tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780170526608481392024-02-19T18:49:03.396-05:00Vander Zwaag familyTrust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path. Proverbs 3:5&6Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.comBlogger509125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-23418477907280755582013-10-08T22:07:00.000-04:002013-10-08T22:07:13.112-04:00Homecoming...<div style="text-align: center;">
Dylan and his friend Isabel were chosen as the sophomore class homecoming representatives!</div>
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It was a dreary rainy day for the pre-game parade and the start of the game...</div>
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However, the rain let up just as half time was starting!</div>
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We know we're a tad bit partial, but we happen to agree with the sophomore class, they chose a couple of great kids! </div>
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It was quite the honor, he had a great week with all of the homecoming festivities. </div>
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Like on redneck/camo day...</div>
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and nerd day!</div>
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Fun times!</div>
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Remember these 2 cute little calves? Well, they grew up....<br />
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With all of the time our boys spent with their cows, they also grew into beloved, sweet, docile beasts who our boys absolutely LOVED!
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So, you can imagine how we all felt going into fair week. Here the kids are getting in one last walk around the pasture the night before load in day at the fair.<br />
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Look how nice Spencer got Steaky to 'set up!' Well, remember this picture because at the fair, it didn't go quite so easily!<br />
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Cleaning every last bit of them before the fair in the morning...<br />
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Giving lots of love!</div>
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Anaya cleaning Tornado's hooves with an old toothbrush...</div>
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Luisa helped too...</div>
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Easton and Bullseye...</div>
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I am not a huge animal fan, but I will admit, I cried like a baby when they pulled out of our yard. I knew they wouldn't ever be back and I knew how hard this was going to be on the boys.</div>
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The morning of the big boys show...</div>
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Before the show, Ryan took the boys and their steers into the ring for a trial run...Oh.my.stars...These sweet, docile creatures who are walked daily, freaked out when they got in the ring, even Ryan couldn't get them to behave. That caused everyone to get a little nervous. Poor Spencer had his toes stepped on by his 1390 lb. steer on several occasions and it didn't feel good! It was so neat to see several of the adults in our 4H club come and talk to the boys and encourage them. We have such a great club and they really take the time to invest in our kids. <br />
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Thankfully, they did calm down some and the boys were able to walk them into the ring. You can see Spencer leaning into Steaky as he was still being obstinate, he took a few little leaps but Spencer held on tight and kept a smile on his face! Although he came in last for showmanship with his unruly steer, the judge did acknowledge the fact that he could tell Spencer put a lot of time in with his steer, which made us all happy. They did very well and had a good time!<br />
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Easton did so good in his show, we were told that a parent had to hold the lead rope for his age group so that is how we practiced. I thought he would freak out when the judge had the parents just stand inside the ring, but not hold the rope. But, instead he just did his thing and never even flinched! So proud of him.<br />
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Anaya's show was on the following day as she had a dairy calf. <br />
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She came in 5th for showmanship and her calf placed 2nd in the Junior Bull category!<br />
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Anaya and her friend Hollis, too cute!</div>
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The night of the auction the boys had to talk to potential buyers at the fair. 4H is so good for the kids, it teaches so much more than just caring for their animal, there is speaking, writing (lots of work in their fair notebooks,) marketing and many other practical skills being learned through the whole process. <br />
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Their steers did remarkably well the night of the sale...</div>
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We had prepped both boys for last years sale prices and warned them that they probably wouldn't make much money after all their expenses. They would have done it for nothing, they loved it so much. But, thankfully this year prices were up and they did very well! So well, that their eyes bugged out of their heads when they found out, it was pretty funny.<br />
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Having fun hanging out...</div>
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Cow and kid dress up competition, Jayden, Spencer and Anaya all got prizes. I missed it because while they were out having fun, I was in the barn doing <i>their </i>barn duty! Now that is love folks!<br />
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Dylan during the Ag Olympics.</div>
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Tug of war between the horse barn and the cattle barn, cattle won. "We always win," says our 4H leader, "cow kids have greater upper body strength." <br />
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a few last hugs the night before loading them out.</div>
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We did let the kids ride a couple rides one night, but mostly we stayed at the other side of the fairgrounds all week.<br />
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Finally the dreaded load out day came and it was pretty sad to see all of the kids load up their steers and walk away with the harness in hand and bury their heads into their parents arms and cry. There have been tears, but they already have their calves for next year and want to do it all over again.<br />
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Meet Stetson and Duke!</div>
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And another adventure begins...Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-26722113446752178172013-08-16T22:13:00.000-04:002013-08-16T22:13:01.229-04:00Cody...Finally finishing up on our trip pictures...<br />
