Hello,

Today was a great day for the team. The dental clinic went well. Dave, Julia, Tami and Lynn have been such a blessing. Steph and Rose said the Women's Health classes went well also, they have tackled some difficult topics. They passed out more feminine hygiene kits also. Kacie taught the women's bible study as Becca is still sick. Please pray for her and also for Nathan. Nathan is having a flare up of his Malaria. Becca has a really bad cold which seems to be bordering on Bronchitis. 

I stayed back and just had fun with the children today. We played memory and slapwhich, among other games and we drew all over the outside walls of the short stay missionary team rooms with sidewalk chalk. I probably started sometime I may regret later, but the children and I had a blast. I will try posting photos on the blog later. 

The team also spent time painting the girls fingernails, complete with flowers. I will try posting photos of the nail painting also. 

Tomorrow morning we will be going to Pass Rien for church. Nathan's grandfather will be preaching. This should be quite a treat as he is a character and was quite an evangelist in his day. We are looking forward to hearing him speak. The team will also be doing a craft with the children in the afternoon.

Tomorrow will be the last full day for the team. Besides the March team of 9, Laura will also be leaving. She has been here for two months. It will be very hard on both her and the children. They are already starting to feel the emotions as the time to leave comes closer. It will also be an adjustment for Laura as she goes back to work and life in the states. And an adjustment for the children, because they have become close to her. I know each one of them would appreciate your prayers.

Again thank you so much for your prayers.

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

Thank you again for your prayers. The dental team worked very hard today to finish up all the dental care for the orphan's in our children's village. They were also able to help some more from the community. One young lady from Pass Rien was in so much pain, that when the team had to stop last Monday, because of the dark she was almost in tears. So She was given money for a tap tap, so she could come to Marose and get the dental work done. She came on Tuesday and her tooth needed to be extracted. She was so thankful afterwards that she ran around and hugged and thanked everyone. Yesterday a boy about 10 years old came. One whole side of his face was hugely swollen. The girls gave him a small little car and his whole face lit up. They extracted his abscessed tooth and he too was so very thankful. Even though he was young and afraid, he knew it would take away his pain. It is amazing, to think of how hard it must be to do life when dealing with so much pain. The dental team has been such a blessing to the people in our villages. 

The team also gave out the gifts to the children from their sponsors, which is a special time for the children. Lynn and some of her friends made special notebooks for some of the children. And Bobbi, Rose's daughter made up pencil cases full of things for each of the children. 

Tonight is all night worship in Marose. Mike is preaching, please be praying that God speaks to their hearts. I went to the first part until it was time to put my kids to bed. One of the young girls from our children's village, Bergelande helped to lead worship. She was beaming from ear to ear, the whole time she was up front. It was a very special privilege to her.

Please also be praying for Becca and Pastor Nathan. Both are pretty sick. We prayed over Becca this afternoon and she was able to get some immediate relief, but could still use prayer. I believe it is Spiritual warfare in both cases. Both Becca and Nathan are pushing hard into the Spiritual realm in Pass Rien. And, as one of our friends from another ministry put it during prayer, they are undoing what satan has worked for, over the last 1000 years to bind up.

Tomorrow, Saturday, Rose and Stephanie will be doing Women's Health classes in Marotte, also David, Julie, Tami and Laura will be holding another dental clinic. Becca and Kacie will be teaching the women's inductive bible study. So it will be a full day. Please pray for all of them as they reach out in their different giftings to help the Haitain people. Thanks and blessings,

Chris

                                                                 March 2013 Team

Hello,

Thank you so much for your continuing prayer support. We really appreciate the prayers. Every night the church in Pass Rien meets. On Tuesday evenings they meet in someones yard. They meet in a home or yard for two reasons. The first reason being to bless the family, the second to have the presence of the Lord in the neighborhood, which aids in spreading the Word. This Tuesday Kacie, Nathan and Mike went to the home meeting. The dental team remained behind in the children's village working on the children's teeth. Nathan lead worship and Mike preached. Many came forward for prayer. One man in particular needed prayer. When Mike prayed for him, he lifted Mike's hands on to his shoulders and indicated he needed healing in his shoulders. He could not lift his arms high to worship. Mike started praying for him and he was healed suddenly and started raising his arms and praising God. God's mercy has been so incredible in Pass Rien.

