiting the results that will be given to them this week Thursday. Photos were taken by Melanie De Jonge.


















Sunday, 10 March 2013

The beach!


Kaliko Resort!  A great pool, a fun beach and friends made this Saturday a day to remember.
Betsy, Drake and Daphka!
Getting buried

Natasha and Makson came alone with their family.
 
Aunt Mel with Joel and Chloe

Makson and his family, loving the beach and the water.

Esther + water = love!