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We left Yellowstone then headed to Cody WY. and went to a rodeo, the kids loved it! The rodeo clown called all the kids down to the arena floor, Jayden and Spencer went down and got to chase a couple of calves around trying to get the ribbon off their tails! Jayden was really close, but his recently purchased cowboy hat flew off and he had to go back to pick it up!<br />
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We had such a great trip and made some awesome memories. Hard to believe we looked so forward to this summer vacation and now here we are gearing up for school to start! Time flies when you're having fun I guess.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-29863442609268414722013-07-16T23:09:00.000-04:002013-07-16T23:09:22.664-04:00Yellowstone...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After we left the Tetons, we spent 4 nights in Yellowstone National Park.<br />
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There was still snow hanging around in several places.</div>
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We drove every loop in the park and were in the car a lot, but we did take the time to get out and enjoy nature!<br />
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We saw lots of wild life including elk, buffalo, antelope, moose and bear!</div>
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I asked Luisa what she was doing with those sticks, she just game me this look. I finally figured out, she was 'carving' like the big boys do with their knives! I think she thought I was going to take her 'knife' {stick} away!<br />
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Of course we waited for Old Faithful to erupt!</div>
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Spencer whacked away at this downed tree and gave us lots of firewood!</div>
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We stayed in Canyon campground which is near the middle of the park and my most favorite area, they call this the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. It is so beautiful!</div>
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We went to West Yellowstone with some friends and went shopping and out to dinner. Jayden bought himself a Stetson hat!<br />
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The boys had elk and buffalo burgers!</div>
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How cute is this cowboy?!?</div>
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My dad the clock repair man, in front of a huge od clock in the Old Faithful Inn.<br />
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We enjoyed a picnic and decided Yellowstone needs to invest in more picnic tables and areas!</div>
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It was so great to be out west again, this time being the mom and having my parents along was just the icing on the cake! It was so fun to see the kids faces as they experienced it! We had so much fun, and the kids did great, even with all the riding!Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-31350418016013463262013-07-07T23:33:00.000-04:002013-07-07T23:33:02.787-04:00The Tetons...After we left the Dale and Jill, we went south to the Tetons. We camped at Colter Bay for 2 nights and just went up and down and all around the area.
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It was so absolutely beautiful! <br />
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This guy got in a TON of his required driving hours. He drove through the Teton Pass, where there are no rumble strips or guard rails and beyond the white line on the side of the road is a HUGE drop off! He did a great job and is a very good driver!<br />
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We brought 2 tents, but forgot the tent poles to the smaller tent so we all slept in one. Which, turned out to be a blessing, since it got so cold <strike>some</strike> most of the nights! There was not one inch of extra space, just beds! Nice and cozy!<br />
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They saw a moose! The wild flowers were AMAZING!<br />
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This is at the top of Signal mountain, it was the most stunning area.<br />
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This is another moose we saw pretty close on one of our drives. They are so huge!<br />
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Of course a camping trip would not be complete without one of Grama T.'s famous bedtime stories! Friends from church were with us at the same campground and got to enjoy the story as well!<br />
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The boys thought maybe this was the safest place to stay, in the bear box! We were thankful they had these things, since we couldn't keep any food or cooking supplies in the tent{not that there was room in our tent!}It saved some room in the vehicle.<br />
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I love this picture, they are both sitting the same way! So cute!<br />
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The sunroof came in handy when trying to spot animals!<br />
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We spent a few hours in Jackson Hole window shopping.<br />
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I wasn't sure how much Lucy or Anaya would get out of this trip, lots of driving and looking at the scenery. But, they both loved it, Lucy kept saying "it's preedy!" or "look mommy it budiful!" She was also great at spotting and yelling "BUFFALO!"<br />
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-77096607645135569552013-07-01T22:20:00.000-04:002013-07-01T22:20:23.934-04:00Montana...Between internet issues and busy schedules, I have neglected my blog...But, we just came back from an amazing adventure out west and I want to share a few memories before I forget!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the great group of people we were privileged to travel across the country with! </td></tr>
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We took several of the youth and some of their families out to Clark Canyon Bible camp in Montana where our friends Dale and Jill Stewart serve as missionaries. We worked on several work projects that are going on at the camp this summer. Some of our group also held a VBS for the children in a neighboring area.<br />
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Lots of various demolition and tearing things apart, then a lot of cleaning up and putting things back together again. <br />
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Of course we did take a little time to fish, and have a little fun too!<br />
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The camp from the road, and our beautiful surroundings for the week!<br />
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The girls and their new friend Jakoley!</div>
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Anaya LOVED helping Jill milk the goat! Lucy, not so much!<br />
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Dishes were much more fun with the super fast industrial dishwasher! All the kids asked why we don't have one of these at home. Umm we have a big family, but not <i>that</i> big!<br />
