Congress and Frenaud

Today we spent the entire day at the Congress for CONASPEH.  It was a good day although I did not understand much since the translator we had was out or ear shot some of the time. But there was a gentleman next to me who would give me bits amd pieces so I got the gist of what was going on.  We had wonderful singing and most of the time we could pick out the tune of a familiar song so we would sing along in English. The preacher for the morning was a Hatian starting a new church in New York City and he preached a sermon from Joshua on serving the Lord.
There were some presentations one by a colleague Michael Yarbrough on separation of church and state in the US. Then there were some other presentations by Patrick Villier on the direction CONASPEH is going. There was a lengthy discussion followed by another presentation and discussion.
While during Patrick's presentation I decided to stretch my legs and I heard someone call my name and it was my friend Frenaud.

Frenaud is a 20 year old young man whom I met on my first Haiti trip. I have seen him on every trip I have taken to Haiti. He has interpreted for me on several occasions and I sent some money to his family to help them build a wall around their property in Croiux Des Bouquet. He had 9 brothers and sisters and his father is a pastor.He is a very bright young man and hopes to study in the US through the help of another has applied to a college in Kentucky.



A couple of others from our group and I spent the rest of the afternoon in a discussion with Frenaud, his sister and some friends about life in the US and some differences between life here in Haiti and some advantages we have and some they have. It was a good afternoon.