This morning Rose and Steph held the Women's Health class and passed out more feminine hygiene kits. They had about 50 women again.  Becca taught her women's inductive bible study again. And the dental team continued to worked on more of the children in our children's village. Laura was really good at making sure someone was with each child if they had a procedure done. Can you imagine sitting in a chair as a child and seeing all the dental tools. And then seeing  them come at you with a needle. They had an interpreter explaining everything to each child, but still some were scared, the girls did a great job comforting them. As I sat by the girl we are trying to adopt, holding her hand, it almost made me cry, thinking of how they felt, and no mother being a mama for them. So after today there are a lot less cavities and abscessed teeth. They also performed dental work on people in the community of Marose, actually they are still performing dental work as I type again. Please pray for the health and stamina of each of the team members. They are putting in long hours trying to treat as many patients as possible. 

Later in the day the team also visited friends of ours that run a ministry in Gonaives. They were able to purchase some items made by Haitian women, who are learning how to do business and provide a living for their families.

Well thank you again for your prayers, it makes a difference knowing our back is covered. I will try and post a team photo. It does take longer to post photos from Haiti, so give it  bit :)

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

Sorry the updates have been slow in coming. Our wireless stopped working. We are now using 3G sticks until we can get someone to repair it. The sticks are inconsistent, sometimes they work and sometimes they do not. Sometimes they work, but take 20 or more minutes to load. So I have not posted a lot.

The team has been doing great. Yesterday the team visited Pass Rien and divided up in to three groups. Rose and Stephanie taught on women’s health issues. Rose also belongs to a group called mission impossible. Mission impossible is a group of Christian women who get together and sew women’s feminine hygiene pads. They passed out 50 kits and had over 50 women attended their teaching.

Becca’s friend Kacie is part of the team. Kacie help’s Becca in Seattle with the inductive and deductive bible study teaching. Becca has spent time in Pass Rien teaching twice already. She has 4 women that she has been training as leaders for Bible study. So Kacie and Becca spent the afternoon teaching these women some more. Becca felt like she was supposed to spend some time teaching on the Holy Spirit. The team said that the Holy Spirit fell on these women. The time was amazing. Becca then asked them to spend time praying and teaching each of their groups. Kacie said that the women definitely left with a mantle of leadership on them. 

Laura’s father Dave, who is a dentist along with Laura and her sister Julia, Tami and Lynn held a dental clinic. They filled cavities, extracted teeth and performed other necessary procedures. Their part of the team stayed in Pass Rein from 10 am until 7 pm, without taking any breaks. Basically they worked until it was too dark to keep working.

Each of these groups will be meeting again in other villages we minister in, throughout the week.

Today the team is working with the children in our children’s village. They all had dental checkups earlier today. Also they each received a medical checkup from Steph and Kat, both nurses. Right now, as I write, David and his team are hard at work filling cavities and performing other procedures on the children’s teeth that needed the extra help.

It is amazing how God puts together each team knowing what will be happening at the time and what the need will be. He is so good.

Our daughter Janae is a social bug to say the least. She is conquering the language quickly and has already mastered one whole song in Creole’. She was worried about leaving youth group and dance and some of her more social activities back home. She is really enjoying being here; it is like being at youth group 24/7. Thank you so much to all you who have been praying for our family.

Tomorrow we will be holding the dental clinic in the village here in Marose, along with the women’s health teaching and the women’s bible study teaching. Please pray for God to really show up here tomorrow. Pray for the revival fire to spread to Marose. Also, thank you so much for praying for Pass Rien. God is still bringing people to the Lord each day in Pass Rien. He has so much grace and mercy.

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

I  am writing to let you know that the March team flies out tonight. Please pray for safe travel and on time connections. 

I also wanted to share a bit of some stories that Mike has been compiling. Someday they may be in book form, Many have suggested he write a book. For now he is just trying to save them, so we do not forget all that God has done and is doing. So here is an excerpt from one of the stories, it pretty much sums up how amazing God is and how he has been moving here in Haiti. 

"By the time church was over 30 people had come to salvation in Jesus. That night 35 more people gave their lives to Him. The Spirit of God was so heavy in Pass Rien,  that all could feel it as they entered the area. This began the revival of Pass Rien. I don't use this word lightly. I hesitated using it for quite some time. But when there is a move of God that brings people who have been steeped in Voodoo and witchcraft to their knees in repentance and 4 to 6 people to salvation in Jesus Christ every day since our first day, it can only be called a revival. And this is exactly what has been happening.  I am writing this 5 months later and it has continued every day. 