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The VBS team got a flat on their way to the one room schoolhouse in the valley. This trip was all about rural missions, and they got to experience what really rural is. The team had a handful of kids show up which was nearly 100 percent of the children in a very large radius! The community felt blessed that people cared enough to come to them, and our team was blessed by them as well!<br />
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Our last adventure with the group was a back packing trip up in the mountains. I was going to stay back at camp, but Jill volunteered to take the girls so I could go. Normally this would not be my type of trip, I camp, but with flush toilets, showers and campsites! This was not that kind of trip! But I was feeling adventurous and decided to give it a go, and I am so glad I did, it was AMAZING! <br />
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Gods creation is so absolutely amazing, it was beautiful out there. We hiked up and back in the mountains for about an hour or so and finally came to our destination, a valley with a stream running along the side. As we arrived, I kept feeling like I had been there before, and sure enough, I had. When I came out in high school with my family we took a horse back trip up the same path! {For the record, I prefer horseback riding!} We crossed the aforementioned stream several times and on the very first crossing, I slipped and got both feet soaking wet for the rest of the trip! I must say, I was amazed at how fast my feet warmed up and it was much less annoying than I thought it would be hiking with wet feet. It was to my advantage really, I didn't have to wait in line to cross on the rocks, I could just trudge right on through!<br />
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Our beautiful camp site! {Beautiful, but not comfortable, not many of us slept well directly on the ground!}<br />
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The sunsetting and shining on the mountain was breathtaking...<br />
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The snow we woke up to the next morning was breathtaking too!!!<br />
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That night it rained and there was one big crash of thunder and lightening! I couldn't sleep, there was a rock right where I was laying so I was awake thinking about Dylan and his friends in a tent without a rain fly, hoping they weren't too wet. Then, after several long hours, I started getting cold. So I began thinking about Jayden and Spencer and wondering if they were warm enough, I checked Easton who was in the tent with Ryan and I and noticed he was pushed way into the side of the tent so I tried to pull his sleeping bag closer and it wouldn't budge. I slid my hand between his bag and the tent and realized they were FROZEN together! So the snow was not surprising to me, but it was funny to hear everyone gasp when they opened their tent in the morning!<br />
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The kids and I and another family who was with us stayed in this cabin, which used to be the Stewart family home. 16 years ago Ryan and I came out and worked on this cabin before they moved in, it was fun to come back and stay in it! After our work week was done, the rest of the group headed toward home and my parents came out and joined us in Montana. We spent a couple of days with our friends before heading out on our family vacation to the Tetons and Yellowstone. {to be continued...}<br />
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<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-62047978152768182132013-05-06T23:26:00.000-04:002013-05-06T23:26:07.770-04:00Happy Birthday Anaya!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Anaya turned 6 on Sunday, on Friday we had a princess tea party for her and some of her friends.</td></tr>
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The girls dressed up and had fun playing together, lots of giggling!</div>
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On April 28 we celebrated Anaya's 5th gotcha day, hard to believe, time is going by so fast. We are so blessed to have this little chatterbox in our lives. She adds quite a bit of spice to life, and we are so thankful God placed her into our family.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-51863951275142285842013-04-16T22:44:00.000-04:002013-04-16T22:44:41.770-04:00The newest addition...to our little farm is Easton's calf Bullseye.
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Not sure why he choose that name, but Bullseye it is!<br />
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Bullseye and I got acquainted fairly quickly after the boys brought him home from the auction. He was in the back of Ryan's truck and Easton and his friend were looking at him when he decided to jump out of the truck! I happened to be nearby and heard Easton yelling something about him getting out, so I ran over just in time to pretty much catch him mid air and tackle him to the ground! He only weighs about 80lbs, but he is a fiesty little fella, and got up despite my best efforts to keep him down, so I held him around the neck and was trying to not let him go as help finally arrived in the form of my 15 year old son, who stood there and laughed at me and turned out to be no help at all! I was out of breath as the little bugger was trying so hard to wriggle free from my grip. I really wanted someone to put a halter on the dumb thing so I could stop fighting with it! Finally the rest of the boys and Ryan came to my rescue and put the halter on it and I was able to limp in the house and catch my breath! So, I guess I earned the badge of 'good farm wife' with my rodeo worthy calf wrestling skills!<br />
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Welcome to the farm Bullseye, and let's not do that again!Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-91555272552038311762013-04-12T22:58:00.000-04:002013-04-12T22:58:47.791-04:00The gloomy wet weather this week has been very similar to the mood here in our community. We lost a great guy early Monday morning when <a href="http://rkprudhomme.blogspot.com/2013/04/links-to-online-tributes-to-ryan.html">Ryan Prudhomme</a> died and it has literally been raining and dreary ever since.<br />
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I will never forget the first time I met Ryan, we had just moved up here, and it was the middle of winter. My parents were up so we took a drive to see the area. We found the one restaurant that stays open year round in a neighboring town, and went in. It's a <b>very </b>small bar/restaurant and when we walked in we saw 2 cowboys sitting at a table and I remember thinking..."where do I live?" It seemed like a picture from out west! Well, my dad, who never knew a stranger, decided to talk to these guys. He goes on to tell them who we are and that we had just moved to the area. They were both very kind and said they worked at the Ranch at Grace Adventures. So I wondered if they were just dressed that way because of the ranch or what, I mean they were in full get up, hat, bandanna around the neck, big belt buckles, vests, leather slicker coats, the real deal! I had seen several cowboys out west, and even knew one, but most people in Michigan, just wear the boots or hat or whatever not the whole shebang! After living here a while I came to realize that indeed they were true cowboys. And not only that, they had a passion for the Lord and used their love of all things cowboy at the camp to help others grow in their faith and knowledge of the Lord. It was a blessing to get to know Ryan, yes he was a great man of God, he was also a lot of fun and quite mischievous, he shared some great stories around campfires about his growing up years. He will definitely be missed!<br />
