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January 20TH, 2017 We have been in Haiti for two weeks now. The first few days we spent getting moved back in to our apartment. When we leave we take our solar panels off the roof, and put away our stoves wash, tubs ect. Now we are quite used to getting set up but it is still time consuming. Our batteries are getting old and not holding a charge as they should so we are using the generator more often. While we were gone the bananas I am growing on the roof ripened so the ladies that worked for us […]

Our friend Maxo sitting up in his new back brace. Maxo fell out of a mango tree last August and crushed his spine. He has no use of his lower body and has been laying on a grass mat on this concrete floor ever since. Next we have a wheelchair for him and are trying to arrange rehabilitation therepy.

Quick update to all of our family and friends. We arrived safely in Garcin just before dark. We also have heard reports of problems, from Ft. Lauderdale to Jerimy and Port au Prince. So, please do not worry. Thank you all for your faithful support and prayers. Bob and Denise

Greetings to all. Hope your Christmas was filled with love and that the peace of Christ will be with you throughout the New Year.Attached is our Advent Newsletter. Enjoy Bob and Denise Advent 2016 pdf.pdf

Come on over to St Thomas Catholic Church after all three Mass\’s this weekend for wonderful Christmas presents of Haitian art!

I just marked the Fr. Jim Bretl Agriculture Center on Google Maps. Follow the link. Bob Dropped Pin https://goo.gl/maps/wrLMDC5nAvG2

Its that time of year again. We have just returned from Haiti with a great selection of Haitian arts and crafts for your Christmas present needs. Our affordably priced collection is your opportunity to give a truly unique gift, a gift that gives three times. Once to your recipient, second to the artist who created the piece and third to the Haitian people the Haiti Project serves. All profit from sale of art is used to cover Haiti Project expenses. This Sunday we will be at: Dowelltown Methodist Church Highway 70 Dowelltown, TN. December 3rd and 4th we will be

November 11,2016 Medical trip Last Sunday Bob and I loaded up eight people from our village and Gros Morne. We had four people needing surgery, two women that had breast cancer going to get chemo, a young girl needing to see an eye doctor and her mother. The truck was pretty full. We did not know when the surgeries would take place and had I to be prepared to stay in Port Au Prince for the whole week. I was struck by how little the people going for surgery brought for a week away, or should I say how much

We just installed drip irrigation at the demonstration double dug garden beds in the Fr. Jim Agriculture Center. We have five beds that are four feet by twenty five feet. The middle bed is being used to start tomato and pepper plants. As you can see in the picture it is covered in leaves to provide shade.

November 4th 2016 Bob and I visited Kalabot last weekend. The drive up is always quite a trip but thankfully we had no problems. Gail an American volunteer and Sr. Pat came with us. We were delivering many things that had been shipped on the shipping container to be distributed to those areas of the mission. I also had been given a donation of beads so I encourage a youth group to make jewelry so they could make a little money. They were very excited and started right away. We will return on the 14th to discuss budgets for the