The people of Pass Rien have begged us to have church every day. So we have. We have encountered such a move of the Spirit of God that some nights we don't even start worship or preaching before some are asking "how they might be saved." They never like to end the meeting either. Their favorite meeting is the Friday, "All night prayer and worship." We start about 7:00 pm and go till 5:30 am. And the people literally pray and worship all night until 5:30 in the morning, then they go to work."

There are many stories, too many to share by e-mail. Along with the salvation's there has been many healings. 

God is on the move. We thank each and every one of you that has prayed for Pass Rien. 

Along with the amazing victories there has also been spiritual hardships, I guess you get one with the other. Please pray for health and protection. Please also pray for understanding and communication. We are trying to come along side of the Haitian people. Coming along side is harder than just doing things ourselves, our way. Please pray for wisdom and discernment. Thank you so much we are so thankful for your prayers.

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

We wanted to give you an update on what has been happening since we left Washington. We arrived safely at the children’s village, after enjoying a great meal at Madame Nathan’s.

We are staying in one of the short term missionary stay rooms right now. Our children seem to be adjusting pretty well. They are completely worn out by the end of the day though between the other children and the heat.

Last Sunday at the end of church another 10 people committed their lives to the Lord, one of which was a witch doctor. Praise God!!!!

Tuesday evening we visited a home group from the Pass Rein church. Picture a hard packed dirt yard in front of a cement block house, about the size of a small kitchen and dining room in North America. There is a wire from this house with a single light bulb hanging from it going to the generator we brought. There are about 125 people packed in the yard. We brought a sound system for the music and speaking. Two of the speakers are within 5 feet of us. They are turned up and there is a chicken in a coup another 5 feet away at the most.  Poor chicken. Worship is a full on celebration. They asked Mike to share a message. After the message about 25 to 30 people came up for prayer. Then there was another time of worship. Besides the single light bulb you can see the full moon rising into the evening. God moved so powerfully and it was so amazing to be outside in the night in the Haitian countryside and seeing everyone so full of God’s joy. The couple volunteering their yard were probably in their late 60’s and are new Christian’s. They had perma grin on their faces (if there is such a thing).

A friend from another ministry came to visit us up at Pass Rien and had a dream the next night. In his dream he saw two little girls who looked like twins come to him. As they greeted the little girls they noticed marks on their backs, symbolizing voodoo. As they prayed for the girls the symbols disappeared, breaking the curse of voodoo. A few nights ago as Nathan returned from Pass Rien he opened the truck to let two little girls who looked like twins out. He said that their father was a witch doctor and had just died. The mother of 10 children was unable to care for them. This, team has spent much time praying over the girls and believe that they represent the breaking of the spirit of voodoo at Pass Rien. Please remember to keep praying for the people of Pass Rein. God is so on the move.

Today the team climbed prayer mountain. It is a place where there is always someone praying for Haiti, 24/7. The mountain is shaped like a pyramid, and about a ½ mile climb straight up.

Tonight the team will go back up to Pass Rein for another “all night prayer and worship” time. Nathan and Mike want to keep having the “all night prayer and worship” celebrations every Friday night as long as the revival lasts. So many people are accepting Christ as their savior.

Thanks so much for your prayers.

Blessings,

Mike and Chris 

Hello,
Tonight  is our last night in the US. We are sitting in the airport as I write this. We would appreciate your prayers as we travel and adjust. All of my children and their families spent the day with me. One of my sisters and her girls also came up to see us off. Saying goodbye tonight was one of the hardest things I have ever done. It felt like my heart was being ripped. I have peace from God, but it is still hard to say goodbye. I have 6 older married children and their spouses and 7 grandchildren I am leaving behind.  I was blessed with being able to be present at the birth of my 7th grandchild before leaving. She was born Thursday morning. Some of you have been praying for her because of her breathing problems during pregnancy. Thank you for your prayers, the birth went well and was very peaceful.

My daughter Becca, grandson Felice, son Dustin and daughter in law Melissa are flying to Haiti with me to help us move. I will try and post a photo of our group on the blog later, after my son in law emails it to me :)    Thank you so much for your prayers.