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Today we went to the visitation and were once again reminded that we have a living God who cares for us and gives us the grace we need to deal with the difficulties of this life. His wife, parents and brothers were all a picture of this kind of amazing grace. While we are all so very sad that he is no longer with us, we are not like those without hope. I cannot imagine going through life without the hope that is found in the Lord. <br />
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<span class="text 1Thess-4-18" id="en-NIV-29622">There may be some who read this and think this is 'hogwash' so to speak, but I urge anyone who thinks that way to think about something: What if you are wrong? I mean, if what I believe is wrong, and when we die, we die and that's that, then at least I had hope{don't worry,<i> </i>I'm not changing my mind on this} <b>But,</b> what if what you believe is<i> </i>wrong, and what I believe is right? Then what? Just something to think about. Ryan left a legacy of faith and trust in God, and I can't help but share that with you. If you've never read <a href="http://rkprudhomme.blogspot.com/">Ryan and Kendra's blog,</a> please check it out. It will be sure to bless you, stretch you and make you think.</span><br />
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<span class="text 1Thess-4-18" id="en-NIV-29622">Please keep Kendra, Colton and their families in your prayers.</span>Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-3628232037124111672013-04-01T21:25:00.000-04:002013-04-01T21:25:50.011-04:00Basketball...Is over, and baseball is starting, but, I wanted to post a few pictures of Dylan playing basketball.<br />
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While they didn't have the best record, they played hard and we cheered loud! Dylan has improved greatly over the last few years playing basketball and it's fun to watch him play! My boys even got me into the whole March madness bracket thing, who knew I would end up getting more of my first round bracket right than this guy!!<br />
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My favorite part is that he had to 'dress up' on game day, I loved to see him wear a tie.<br />
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Even Ryan got in on it!</div>
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Then, a few weeks ago, we had the AWANA Grand Prix. Jayden got 3rd place for speed!</div>
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Ryan's car didn't do so well.</div>
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The kids designed what they wanted, and my dad made them, then they decorated the cars. Thanks Dad, they were pretty cool!</div>
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Even the Sparks kids got to do a Grand Prix with matchbox cars. We didn't have any winners, but they still had fun!<br />
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I grew up going to AWANA, and we are so happy they have this program at church. The kids memorize tons of verses through the years and to this day I can recall many of the same ones I learned way back when! <br />
This week was awards night and all the kids got awards for finishing their books.<br />
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Jayden got the Timothy award for finishing all 4 books in the program! We are so proud of all of you for your hard work and determination to get your books done, and we pray that you would use all of those verses as go about your daily lives!<br />
Why it is called the Timothy award:<br />
2 Timothy 2:15<br />
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A few random things I found that struck my funny bone:<br />
{These are real names of places}<br />
*The Jehovah Jirah Bar<br />
*Baby Jesus Complex ~which looked like a hardware store<br />
*St. Michael's Night club<br />
*Holy Autoparts<br />
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We sang this song every morning, it was a great reminder each day as to what we were there for. In fact, it's a great reminder for me every day!</div>
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Packed up and ready to go.</div>
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We went up and enjoyed one last time on the rooftop.</div>
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The mountain below is the one we went up on our sightseeing day.</div>
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Soaking up a few last rays of sunshine!</div>
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Oh my word. So, we got ready to board the plane and we hear this loud sobbing noise, we looked and there was a very large man crying and rolling around on the ground, we all thought maybe he had special needs, but it turned out, he was incredibly drunk. He had lost his ticket and was very belligerent. He was loud, stumbling around and spitting on the floor. He made a bee line right to where we were and I, not wanting to get spit upon, let him go ahead of me, and therefore got behind the rest of the team. Someone found his ticket and they gave it to him! I was secretly hoping they wouldn't, I didn't want this guy on my plane! Well, for some reason, they let him thorough, and he was right in front of me, when we had to go upstairs, he choose the escalator, so I took the stairs. He took 2 steps up and fell over, but since it was an escalator, he didn't fall down, but he was like a big blob rolling and tumbling in place. I couldn't look away, it was awful. The sides of the escalator were glass so I could see every last ugly bit of it! They finally stopped the escalator, and got him up the stairs, and all that he was complaining about was his finger! If he was not drunk, he could have been hurt so bad, but he kinda rolled with it, and came out relatively unscathed. He was swearing up a blue steak, and we realized, swear words must be somewhat universal! I was a little nervous as I had an empty seat next to me on the plane, but found out that they didn't let him on! YAY! I have this problem of laughing when people fall, and this was no exception, I will have this memory etched in my mind for a long time. </div>
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We flew into Newark N.J. and I got to see {from a distance} the Statue of Liberty. Ryan said "Good, now we don't have to go there!" Umm no. That doesn't count! We had to spend the night in Newark and fly out the next morning, we were so tempted to skip sleeping and head to New York City all night! But, we were pretty exhausted, so we ordered pizza, took a HOT shower and hit the hay!<br />
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It was a great trip and I am so thankful that I was able to go, but I was very excited to see my family again. They were all there {except Dylan who was in school}to greet me at the airport.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-37748771274132100722013-03-04T21:28:00.001-05:002013-03-04T21:28:58.635-05:00Please Pray...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Please pray for our friends Ryan and Kendra and their son Colton. They really need a miracle right now.</div>
