Haiti Day Two

Forget what I said in yesterdays blog about the traffice being better. It is not we just hit the city at a time when it was moving in a different direction. We got caught in several traffic jams today while trying to make our way through the city.

The building at CONASPEH is progressing well. They are starting to put the roof on the building which will be a bright red metal roof. It is a two story structure with lots of windows and tile covering the concrete walls. There is a lot more rebar in the construction and Patrick being trained as an engineer he is going to make sure it is well build. The building stands on the site of the old one and when completed will serve as their office space and headquarters for the organization.

They now have over 700 student in the school with enrollment increasing. The seminary has also begun.

I had the privelege to teach a class on Parables of Jesus. There were 21 in the class and I will teach again today. One thing that caught me off guard was the when i mentioned the Book of Revelation that is where they wanted the and it whnt there for a while I would try to bring them back on task only to have Revelation pop up again in a question. I have learned one thing do not even mention the Book of Revelation in today's lesson.

Karen and I had the opportunity to visit two other schools and two orphanages the were part of the CONASPEH connection. One was an orphanage we visited back in May. At that time there were beds but no matresses. Children were sleeping on the ground outside due to fear of another quake coming. This time when we visited I am happy to report there mattresses and coverings on all the beds there was more food than before. One of the churches represented in out last visit raised a some funds when we gave to the pastor, who thanked us and told us it would be used for food, school uniforms and shoes. Now they had 40 children and all looked well and happy.

At the second school and orphanage again there were 40 children. As we toured the orphanage we saw the rooms which had beds but no pads, but at least they were off the floor. After the children sang three songs for us (one of which I recorded) we presented thm with some money and the pastor replied how this was an answer to prayer because they only had enough food for the day.

Today day three we are going to head to Leogane and visit some more orphanages then back to teach day two at the seminary.