A busy couple of days...

Bro. Darren changing the tire.

The last few days have been very eventful.  The other day while we were traveling to the Medical Clinic in San Juan the van had a flat tire.  Thank the Lord this happened right next to one of the Bateys.  On this road to San Juan there are 6 Bateys, some of them are the size of a small city.  The Dominican Government has even built school buildings for the children to attend.  The Haitians that live here work in the sugar cane fields and have been doing this for a number of years.  We were able to get the tire fixed and traveled on to San Juan. 

There was an older man and a teenage boy who were able to receive help from the doctors at the clinic.  They both had to have tumors removed.  Thank the Lord, the surgeries went well for the both of them.  Please keep them in your prayers.

On the way back from San Juan we had a small vehicle fire.  Thank the Lord know one was hurt and we were able to put it out.  The van had to be towed back to Polo and I will be helping Brother Darren find the parts that need to be replaced.  Below are some pictures from the last few days:




 

A picture of Batey #4.

To the left of the picture are the sugar cane fields.  You can barely make them out in the distance.

Some kids playing.

This is their internet building.  I'm not actually sure if there are computers in this building.  I thought it was funny that they painted the Google, Yahoo, Internet Explorer, and Facebook logos on the side of the building.

A front view of Batey #4.

The local fast food restaurant!  The grill was closed when we were there.

The local gas station!

This is one of the signs for the Medical Clinic in San Juan.

This is the entrance to the Medical Clinic.

Another picture of the Medical Clinic.  They have a really good set up.

The fire started with the battery, which is on the right hand side of the vehicle.

Here is a picture of the battery.  It had grounded out with the brake manifold, which is directly above it.  If you look to the very back right hand corner, you will see a white container, this is the fuel pump.  There are two lines coming out of the fuel pump and neither the fuel pump nor the lines were burnt.  Thank the Lord that this did not catch on fire!

 

Thank the Lord that there was a tow truck available.  I also want to thank Brother Moises, who was able to bring his truck down to transport us all back to Polo.

One other prayer request that I have is for Brother Maurice LaPierre.  I was able to talk to Brother Maurice last night and he sounded down.  Please keep him and his wife in your prayers, I believe that they have much opposition to the work that they are doing there in Haiti.  Also, his wife is getting ready to have a baby and the last time she gave birth she almost died.  They will be leaving to go into Port-Au-Prince in the next couple of weeks, to deliver the baby.  Lord willing, I'm going try and visit Brother Maurice on May 3rd.  I'm also going to try and catch a flight over to Cap-Haitien with MFI on March 25th to visit an orphanage.  When the Truels lived in Haiti they worked with this orphanage and I would like to go and see how they run things.

Thank you again for all of your prayers and support.  We love and miss you all!

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Psalm 18:46
 
In Christ Jesus our Lord,
Brother Chris and Family