Our home in Haiti

Kayla and I returned to Haiti May 26 - the work on our home began the very next day, after we spent the night with Matthew!!! As we drive from the airport my heart always starts to race as we come around the last curve before the mission. It seems like we can't get to the orphanage fast enough. Matthew looked so good, he actually walked to us. His smile even bigger than when we left him in March. How can such a small little child tear at your heart in such a mighty way. Every time we get to see him we are so thankful God brought him into our lives.

The next few days Kayla and I wanted to accomplish alot of the leg work so when Dell arrived on June 2 we would be ready to head to the house and WORK. We went into the city to order the doors and also talk to the tile company for our indoor tile. We had purchased tile before the earthquake however it was in port - couldn't get the tile out. Soooooo - we found a new tile and got that ordered.

The next day we unloaded our truck that Dell had driven down to Florida in March - it had arrived and we wanted to put all the merchandise that was in the truck into a container on the mission so we could use the truck to haul things to the house. It had traveled well - nothing broken, things had shifted but we were very thankful it was all sitting in Haiti. Everything for the house was in that truck. We picked a very hot day (oh yeah, most days in Haiti are hot!!), but we had really great help and it was awesome to hand out blankets and supplies that we had shipped in our truck for the Haiti people. Kayla and I got to see lots and lots of smiles. We heard "merci" alot - thank you in Haiti.

The next day or two we spent time at the mission - worked at the guest house, the warehouse and Kayla got to meet the different interns that she would spend time with and work with the next 5 weeks. I really enjoyed working around the mission and staying right there amongst the teams and the orphanage. Helps a little bit to know that Matthew is right down the hill too!!

Dell and our friend Joni were to arrive the next day. We rested and loved on Matthew. We were ready to start painting, and really get to work at our home in Haiti.