We had thanksgiving too!! Wow it was amazing. We even shared the expirience with our closest Dominican friends. Alberto (our director) and his wife were there as well. It was a grand expirience for them. We had turkey, ham, real mashed potatoes, green bean casorole, carrots, corn, cranberry sauce, stuffing, home-made rolls, and pumkin pie, apple pie, and chocolate cake for desert. In the gringo picture from left to right is, me, Weston(from Vacarrios ministry) Candace(Kids Alive), Jessi, Rachel, and Jonathon(Runs the Art co-op), and Caitlin. Our friends pictured are Josue, Ben Hamin, and Perla. Josue learned English at the Univeristy of Kentucky. He is really good to practice English with.
Who doesn't like buying new tools? Caitlin and I were blessed enough to have some extra funds in our account. So we decided to put them to good use. One of the hard things about schooling Haitain kids, is once they are done with 8th grade it is almost impossible for them to go on to high school because of proper documentation. For this, it has been a great desire of our director to begin vocational training in several different trades. I don't know a whole lot about woodworking yet, but I am learning. Our goal is to have a woodshop where twice a week students will learn how to work with their hands. I plan to do things as simple as cut outs of toys, to as complex as cabinets. By God's provision we have also had some tools donated by past team members, and current supporters. These gifts will help make it possible to further education beyond the classroom for our kids. The donation room shelves were my first project. You should have seen the wood before we started. I may have well of just cut the trees down myself. The next project is cabinets for Rubens house! Thank you all who are helping out with this. We are very excited!