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This is Pastor Serimi, we went to his church on our 2nd Sunday in Haiti. There was a guest preacher and he spoke English! Bonus!</div>
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My kids asked if I was on my knees in this picture, nope, he is just that big! He had the cutest laugh and he would pump his fists when singing, reminded me of a big ol' teddy bear!<br />
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There was rerod sticking up on many buildings including Pastor Serimi's church. They said that they leave it when they run out of money and finish it later when they have the money. Somehow I don't think this would fly here!<br />
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This little guy was walking around bawling, until he got some chips, that made him a tad bit better!</div>
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This KILLED me, that precious woman is sweeping the dirt! Ugggh, why do people have to live like this?so.sad.lifes.not.fair...</div>
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Our amazing driver Bob showed his mad parking skills when he eeked into this tight spot at Pastor Jorel's house! Even he was amazed!</div>
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The lovely little Grace...So cute!</div>
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And the dapper Pastor Jorel!</div>
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Inside Pastor Jorel's house he has boxes of books that his wife sells at the market.</div>
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Praying over several of the guys and their wives.</div>
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Love this little guy Estelle. Such a sweetie and adorable too.</div>
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Dinner at Pastors house was very good, we were allowed to eat everything this time, not just the beans & rice. Beans & rice dinner #8!</div>
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Estelle came to me with a 3D puzzle, I HATE puzzles, but patiently tried to put the dumb thing together, {look at that sweet face!} finally Sylvia came over and figured it out for me! Thanks Sylv!</div>
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One of the girls gave Wilkenson a hymnal, and of course lots of singing ensued!<br />
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Once home, Jessica was helping Katool to learn some English grammar. I noticed that he always carried a children's book in English with him and would read it any time he could.<br />
Our last full day in Haiti was once again a great one. I didn't get pictures so I almost forgot about all the people that would hear we were in town and stop by the house. They usually had some sort of ailment that required attention so we would offer them a sandwich and glass of water and Bev would check them out. We would always scurry around and make up a goody bag of things for them to take home and pray with them. It was great when we could help in some small way, and they always were so thankful and sweet. Just another memory I want to jot down from our trip.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-18808017270953537532013-02-24T22:55:00.000-05:002013-02-24T23:03:45.309-05:00Haiti day 9...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went up the mountain in a direction we had never gone before, we were excited to see another area of Haiti.</div>
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Our first stop was this cute little touristy artisans market, and a beautiful look out area.</div>
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Everyone is pointing to the huge mass grave site that was made after the earthquake, it is right next to a large stadium and was much bigger. So.sad.<br />
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We loaded up on the truck and the guys were still trying to sell us stuff!</div>
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Funny story about that walking stick that the beautiful Masalee is holding...I bought 3 of these pod shaker thingys {she has one in her other hand,} and was waiting for my change back when the guy gives me this stick instead. Well, since I was only waiting for less than $2, I thought it was a good enough deal so I took it. However, it occurred to me AFTER I bought it, that it was not going to fit in my carry on on the way home, and quite possibly not in any luggage we were bringing back! Oops! I was greatly relieved to find that a few others fell for the stick change thing and we were in the same situation! We got a laugh out of it and they did fit into our bag on the way home.<br />
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We went up to the Baptist mission and ate lunch and shopped around there a bit too.</div>
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The scenery up there was amazing. You could see where they terrace farm on the mountainside. </div>
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I found it funny that every time we ate with the Haitians they had chicken,{along with the beans and rice,} and guess what they ordered when we took them out to lunch? Chicken! They must really love it.</div>
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Our group at the famous Hotel Montana. We were there on the anniversary of the earthquake and there were lots of people there having a special memorial service.</div>
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On the way home we saw this tree on fire.</div>
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We stopped at a market to buy food for the dinner we were hosting for the guys who helped us all week. By the time we got home, it was time for them to arrive, and we hadn't one thing ready! Here I am peeling carrots for the soup as the people are arriving! We pulled it all off just fine and had a great night fellowshipping, and of course singing with everyone.</div>
Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-1777820394908629162013-02-19T22:47:00.001-05:002013-02-19T22:47:29.412-05:00Haiti day 8...<br />
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This was our last conference, and by far our best. Not sure if it was because we worked out all the kinks or they were just much more receptive, probably a combination of both. During our teaching time, we did a hand washing demonstration with a black light and some 'fake germ' powder and had them wash their hands. We also painted their nails with clear polish, we tried to do this at the 2nd conference but ran out of time, this time it went so smoothly. It was fun. <br />
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Look at this little cutie! Oh my, she was such a sweetie! This trip was good for me because all of these babies had loving moms and dads so I didn't feel the need to take them all home with me! This is a precious miracle baby of Isaiah and his wife. Such an awesome family serving faithfully in Haiti.<br />
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This cracked me up, clock, still in the box, but up on the wall, and running...</div>
