Hard to believe we have now all but wrapped up day 6. This is the 3rd trip to Haiti that FBC has supported and my 3rd visit. Each trip has been blessed by God and each has been very unique. This trip has refreshed our souls and validated why we are called to go to… Read More »

My Estafano Moment As we visited the orphanage on Tuesday I was very unsure of how it would go. I felt very much outside my comfort zone. When we arrived, the children sang a few songs for us and then they broke up and filtered through our group. I was standing toward the back not… Read More »

Wednesday was an eventful day. On Tuesday afternoon, we bagged rice in 5lb bags to be delivered on Wednesday morning. Bright and early Wednesday morning, we headed to Royale to pass out bags of rice. Royale is a village sitting on the beach. As we walked toward the water, men were pulling in nets to… Read More »

We had been warned by “Big Jeff”, our missionary host, before we arrived at the orphanage to expect to be shocked emotionally at what we would see and experience. As I got off the bus and walked into the orphanage grounds, I viewed conditions akin to a labor camp in Nazi Germany during WWII. Then… Read More »

Today we started painting the church building at Guitton. But then we decided to clean up a soccer field for the kids who had showed up. While we were there, I met three little girls. They decided to help us pick up trash. I noticed that one of the girls liked my sunglasses so I… Read More »

Rocks and the Gospel We hit the ground running on Monday morning. After breakfast, it was a short ride to the church building in Guitton. Our jobs today were to paint the outside of the building and to prepare sand for the stucco. “How do you prepare sand?” you ask. Well, it involves a big… Read More »

Today started early – very early if you got up when the roosters started crowing – with biscuits and gravy before heading to worship services at two different churches. One group went to Nawash. The other went to Guitton to worship. After a bumpy ride in the bed of a truck we arrived at a… Read More »

Saturday came early for everyone on the Haiti mission team. We met at the church parking lot at 2:45am, loaded the church bus and headed to Charlotte. Surprisingly, our team of 18 was first in line at the American counter. In fact, we were there before the counter was open. But promptly at 4:00am, we… Read More »

Day 6 June 22, 2012. WOW! What a powerful week and how everyone on this trip has been blessed. Today was a wrap up day. We started with devotion and breakfast, went to Cipress and wrapped up the roof trusses on the 2nd house. Cleaned both houses out, swept the floors and did all the… Read More »