This past Saturday, Sous Espwa met at the Van Dam home to say farewell to Leslie and his wife (Leslie will be working for another Christian agency here in Haiti) and to Junior and Cari (Jumior and Cari have been at QCS for three years and they will be returning to Canada to study and work).. This was a food affair once again - a time of food, fellowship is always appreciated.

This week the students received their school year book. This was done at the end of the day because their interst was peaked, trying to see what was said about them, or what pictures were included in the book. Then the signing frenzy of eachother's year book began. It was interesting to see their reaction and hear their comments.

This is part of the vegetable garden of the grade five students. They have taken a keen interest in the project and see the fruit of their labour, There is even a 250 ga;;on water container nearby so that they can water their plants during the dry season. The water in the tank comes from our water purification system. This 'excess' water should not be put through the filter system again and so the garden is watered

This is the new water purifier system which a parent of the school installed for a cost. The school used to buy the purified water from Culligan and now we are able to use the water from our own well. This system now also supplies the needs of the apartments on campus. The Haitian worker fills our five gallon bottles. No more do we have to buy our drinking water. This is a real savings and a blessing.

In the elementary school there is a lack of wall space. There are windows on both sides of the classroom providing a good and much needed ventilation/breeze during the daytime. But where do you post the students' work? On the iron bars on the outside of the classroom - the outdoor hallways. An ingenous way to show the students work . The grade threes have their display of the rainforest and the grade twos, the whales.

Clean air?
We have ceiling fans in the kitchen and the bedroom to help move the air in our apartment. Our windows we never open because of the noise of the main street. Usually the air outside is warmer than the air inside and yet . . . the contents of the air inside needs to be purified. That is one item on our list this summer - an air purifer:-)


This is Guens who will be finishing his high school this year. He is the son Susette who comes each week to clean our apartment. We pay for her children's education and have decided to support her son who desire to become a doctor to help the people of Haiti. He will be taking an entrance exam in August and if he is accepted - only 120 students enter the program each year - Mary and I will ensure that the funds are there that be may pursue his dream. Keep Guens in your prayers that the Lord will continue to use him to serve his people.

The rains have come but . . . This past week it has been hot and humid. No rains. The grass is green and the flowers are blooming, but we could use a lot more rain. Even in the dry season we can see the beauty of God's creation. It all depends where you look. Be sure to see Christ's presence as you enter a new work week. Where did you see God today?

This is our staff room where we meet for our staff devotions on Monday and Friday mornings. This past Friday we also met there for coffee and cinnamon buns. Then together we reviewed the Bible curriculum of all the grades, seeing the BIG picture and each one needs to refer to that picture as we teach. The question I asked myself was How often in my daily lessons do the students see me using God's Word as my guide?




Being a student for a day is great:-) Thursday was Agriculture and Labour Day so the Administration thought it would be a great idea to spend time on the curriculum. Pssst. I am part of the administration. We held our meeting in a highschool classroom because it has air conditioning. Pictured here is our Director and a few of the staff just before we started the day. Steve was reading from a staff handbook from 1980 and we were enjoying the laughs.




Lunch was provided for the day. Our cafeteria is outside. This past year the rains may have spoiled our lunch time only once. The rains come in the late afternoon or at night, which is a real blessing. Haitians do not like to get wet and since the city is built on the side of a mountain, the waters just come gushing down the roads and the sidewalks making travelling difficult, if not impossible for the pedestrians.




What are your dreams? Posted on the bulletin board in the hallway are the dreams the grade eight students have for Haiti. Keep Haiti in your daily prayers as the new prime minister is selected. There is an unsettled peace in the land. Pray that the leaders do what is right and good and true, exercising mercy and justice in the land as God would have them do.

We thank the Lord for the rains. The grass is green on the soccer field. The water cisterns are being filled. We are thankful. The dust in the air is also minimized by the rains. God is good. God is great. And we thank Him daily for all His gifts to us each day. Help each of us Lord on our Way.