What we did...

Whew! Still catching up on sleep and processing. Why am I tired? Well maybe because we did all of this:

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July 15th
Nutrition Center
English Class
Dinner- goat and passion fruit juice
Testimomies- Tracy’s and Dave’s
Bed time- 9pm Ryan meets Ted the Tarantula in bed, Dave’s speechless attempt to stop Ryan from jumping into bed

July 16th
4am prayer service
Cement Floors, Painting, & Trenching
Organizing clothing & Distribution
Bus ride w/ kids singing, visit local church (Lauren’s Prayer)
Organized rice and beans
Group prayer for Karen
b-ball games U.S. 4 for 4
Girls photo shoot
Testimony- ex-witch doctor “Price”
Letters for WestGate

July 17th
4am hike to the bat (guano) cave
Oxen digging trench
Board meeting w/ UCI
Shoe & clothing distribution for H.S. youth group because market clean up was rained out
Sugar cane factory
Haiti Idol/ 2 choir’s 6 songs each, one group walked 9 miles to sing, and the other had the leader with the clapping hands of furry
We sang 4 songs
Team introductions

July 18th
First full night sleep, slept in til 7am
Cinnamon rolls
Team cooking day
Church- we sang again
2nd service: “come as you are” Ryan spoke
Soccer game in the rain
Trash bag suit (Stan)
Taylor & Pelusa shampooing in the rain
Guinea soup, well done Brandy!
$213 for JeanJean/Kristie
Peanut Butter Popcorn- Amazing Lesley! ½ cup PB, ½ cup Karo syrup, ½ cup sugar: cook till smooth over low heat
Emotional Devotional- Team shoutouts; Jim’s, Lauren’s, and Stan’s testimonies

July 19th
Clothes distribution for choirs
Marketplace/ram pump
VBS (okay okay!)
Food Distribution; Dana gets her feet washed by Haitians/ Jim & Tracy find verses for mural
Pull wire as team (320 feet)
Arm wrestling tourney
Zourel’s testimony
Carl’s and Karen’s testimonies

July 20th
Trenching: Rocks, Rocks, and more Rocks (potatoes)
Cement floors & painting windows
Karen gets her first blisters
Ryan teaching at pastors class: some walked 11 hours for half day class
Stan gave food for some boys who were working
Verse on the bus
Beginning of Mural
Market clean up; rained out
Bus got stuck; we ran back to the worship center
Jen wrapped up Zourel’s little boy in her jacket- “awww”
Shrits & Skins in the thunder and lighting
Proper rules of basketball
Dave: “no no no, yes yes yes”
Kathryn’s agility
Tesrtimonies: Emma’s, Tim’s, & JeanJean’s
Iowa Team shows up (Lame!)

July 21st
Hour of power; I know, I know, we should of done this from the beginning
Haitian hot chocolate
Prayer/Fasting service; witch doctor came to Christ, and man that was kidnapped to be eaten (not alive cause that’s just stupid) tells his story
Mural painting
Most intense trench digging & rock busting day
Filling beans and rice bags
20 min walk for food distribution in the rain
clothing distribution for nutrition center kids
Sacrificial goat for dinner
Verses on the bus
Rain!
Testimonies: Ryan’s and Bonnie’s
Zombie talk; Eph. 6

July 22nd
Hour of Power
Mural &Bus painting
Electrical work done! Girls backfilled
Basketball lines & Clinic
Ryan’s and Jen’s sunburn lines
Kathryn and Lauren played V-ball w/ Kristie
Market came to us
Valentines cards passed out
Soccer, B-ball, & V-ball!
Youth Choir: Hyphen (Haitian Boyz II Men)
Iowa team prayed for us, we all stunk
Dave’s well planned times @ night w/ Iowa team
Testimonies: Lesley’s & Jen’s
Hurricane Bonnie forming over Haiti

July 23rd
4am prayer service
Dave peed on his foot because of GIANT tarantula (Grandpa Theodore)
Gave Wii to the Mompremiers
Little girls brought back valentines with thank you letters inside
Bus gets stuck in mud – Alfred Rocks!
Tracy did awesome on plane
Culture shock! Port-Au-Prince to Puerto Rico

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Tim