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This is another one of my favorite memories from the trip, during the sewing class, the ladies made purses, and our guys decided to make one too. I laughed when I saw them trying to make their tiny stitches, they were concentrating and working so hard! Dukas was proud of the one he made for his wife, but Bob ditched his and ran off! <br />
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After the conference we did the medical clinic and I got to do blood pressures the whole time. I enjoyed doing this as I could smile and hold their hands and look them each in the eye. Without speaking their language, I felt this was one of the ways I could connect with them and almost always, I would get a huge smile in return!<br />
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After the conference, we were invited to the pastors house across the street for beans and rice! Bean and rice dinner #7!<br />
These people were amazing, they had several other people living with them and had adopted a few kids whose parents were killed in the earth quake and a couple more whose parents couldn't care for them for whatever reason. Such vibrant and loving people being Jesus to those around them.<br />
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We had seen the sugar cane for sale all week, and finally tried some, I'm not a fan! It was sweet enough, but it left splinters in my mouth, yuck!<br />
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Since the last conference was nearby, we actually had a bit of down time at the house and Wilkenson and his family came over. The kids were so much fun to watch, though hearing their laughter made me miss my kids.<br />
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Several children's story bibles were donated by someone from our church and we gave them to Pastor Jorel for his Sunday school teachers. He was really excited about them, and the kids started reading them right away. They were in Haitian Creole, but one was in English, and the little guy could read them both!<br />
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It was another fun day in Haiti, the weather was hot, sunny and gorgeous and the company was great! It was pretty amazing to go with this many women and not have any issues, we all got along so well!Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-53477827372640912302013-02-16T22:42:00.000-05:002013-02-16T22:42:51.018-05:00Interupting my Haiti blogging to say...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy 15th birthday Dylan! We are so thankful God blessed us with you!<br />
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Happy Valentines Day! Ryan gave all of his girls cards and roses! </div>
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And Happy 2nd Gotcha day Luisa! We are so thankful God blessed us with you too!</div>
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When we got there they had rice and bean dinner #5 ready and waiting for us. It was a blessing that all of these pastors were willing to open up their homes and prepare food for us!</div>
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While we were eating, we heard someone yelling. I had gotten kinda used to hearing what sounded to me like a heated argument, whenever the guys started 'discussing' things{like baptism for instance}. They assured me they weren't mad, but it sure sounded like it! But this was different, so my ears perked up and I looked toward the door and couldn't see what was going on so I grabbed my camera and took a video, unfortunately someone else stood up and soon we were all on our feet trying to get a glimpse of what was going on. Without saying a word, we all figured out what was taking place.<br />
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Earlier that day when we arrived, two of the trucks pulled in and parked in front of the church, as soon as they pulled in they noticed a man chained to a tree and he started going crazy. He was literally climbing the tree, screaming and freaking out. One of my friends thought to herself, 'I wonder if that is what demon possession looks like?' One of our drivers grabbed a gun from under his seat and placed it discretely on his person. I was in the 3rd truck and was oblivious to the whole ordeal, however when we were walking to the pastors house, I noticed a man being led by a tow rope{I didn't see the chains around his wrists.} I thought he was blind and that was how they kept track of him, strange, but at least he wouldn't get lost...right? <br />
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Well, it turns out that that man, was demon possessed, they had brought him to area witch doctors and no one could help him, so they took him to the church. He had scars all over his face, and the pastor later explained that he had not eaten in a long time. We watched as several pastors prayed over this man and the yelling I had heard earlier, was them telling the evil spirit to "get out!" Soon, his whole countenance had changed, he was seated in a chair, given food and was eating, speaking, smiling and shaking hands with the pastors. Amazing. <br />
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I loved the drive home, it was amazing, reminded me of a mix of Tennessee and driving the 'going to the sun road' in Glacier national park. Beautiful! So great to experience and marvel at the handiwork of God after such an amazing day.<br />
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These pools were so beautiful, but later we found out that they are used for satanic rituals! I don't have a picture, because my mind didn't fully comprehend what it was at the time, but I saw a couple of voodoo dolls hanging on a fence. Also, I will never forget the blank look behind one womans eyes in particular. It was as if she was there but truly not. so strange, and eerie. I saw things that day that I have never experienced before and was reminded of this verse. <br />
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Please pray for the dear people of Haiti, there is a huge spiritual battle being waged there! <br />
OH, and guess what, when we came home, Mylude had made us a nice dinner of...You guessed it...<br />
RICE AND BEANS! #6 on day 7!</div>
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This was our big driving day. We went up into the mountains about 6 hours one way to do a medical clinic. I have lots of pictures and videos of this day that I want to share, so I am breaking this day into 2 parts.<br />
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*Funny story: This guys name is Dukas. He was very quiet and reserved, but on our 6 hour drive, I had the chance to talk to him and I asked him if he spoke much english, to which he replied, "No, I can't speak any english!" Um Ok, so you can say that! So I asked if he understands more than what he can speak, and he said, "I don't even listen!" LOL That dude is funny! Isaiah tried to tell me he didn't speak english, but I know better! He was such a sweet guy and he kept asking us{in english}to pray for his wife who was due to have a baby very soon. We found out that she needed to have a c-section and they were concerned about how to pay for it. So, we were able to give him some money to help cover the cost. It was so hard to see so many needs and know we couldn't help everyone, but this was one dear family that we were able to bless.<br />
