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Day 3 on the ground in Haiti….WOW how much can you fit into one day? Our team started out the morning by finishing the painting to the Mission House (notice the before & after pictures), cutting rafters to finish roofing the schoolhouse, and working on creating 2 Soccer goals to be used. Even the most SIMPLEST of projects can become a major undertaking in a 3rd world country. To put it plainly I will NEVER, EVER take for granted my SKIL SAW, or even a STRAIGHT nail for that much! A major part of the roofing & soccer goal project was salvaging rusty nails, trying to straighten them out, and then the fun chore of trying to drive the crooked nails into some extremely hard wood (which we had to salvage as well).






After lunch our team headed out to go TENT-TO-TENT on the PCG CAMPUS, delivering care packages (hygiene items, food, etc.), t-shirts, wooden spoons, kites, cars, frisbees, baby dolls, anything that you could imagine, and also taking time to pray & minister to the families. This was an incredible time for our team!!! Words cannot describe the looks on the children’s face!! The campus quickly turned into a MASSIVE collaboration of flying Frisbees, kites, matchbox cars, & tons of laughter and smiles!! One of the highlights was coming across a tent where we found twin boys who were only 7 days old!!






After going TENT-TO-TENT some of our team returned to finishing our soccer goal project, and others went to assist in an ENGLISH class being taught at the church. Finally the soccer goals were completed and the place quickly turned into a MAJOR SPORTING EVENT!! All week we have been watching children & teens playing soccer using plastic bottles as a ball & 2 rocks for a goal…and now they had the real deal (or at least the ABSOLUTE CLOSEST thing we could come up with for the time being!).


English class went well with approximately 25-30 Haitian people there studying to learn English (very inspirational). Our team assisted in various ways including singing English songs along with the group, & speaking one on one trying to allow the individuals to practice their new language!


After dinner our group experienced a special unexpected treat by being visited by Noah Maignan (pictured here) who is the cousin of Pastor Walter Stecker (PCG Haiti Field Rep) and cousin of France Jacques (here this week serving on Mission from his home church in Connecticut). Noah has been here on assignment serving with the US Coast Guard as a part of JTFH (Joint Task Force for Haiti) since the 20th of January. Noah is of Haitian descent and has been EXTREMELY INSTRUMENTAL in the recovery efforts in Haiti. Noah’s leadership & servant-hood is literally helping save an entire country. Our visit with Noah was incredible and he gave us great perspective on the massive need here in the Haiti. Please keep Noah in your prayers, for both Him & his wife and family. His wife is expecting and due in September and Noah just found out yesterday that his tour of service will be extended for probably the remainder of the year (not allowing him to be home for the birth of his daughter)…what an honor to meet such an incredible man who is changing a nation with his heart of service.



It is now 9:30 pm in Haiti and our team is passing out hundreds of glow in the dark necklaces and I have about 20 little children gathering in awe around my laptop….what a RUSH bringing HOPE to HAITI bringing the HOPE of our wonderful Savior!


Finally we want to give a special SHOUT OUT to our IMPACT TEAM member Breanne Monson from Raymone, WA who spent her 18th birthday today with us serving in Haiti!! WE celebrated with a yummy GREEN (team color…green is for GO) TWINKIE cake!!