Summer 2015 Newsletter pdf
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Hurricane Alert
Just received an email from Fr. Gracia saying that Haiti is under a hurricane alert, and they may be flooded in. I checked the National Hurricane Center, and they are showing no local activity. Either way, please keep all of our friends in Riviere Mancelle safe this hurricane season.
Fr. Gracia returns to Haiti
Fr. Gracia safely made it back home to Haiti this past weekend. Our time together bore much fruit. He has plans to find two volunteers from each school to facilitate purchasing local grown food for the school lunch program. Currently the children are served beans and imported rice. Purchasing locally grown food will not only seed the money in the local economy, it will also add variety to the children’s meals and add needed nutrients to their diet. We also discussed plans to form book clubs with the teachers. Recently I reread the history of Booker T. Washington and have …
Fr. Gracia arrives in Tennessee
Wednesday afternoon Fr. Gracia arrived here in Tennessee. He will be staying with us until the 22nd of September. This promises to be an exciting time as we visit supporting churches and work on planning and organizing this upcoming year. This weekend we are visiting St. Thomas church in Cookeville, TN. Next Sunday we will be visiting St. Gregory in Smithville. Fr. Gracia is looking forward to meeting our many friends and supporters of the Haiti Project. He invites you to contact us for an opportunity to meet with him.
The Children say “Mèsi Ampil” (thank you very much)
The official tally is in; through the generous sharing of our many friends, partners and benefactors we have received money to buy food for a total of 83,300 school lunches for the 2015-2016 school year! Mèsi Ampil! Thank you very much from all the school children of Riviere Mancell, Haiti. A special thank you to the Sisters of the Divine Savior for their 2015 Lenten Project for the school lunch program. Thank you Salvatorian Family and Community House Staff. God bless everyone who participated in the Sisters’ 2015 Lenten Project. All together they raised $11,000.00 (USD), enough money to buy …
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Many, many, hands……..
The Parish Twinning Program’s sea container program is absolutely astounding. This year the program will be shipping seven, forty-foot containers to twin parishes in Haiti. This is a 30% increase over last year. Our shipment to the parish of Riviere Mancelle represents about 3% of the total. Many thanks to all the people who donate, pack, transport and give the financial support to make this possible.
Shipping Container 2015
We have been very busy since our return to the US, we have been organizing and packing for the shipping container. Thank you to all for the wonderful donations. We have just a few more things to gather and we will be delivering to the warehouse. Denise and I will both be working at the warehouse for the next three weeks. We can receive last minute donations for our twin parish up until the 22nd. Bob
Update on religious houses under attack.
We just received the news that some arrests were made in the robberies of religious houses. There have been at least 28 attacks across Haiti on religious women\’s communities. We hope this stops the reign of terror.
Back in the US!
Greetings to all, We are back in the States. We should be back in Tennessee late on the 24th. We are looking forward to seeing everyone. I know our post have been spotty this time, but I have been spending more time on Creole lessons, and less on blogging. It is starting to work. Mèsi anpil, Bob
Long Days
Sunday after church Johnny and I went to Buchan Richard. As we pulled up, people were just leaving church services there. We pulled into the church yard and parked the truck under the shade of two large trees. We got out and walked up to the church, peering in we could see a few people still busy at the front of the church preparing to leave. It was dim, there are no lights in the church, and the only light coming from open doors on both sides and ventilation blocks. We entered through one of the three sets of tall …