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The roads were dusty and bumpy, but it was great to be able to see some beautiful sights in Haiti.<br />
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We found it funny that we turned brown and the guys turned white from all of the dust, I could literally see it piling up on Isiah's eyelashes!<br />
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This was a very interesting medical clinic. These people had not had a medical clinic in 30 years! Some of them didn't know how to stand in line, we had to take them by the hand and lead them and sorta hold them in place. We handed out hotel size shampoo and soap that was donated to us and the pastor grabbed them and told us he had to tell them what it was so they didn't drink it!</div>
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The video above is one of my favorite memories of our trip. It may not look like much to you, but it cracked me up, and shows the type of guys we were working with. They truly care about the people and were very serious about their work. The man in the hat tried to get some liquid medicine from the 'pharmacy' but, he wanted to put it in an old used bottle. Thankfully, our guys were very cautious and knowing people were bringing in used bottles for the liquid meds, they started sniffing them to be sure they were clean. I saw them sniffing bottles and thought I would get a video of them, I didn't expect to catch this little incident. Later I asked Wilkenson what the problem was and he told me that the man tried to use a bottle that had gasoline in it! He said "We are trying to help them, not to make them dead!" Yes sir, you are right! Oh these guys were such a hoot!</div>
Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-35474557058008836812013-02-03T18:29:00.002-05:002013-02-03T18:29:40.148-05:00Haiti day 6...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My first time riding in the back of a pick up truck! When I told one of the guys that it is illegal to ride in the back of a truck like this in the US, he was shocked! He asked me what we put in them, and I said that sometimes we haul things in the back, but mostly they stay empty, he said, "Not in Haiti! We always fill it up with people!" Umm, yeah, I noticed! Funny thing is that our driver kept putting his seat belt on when we would see a policeman, I asked why and he said that yes indeed, he could get a ticket for not wearing his seat belt, however the 8 people in the back of the truck were no big deal! Weird.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was our 2nd conference and it went much better than the first. It was so funny because we had the same interpreter working with us so he knew what we were going to say and when I would say 4 words he would talk for 3 minutes. no joke! I was so wishing I knew what he said, but he was a great guy and I trusted him fully. We made a few changes to the schedule so that we wouldn't have the same problems as before, and it worked very well. We taught all the classes and then ran the medical clinic.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had 2 automatic blood pressure machines so I was able to help with taking blood pressures. I had to ask an interpreter to come and explain to a few people that I was not a nurse, they were trying to tell me what was wrong with them and ask me what their blood pressure meant, when, in fact, I had no clue! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our youth group gave money toward school bundles{bath towel with toiletries and school supplies} and these little babes are the ones who received them. They were so cute!</td></tr>
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After our conference we were treated to another dinner of beans and rice, chicken, fried plantains and french fries. There was also goat meat, and of course pop. Bean and rice dinner #4.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-10608552369375777182013-01-30T22:44:00.000-05:002013-01-30T22:44:34.067-05:00Haiti day 5...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Each kid got beans and rice, a chicken leg and 2 pieces of candy.<br />
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Once all the area kids found out there were "blah" {they actually say blan for white, but it sounds like blah!} in town they came in too! Including these teens who were trying to take our pictures when one of the girls snapped theirs!<br />
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This is the school. I cried. I don't know why this hit me so hard, we had been seeing hard things since we landed, but it certainly broke my heart. I think what got me the most is that I know in my hometown {not where we live now,} each child k-12th is given an ipad. Ipads for each kid, and this place has no roof, no walls, no desks, no floor, absolutely NOTHING! So sad. But, with some of the money we raised and brought down with us, we were able to purchase the remaining tin and wood to finish the roof so they don't have to sit in the direct sun and are protected from the elements a bit!<br />
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We were also able to give these and 20 other teachers a small monetary gift. They are all volunteers, they receive no salary.<br />
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Once again the pastor invited us to his house for dinner of beans and rice and chicken and pop. So generous when they have so little! Beans and rice dinner #3<br />
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The pastor at this church is Wilkenson's father,{in the bright blue} Wilkenson {in black}was one of our faithful helpers, his father is blind.<br />
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Day 4 was Monday and we headed out in the morning for our first conference which was 3 hours away. It was crazy to think about driving that far for a few hours and heading back, but that is what we did. I am so glad we got to see so much more of Haiti with all of our driving, too bad most of the days we drove the exact same roads as before to get where we were going, lots of time spent riding and singing! The guys we were with LOVED to sing and so we sang. I think that is why my voice was nearly gone by the time we got home.<br />
