Haiti life, on a daily basis...

Steve, busy swapping some contacts between two phones.

Shana and Anita have a nice afternoon talk out on the porch.

Look closely... In the "guys" house we've have a problem with mice...

Shawn and Leon used the tried-and-true method of "funneling" the mice into the traps.

Worked very well, again!

Andrew takes his job very seriously...

NO pictures, or else!

Thankfully, no water reached the camera :)

Celest (one of our gardeners) looks on in amusement

as the ATV gets power washed.

Doing laundry with a mountainous backdrop seems to be

a very pleasant way to work!

A bountiful harvest of oranges! 

We use these mostly for juice during mealtimes.

Shana and Cherie do some laundry together-

even the little ones get to "help" :)

Electrical...

Over the last day or two, Andrew has been working on a lot of electrical wiring for the clinic and our new solar panel array. We thought you'd enjoy seeing some of his handiwork :)

Here he's working in the electrical box at the new clinic,

installing a few new breakers for a temporary power source.

This mess of wires was a temporary fix for getting power from our

big generator to the new clinic.

We needed the new clinic to run off the solar power also, not just the generator.

So, that meant re-wiring the whole system... :)

Now we have a new box supplying the clinic with power!

Excellent job, Andy... excellent job.

Some temporary conduit from the ground to the shop 

shields the wire from the elements...

Here's a bonus shot for you :)

At all hours of the day, Claudsie can be seen wandering around with someone else's shoes on.

Today I found him coming out of the shop with a nice pair of tennis shoes on.

Who's they are, I'm not sure, but hopefully we'll find the owner... :)

Rain and mud!

With all the rain, everything is getting greener, the gardens are growing well, and the mud is getting thick!

Everything around the compound is nice and green, and beginning to grow again!

Alex and Claudsie wash one of the ATV's :)

Another rain storm on the way!

Ahh... Saturday!

A very nice Saturday it is turning out to be!

Today Grandpa, Wes, and Steve all went out to town. 

Everyone else is going about working on odd-jobs, checking email, and just relaxing. 

It's nice to have a more laid-back day, compared to the rest of the week!

Leon Zook is down for a few weeks' visit.

Here he's working on a newly-designed window shade for the pharmacy.

Jonathan Newswanger is also visiting for a while,

and his job today involves helping Andrew clean out the shop...

A daunting task, to be sure... :)

Andrew surveys the disaster-- I mean, work...

Alex's goat nibbles on some sprouts in the garden plot...

Andrew shows Leon and his son Shawn where some tools and material are.

Claudsie makes his presence known everywhere by "helping" anyone he comes across.

A little "big" help, you could say :)

Heidi holds Cherie as they check email and keep up with family back in the States.

Oops....

Sorry about the long silence folks! We've (temporarily) lost our IT guy, Nate; and it's had a dramatic influence on our blogging world. Especially here at Haiti Life, where the posts have been sadly neglected... :( There HAS been some new material posted on the Clinic and Clinic Rebuild blogs however, so be sure to stay in touch with them.

Nate will be back in two weeks, Lord willing, and things should regain some sense of "normality" after that. (Yes that was tongue-in-cheek; after all, how normal are things at a mission in Haiti?) :)

God bless everyone, thanks for your continued support and prayers...

Steve

Every day life in Aleg...

Ajenal, an elderly man whom we thought was too weak to live much longer,

came to our gate the other day. He had walked for 4 hours, and said God gave him

strength to make it. He was in need of food and a blanket, so we supplied both for him.

He was very thankful, but admitted he wasn't doing well physically. 

But, he was trusting God!

Dolan and Andrew were cleaning out the shed yesterday...

It looked like a garage sale out there!

But after they got done, it was all organized and clean!

Andrew was taking a nice break up in the loft door when I came along for the photo...

:)

Lots of laundry, almost every day!!

Hannah, Ann, and Deborah have been doing a great job keeping the team's clothes clean!

Katie Jo was doctoring a young boy's scraped shins the other night.

This is a great opportunity to show the love of Christ to these young ones...

It's almost meal time!

Here, Shana is frying some sweet potatoes for a special afternoon meal treat!

Some red sauce simmers on the back burner as the rest of the meal is prepared...

We had a going away party for Mis Thea, since she will be leaving for the States on the 17th.

We invited all the Haitian clinic staff and several good friends to join us.

It was a very full house! 

There was singing and lots of blessings given to Mis Thea for her service here.

Church with the team...

We had a really nice treat yesterday at church: Rich McBain from Gospel Light Fellowship preached the second sermon in the service!

For us whites, it was a blessing to have some English preaching, and for the Haitians it was good for them to hear his heart for the church...