Thursday, June 2, 2011

Day 4 - Work and Play

It sounds like the team had another great day in Haiti.  They split into two groups today -- the one group finished work on the playground, and the other group visited IDADEE orphanage to watch the kids and give the people running it a much-needed break!  

Tonight is "movie night" at EBAC.  The team made popcorn and Kool-Aid drinks for the children, and they plan to watch Toy Story on a big screen.   Although the power has been out most of the day, the equipment will be hooked up to a generator to ensure that the entire movie plays without interruption.

Please continue to pray for the everyone, and watch for more video and blog updates throughout the week! 

Video Fixed

For some reason, the previous blog post contained the wrong video. It is now fixed. Sorry.

Plaground: the BEFORE video (NEW VIDEO)

Not sure why the other video uploaded when this post first appeared. Sorry for the mistake.

This is what the playground looked like when we got here. Our job: dismantle broken pieces (with fairly limited tools) so that the group coming next week can put on new pieces. AFTER pics coming soon.


Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Our first full day in Haiti!

We had a wonderful day today in beautiful Haiti!

We started our day with breakfast and then doing some work around the EBAC Orphanage. Some of us played card games with kids or did some coloring. Liz had a nice crew of kids together "teaching" them how to make bracelets. Although, I think many of them just hoped she would do the work for them.

Another group of us started some DEMO on the existing playground. One of our biggest tasks is trying to prep the playground so new parts can be attached next week when another team comes in. Foreman David had us all digging and breaking up concrete and dismantling the broken slide. It didn't take long for all the kids to join in and want to "help".

After lunch we piled up onto a truck and went to visit the newly opened IDADEE Orphanage down the road. It was absolutely AMAZING. God is clearly at work in the lives of all those involved in the IDADEE project. The land and building are beautiful. They also have 9 new kids and 1 baby. We spent some time touring the place and playing with some bubbles with the kids.

The night ended with a friendly game of soccer, basketball and some much needed dinner. Thank you for all of your prayers. Please continue to pray for energy for our team. Keep checking back for pictures and videos!

Sleeping Conditions for EBAC boys


Here's a room in the boys' dorm.

Three Kids On Site


This is Woody, Wilgins, and McKenzie.

The Orphanage



This is the EBAC orphanage playground, dorms, school, rec center, and missionaries' (Alice and Kathy) home.