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When we arrived at the church, there were already a lot of ladies there, so we had to quickly try to figure out how and where to set up all of our things. We planned to divide the ladies into 4 groups and they would rotate through the 4 classes. My friend Hannah and I taught a health class, there was a Bible class, a sewing class, and a medical clinic. Well, the first 1 and 1/2 went okay, but once they got wind of the medical clinic going on, all they wanted to do was to sit in line and wait for the clinic. We gave up on teaching our last 2 classes because it got pretty chaotic. I was so frustrated, I wanted to pack up and go home! I couldn't understand, at the time, why these ladies didn't get the fact that they didn't have to push and shove and crowd each other to get to the medical clinic. I mean, I knew they were going to get their turn, why couldn't they just wait for it. It wasn't until later that God softened my heart and showed me how judgmental I was being. I can just bring my self or my children to the dr. whenever I feel the need. They do not have that luxury. These dear ladies are struggling to survive and trying to keep their families safe and healthy. If my child was sick, as several of these kids seemed to be, I would do everything in my power to get them the help they needed. I would want to be sure that they had their turn in the clinic before the rest of the town showed up and started cutting in line, which is what started happening. Once I sat down and watched what was going on I realized the towns people started flowing in the doors. While we would have loved to help everyone, we didn't have the time or the resources to do that so we shut some of the doors and they would walk right in through the back door and try to sneak into the clinic. There were so many people there, we had paid for someone to prepare beans and rice and chicken for the ladies at the conference, and now we had more than just the conference ladies, we had men and teens and lots of others we weren't planning on. <br />
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Somehow, the men who were helping us settled the whole crowd and the people were fed, and we were able to head out at a decent hour, we knew we had a long drive ahead and they wanted to get us home before dark. But, the pastor and his wife invited us to their house to eat, so we went. There were beans and rice, sauce, chicken, fried plantains, cole slaw, and some vegetables and of course pop. But, Pastor Jorel came in and told us we could only eat the beans and rice, plantains and chicken, no sauce or veggies! I was so thankful for his protective input. So we had beans and rice dinner #1.<br />
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This is one of the churches that the mission has built, Pastor Jorel showed it to us on our way back home.<br />
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The sun was starting to set as we drove past the ocean, cool picture, but what it doesn't show is all of the garbage and junk in the water. Haiti is the only place I have ever seen where the ocean front property has some of the poorest shacks, tents and makeshift homes. It was very surprising to me.<br />
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Inside of the fruit mentioned above. There were 2 Haitian ladies that helped us in the kitchen, both named Mylude {I am sure I spelled it wrong, but how funny they had the same name, got a tad confusing until we started calling them #1 & #2!} and a man named Abel who made the most amazing drink from this fruit. It was so good! We also enjoyed mangoes almost every morning which were amazing!<br />
We didn't get home until pretty late that night, and Mylude #1 had made us beans and rice, chicken, sauce, cole slaw, fried plantains and veggies, which pastor Jorel said we could eat it, so we did. It was very good. Beans and rice dinner #2.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-32176238975599754822013-01-25T22:24:00.002-05:002013-01-25T22:24:52.930-05:00Haiti day 3...We got up around 5:30 Sunday morning, we had to be at church by 7am! Church starts early and goes long. It was over 3 hours!
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Pastor Jorel's church was so much fun. Although we couldn't understand the words some of the tunes were familiar, and the ones that weren't were still pretty amazing! I love how they worship, they could not stand still! They take a 5 minute song and sing it for 20+ minutes, no joke. Someone asked the worship leader about that and they said, we can try to stop them, but the spirit keeps them going!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We sat facing the rest of the church in what may be called a choir loft? The pastor encouraged us to get up and take pictures.{He always told us when we should take pictures, too funny!}</td></tr>
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We were able to have communion while there, they use wine, at first I thought the juice had gone bad, it was nasty!
I am not a singer, love to sing, but just not good at it and guess what...they asked us to sing, as in up in front of church sing! Thankfully the others are all good singers so I quietly blended in. After church they gave us pop. Everywhere we went they had pop for us,
we felt bad, they have so little, yet they always had something special for us. After church, we went back home and sorted, counted and
labeled pills with some of the Haitians, they were much faster than we were and they thought it was funny. I was too busy working to get any pictures of that. It was another fun and busy day, we packed everything up that we needed to do our first conference the next day. <br />
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Hannah and I were in charge of getting gift bags packed for the party we were hosting for the pastors, deacons and their wives.<br />
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We sorted through lots of donations and put together around 20 large gift bags for the ladies. <br />
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*I should probably explain that I am wearing a head covering and skirts all week because the mission we were working with is very conservative and so were we for the week!<br />
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*I have been waiting to publish this until I got all of the pictures from everyone, but I am still missing several, so I am posting without some of the pictures for now...<br />
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Since this was an all ladies mission trip, we decided to minister to the ladies of Haiti. After the dinner we hosted we had the ladies go up on the roof top and we washed their feet and prayed over them. It was something that we wanted to do to show them the love of God, and it made a huge impression on them. All week it was brought up over and over again how in God's family, there is no black and white. We are all one! We also spoke to them about the importance of their role as wives of ministry leaders and encouraged them to continue to pray for their husbands. There was lots of singing and praying and our fun night came to an end, we took our cool showers and hit the sack as we had to be up early for church the next day.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678017052660848139.post-73146670692629008602013-01-20T23:01:00.000-05:002013-01-20T23:01:20.918-05:00Haiti Day 1...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had great flights and made it through customs and immigration without a hitch. Several guys helped us with all of our luggage, and we walked out of the airport where we were supposed to be met by Bev and Hannah who had flown in the day before. Except, they weren't there! We waited a few minutes and started wondering what plan B was?! We hadn't any addresses or phone numbers or anything. So we sent a few people out to the parking area to look for them. I was so happy to see their faces when they finally showed up! We all piled in a van and a pick up truck and headed to the mission house. We unpacked and got settled in to our home away from home. It was hot. We took cool showers {no hot water} which felt okay in the heat, and went to bed. Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13424721248932986236noreply@blogger.com0