Blessings,
Chris

Hello,

I wanted to update you a bit on what has been going on in Haiti. The second half of the roof has finally been poured over the rooms we will be living in. We will be in the last part of the children's village to be completed. We were hoping that the roof would already be finished when the team arrived in January. But I guess we also need to learn to be patient. In Haiti relationship is way more important than the task, which is something we have out of balance in the US and Canada. It will be one of those stretching and growing things we find as we live in Haiti. Greg and Mike have been waiting for our containers to arrive to the children's village. One of the containers arrived in Haiti just before Christmas. In Haiti they take the American holidays and the Haitian holidays. So between Christmas, New Years and Carnival week, our containers have been sitting and waiting. One of the containers is full of food and the other container is mixed supplies for the children's village, schools and churches. This last container also has some building supplies needed to finish the rooms we will be staying in. So we would appreciate your prayers in getting it off the docks and up to the children's village. Please also pray for the food container to be released. We have been told the containers might be available Friday or Saturday.

Greg and Mike built removable goal posts for the soccer field next to the children's village. They have also been working on the playground. They are adding a fireman's pole and a rope climb. They have also been doing maintenance around the children's village.

God is still moving powerfully in Pass Rein. One night this past week when Greg, Mike and Laura went up for an all night celebration service, they had 6 salvation's and 6 women who were practising voodoo, denounce it and choose God. Also women came forward for healing who had been molested and abused and three came forward to be set free from demons. They were there until 5:30 the next morning. Praise God for healing and setting these women free. God is so Good !!!!!!

Today a group called teen challenge will be coming to stay a couple of days at the children's village. There will be a youth group meeting tonight and youth will be coming from all the surrounding communities. The teen challenge group will be sharing their testimonies and worshiping with the Haitian youth. Please pray that God moves among the youth from both cultures.

Please continue to pray for our family as we prepare to move the children and I to Haiti. I am still trying to finish up probate and my father's estate, plus finish up packing and all the details involved with an international move. I truly cherish your prayers for strength, endurance, wisdom and discernment. Also for help in putting people ahead of the task. Thank you so very much.

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

The team had a good day today. Thank you so much for your prayers. They went to church in Marose. A lot of people came forward to be filled with the Holy Spirit during church. Two friends from another ministry came to church also. Nathan preached up in Pass Rien, where there were 5 more salvation's between the morning and evening service. That makes about 20 new believers in Pass Rien this week alone. Nathan also held a meeting for the older youth in the village to see how many would be interested in forming a youth group. 35 youth showed up. So we will try and start a youth group in Pass Rien.

In the afternoon the team spent time praying over some of the children individually. After that Jay did a Goliath skit, which the children loved. The team also said their goodbye's to the staff and children. They will leave for Port-au-Prince around 5:30 tomorrow morning.

Betsy, one of our nurses, who is also one of Nathan's sisters is engaged. She will be married in March. Everyone is very excited for her. Her husband just graduated as an accountant. They will live in Marose and she will still be one of the nurses in our clinic.

Please pray for the team as they travel home, for safety and for on time connections.

Thanks and Blessings,

Chris

swing set in the new playground

Hello again,

Thank you for your prayers today. In the morning the team and children spent some time outside the children's village picking up garbage. The team also went into the market and helped Nadine (Nathan's sister) purchase some more kitchen items. It took a good portion of the day. They also stopped and visited another ministry near us that we are friends with.

While at the market the team found peanuts so, when they got back to the village, they made peanut brittle candy for the children and staff. They also put together some gift bags for the staff, which surprised and blessed the staff. In the evening Jay did the devotions with the children and had them acting out the characters in the story. The children really enjoyed it.

Tomorrow the team will go to church in Marose. Then in the afternoon they will spend some time praying over some of the children. The children come from such hard places, we like to spend some time praying over the ones that seem to be struggling the most. Please pray for discernment and healing for the children. Tomorrow will also be the last full day for part of the team. Brenda, Jay, Kathy and Mac will be heading for Port-au-Prince Monday morning. Laura will be moving into the older girls room as a nanny. She will be spending about 2 months in Haiti. She will go home with the March team. Greg will also be staying longer. He will be stay about 1 month in Haiti. He is staying on to help Mike finish the part of the children's village that we will be staying in. And of course Mike will not be coming back with the team, he will be in Haiti waiting for our younger children and I to join him later this month.

