Long time out

29. June 2009 by admin.

The time has finally come to try to update this blog… or rather, to start it, I guess.  Time is always the biggest problem, of course, but if I am going to keep this going, then we must stay on it.

Much is happening in Haiti, and with Grace Mission.  To try to bring you up to date since January, here we go.

In January two teams went to Haiti.  One was a construction team which went to begin the process of refurbishing our Bertin dental clinic.  The second team was actually a team of one, or two, depending on how you count it.  Pastor David Nelms joined me in Haiti to teach at our Grace Mission seminary, where he taught on homiletics for a week.  He did a fantastic job and was very well received.

In February I accompanied a roofing construction team from Georgia and Maryland, led by Pastor Butch Lee, also the vice president of our Board of Directors.  We went to Doriol and put on a roof in record time.

In March, Nancy went to Haiti with a medical team led by Dr. Steve Cook from Banner Elk, NC.  It was a large team and ended up being divided into two teams.  One team worked at the Bertin medical clinic, and the other at the Riviere Froide church and school.  They saw just over 500 patients in the week.

In May, I, along with Bruce Bassett, one of our Board members, went to Haiti to meet with our Grace Center engineer to finalize plans for construction, and then met an Exploratory team from Jim Evans church in North Myrtle Beach, SC.  They are considering the possibility of partnering with one of our churches.

In June, I traveled again to Haiti for our Bible Institute graduation.  We saw 20 students graduate from the Bible Institute to begin moving out to serve the Lord in several ways, or go on for further training at a seminary.  I also met a medical team, led by Dr. Rob Martsolf that was staying through June 26 to conduct a medical clinic at our Williamson church and school.

That brings us up to the present.

It is with great excitement that we are letting you know that our 13^th ANNUAL Grace Mission to Haiti Celebration Banquet is scheduled for Saturday, September 26^th, 2009 at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord near New Holland, PA.  We are doing things a bit different this year as the banquet will be starting at 11:00 AM.  Many of the folks who like to come to the banquet travel quite a distance so we thought this would enable them to make the trip during daylight hours.  The meal will be buffet style.  More details will be coming, but we just wanted you to set the date aside so you can join us and rejoice in all God is doing in and through GMTH.

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