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!

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!

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.

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.