Blessings,
Chris

February 1, 2013

Hello,

The team had a great day today. In the morning the team visited Perou. They spent time with the children passing out pillow cases dresses and candy. They also spent time with the teachers and pastor Reynolds and the youth pastor, Benchy. They had a great prayer time with the staff and children and they passed out new Bibles to all of the youth group. Our youth group in Perou is a sister youth group to one of our partner Churches in Oklahoma. The youth group in Oklahoma raised funds for the youth group in Perou to each receive a bible. A very precious gift. The team said they really enjoyed the time spent in Perou. They tried texting photos of the bibles and youth group, but they did not come through, so I will ask them to email them to me tomorrow so I can share them with you.

The team also got quite a bit of the playground built, they tried texting photos of the playground also. So again, I will share them as soon as I can.

Last night there was another church service in Pass Rien and there were 7 more salvation's. Praise God ! Thank you for continuing to pray for Pass Rien.

Tomorrow the girls are going into town with Nadine, Nathan's sister, to buy some more kitchen supplies. It should be a fun experience. I believe the rest of the team will be trying to finish up the playground. Please continue to pray for the team as they build relationships with the children and staff and be the hands and feet of Jesus.

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

Today the team mostly stayed in the children's village. Kathy and Brenda worked in the kitchen with the cooks again. The guys worked more on building the playground. Mike, Jay and Brenda each shared with the staff some of the different aspects of our child safety program. They also taught the children some more about respect and appreciation. One of the highlights of the trip is being able to share a new food with the children and staff, something we eat in America or Canada.

For this trip Kathy made gingerbread boy cookies and bears at home. Then they decorated the cookies in the Haiti. They went over well.

Since the team did not go to Perou today, they will be going tomorrow morning. Mike, Jay and Brenda will also be teaching the staff again tomorrow. Please be praying for understanding. Thank you again for your prayers, they are appreciated.

Blessings,

Chris

Tuesday January 29, 2013

Hello,

The team had a great day today. They went into town for a couple of hours. They purchased the steel needed for the swing set. They also visited the school in Poteau and spent time playing with the children. They passed out candy and the children sang for the team. Later, Kathy and Brenda spent time in the kitchen helping the cooks. They had a lot of fun and all of them learned some new things. The team picked up the bibles today. I have been told that I will get photos tomorrow, if I do I will post them.

Later in the day Nathan, Mike, Jay and our translator went back up to Pass Rien for another evening celebration. The evening was interesting to say the least. The celebration was held in one of the families home, so picture about 200 people gathered together in the yard of a mud hut. Nathan brought a portable sound system and lights with him. Nathan led worship and Mike taught. A man heard the worship and thought is was a party or a disco as they call it. When he asked what was going on Nathan called him and asked what he wanted. He ended up giving his life to the Lord. There were 6 salvation's tonight and lots of people came forward for prayer. 

One man shared his testimony, he said he was part of a witchcraft group and he had thought it was like family for him. He said his eyes were opened and he gave his heart to the Lord and now he realizes he has a new family, a family in the light.

One of the men who gave his life to the Lord was involved in what they call death bands. Death bands start an evening with music that becomes very provocative and play music through the night, but by morning someone is killed. This man turned from this and gave his life to the Lord.

While Mike was teaching, Nathan thought he saw something out of the corner of his eye. So he went over by the woods and looked around. There were 4 witch doctors hiding in the woods. They obviously were trying to stop what God was doing. Mike and Nathan were told that a couple of weeks ago, two men showed up in church that were strangers to the village, they came to check Nathan and a friend named Shalam out. Some in the village did not think they were very good men. It turned out that they were hired by the Madam, the witch doctor that some of you have been praying for. She hired them as hit men to take Nathan and Shalam out. After church that Sunday the two men went up to Cap Haitian, but evidently some deal they were part of in the Dominican Republic went bad and they went back to the Domican Republic, and were killed.

I share these stories not to scare anyone, but to share with you just how much prayer is needed. It is so important to keep praying. The area of Pass Rien has a higher population of witch doctors then a lot of other places. The village of Pass Rien has been under the Madams thumb, and under Satan's for generations. Prayer has broken through, and even witch doctors are coming to salvation. In Luke 4:8 God says: The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, In the village of Pass Rien captives have been set free, the blind from birth have seen and the oppressed have been set free. God's word says when the light comes darkness has to flee. Nathan and Mike have been teaching how important it is to separate voodoo and the church. And not to go back to the darkness, but to stay in the light. Please keep praying for the village of Pass Rien, for discernment and protection, also that God's light would burn brightly.

Tomorrow the team will go to the village of Perou and spend time giving the gift of bibles. Please pray for them and the people of Perou.

Thank you so very much for your prayers. We greatly appreciate them.

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

Today the team worked on laying out the area for the playground in the children's village. They also dug the holes for the steel posts, which is quite a job. Our friend Neil, who works for Washington state agriculture, and who has come to Haiti twice to do soil testing, remarked "what soil" when he first saw it. In Marose the soil is more like rock with smaller ground up rock. It is so hard and packed it is almost like digging concrete. So digging the post holes was quite an accomplishment.

The team also spent time with the children today and passed out the children's gifts to them. Then in the evening the team passed out glow-sticks. The children love the glow-sticks, usually a wild game of chase and capture breaks out once the glo-sticks are given out. The team usually gets quite involved in the game.

Tomorrow the team will go into town and get the steel posts for the playground. They will also get to spend some time in the market. The team will be hiking up the mountain tomorrow for their devotion time. And one of the exciting parts for tomorrow will be the delivery of the bibles for the new believers in Pass Rien and for the youth group in Perou among others. These are the bibles that you purchased for Christmas. They are written in their language and are nice durable hard cover bibles.

Thank you again for partnering with us in prayer.

Blessings,

Chris

Hello,

The team arrived at the children's village last night and settled in. Nathan said that the village of Pass Rein was expecting the team for Church in the morning. So they traveled up to Pass Rein this morning, Nathan lead worship and Mike preached. Mike said church was amazing. There were about 250 people from the village that went to church. They did not all fit in the tent they use for church, which is one of those long military style tents. They opened both ends of the tent, there were people in the tent and outside of the tent and all around the tent. There were 9 salvation's and about 150 people came forward to be baptised in the Holy Spirit. They had a meeting afterwards with the leaders to encourage them to disciple and mentor the people. The team said it was so cool being in church this morning, the church was exploding with the Spirit of God. They also visited the woman whose house burned down. Some of the village men are helping with the labor of rebuilding it. The team was also shown a new piece of property that has become available for the church. At some point the church would also be used for a school. It has mango and coconut trees on part of the property and is available for a very reasonable price.

This evening the team went to our church in Marotte, for a celebration. Nathan led worship and Mike taught. The church had a potluck, which is unusual for Haiti. They also had a men's group sing and a women's group sing. Mike said he shared the same message in the evening as he shared in the morning in Pass Rein. But the response was so different. The atmosphere seamed very heavy. The team felt like there was a lot of spiritual warfare going on. So the team and the church leaders got together and prayed and something in the spiritual realm broke. At one point Mike felt like he received a word from God for the leaders and he looked up towards the front and realized that the pastor and his wife, the youth pastor and his wife and all of the leaders were in one area. He with them the story about Jesus telling Peter that "on this rock I'll build my church, and that He would pour out His Spirit on them." The leadership of the church was like Peter "the rock" and they would be the foundation of the church. Then God did pour out His spirit on them. The team summed the day up by saying there were huge spiritual victories today. Praise God He is wonderful!

Tomorrow the team will be starting on a playground in the children's village. This is a project that has been on many hearts and will be a joy for the children's village. The team brought some of the playground parts with them. Please pray that they are able to find the rest of the parts in town tomorrow. Please also pray for the team as they spend time with the children and staff tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers.

Blessings,

Chris

Our January Haiti Team

Hello again,

I am writing to let you know that the January team has left for Seattle and will be flying out tonight. Please pray for a safe and fruitful trip.  Also please pray for our family as this was moving day for Mike, he will not be coming back with the team. Today was his last day stateside for a while. I will be following him with our youngest three children in February. Our second oldest son Dustin and his wife Melissa will be moving into our home and running things stateside. You will still be able to connect with us via e-mail. The ministry phone number will reach Dustin and Melissa. So if you need anything, have questions, want to drop off donations or sponsor gifts, you will still be able too. Mike plans on making trips back to Washington to stay connected with you. He will also be back for speaking engagements and conferences periodically.  We want to thank all of you who have been praying for us as we make the transition to Haiti  full time. We really need and appreciate your prayers.
 
Blessings,

Chris