The Chicks Have Arrived!!!

As of today, 10 families in Piton, Haiti, have a new chicken business.  They have 200 chicks to raise for 6 weeks.  After that, they will need to sell them in order to be ready for the next 200 chicks.

 

 

 320 bags of chicken feed arrives.

 All 10 families were involved in storing the food.

 We opened each box of 100 chicks.

 Natasha with her chicken feed, waterers, and feeders.

 Natasha's first box of chicks.

 Boy with Natasha's second box of chicks.

 The chicks inside Natasha's chicken house.

 The chicks going free in another chicken house.

 Chicken house on the left, people house on the right.

 The chicken house is bigger than the people house.

 Delivering the chicks to a secured chicken house.

 Helping the chicks go free.

 Encouraging the chicks to move about.

 Chicks go free at another chicken house.

 Rehydration water is ready.

 

 Getting the rehydration water ready.

 Getting the rehydration water ready.

 Woman with her family in front of chicken house.

 American flag door with chicks going free.

 Chicks arrive at another house.

 One family that received their chicks today.

 Rehydration water is ready.

Chicks at the last house.

 

For $3,000 your family can provide a chicken business for a Haitian family.  It is the opportunity of a lifetime for the Haitian family and your family.  They will earn money to feed their family, and you can teach your family that it is more blessed to give than to receive.

Contact Kevin Bolin at kevinbolin@cten.org for further information.



Library furniture is complete!!!

Here are some pictures of the new library furniture!!!

 Librarian counter.  I LOVE the carving!!!!

 Art display case

 Bookshelves with display case in the center

 Carl, designer and builder

 Library chairs

 One of the two tables

 The swinging door on the librarian counter

 Eventz, builder

 The inside of the librarian counter

 Bookshelves

Bookshelves with the other table

Eat more chicken!!

                                                   The first completed chicken coop!!!

As of today, August 15, 2012, four chicken coops have been completed!  The families are so excited to see progress for their new capital venture taking shape.  The first baby chicks, just one day old, are set to arrive on August 25.  The other six chicken coops will need to be completed before then. 

The second chicken coop.  Dad is off helping build another chicken coop.

Exciting news!!  The week after August 25, we will begin the process all over with 14 new families.  Thank you to our loving Heavenly Father, GVCM, Kore Foundation, Fish Ministries, and the Kellogg Foundation for partnering with our family in helping bring jobs to these Haitian families.  Providing food lasts for one meal, but self-sustainability lasts a lifetime!

The third chicken coop.

Thank you to all of our prayer and financial supporters!! This was not part of our original plan, but God knew that you would not only be bringing the joy of God's Word to this area through the radio and library, but also be helping these Christian families provide food for their families.

Do you want to learn about sponsoring a chicken coop family?

A $3,000 donation will provide a chicken coop for one family, which will then be reinvested in another family once that loan is paid off.

For details and more information, contact Kevin Bolin at kevinbolin@cten.org

The fourth chicken coop.

English classes have started, and I am very busy!  I am teaching 4 classes each day to the orphans, 2 classes each day to the youth in the church, and a class using the Book of John each Tuesday night.  What a joy it is to teach a new language!!  So thankful to some teachers from Weatherford that donated some phonics readers, and David Malaska for donating English books from McGraw Hill! 

We have had several meetings for Haitians to get chicken coops.  This is in cooperation with Core and Fish Ministries.  Some of the chicken coops are supposed to be getting built this week.  Each person is given a loan of $3,000 US, but they don't actually receive the money.  They receive a chicken coop, education, help building the coop, 200 chickens every 6-7 weeks, feed, and immunizations for the chickens.  We are hoping this will help many families that need help feeding their family!

                                                            Chicken coop meeting.

The library furniture is looking amazing!!  Check out how great these book shelves look! 

                                                           The area for the children.

                                                          The area for the adults.


Jakob and Anderson, our neighbor friends, looked very suave for their first communion.  They had a huge party to celebrate. 

What an honor we had this past Saturday in driving Sheline's, our neighbor, wedding.  Of course, about 30 people tried to get in the back of the truck so we could drive them through town with them yelling and us honking.  We had to tell some people to get out because our tires were going flat!

                                                   This wedding lasted for 3 hours!!!

                                             Tracy and Joylinda's mom before the wedding.

Papi, our neighbor, Lauren, and the photographer at the wedding.    

Kevin and Tracy after the wedding.

Kevin and Ashley

We are headed to Tennessee Friday, June 30th, and then Texas July 9.

We will be back in Haiti July 25.

 

Happenings in Haiti

 Linda is telling this man that Jesus died for him.  He said that he is
not ready to accept Jesus, but we gave him a radio that will
continue to tell him about Christ.

Nikki telling people about Jesus and handing out solar radios that
are pre-tuned to Radio Vision Global 4VEN.

Our church posse!!  We are loaded up and headed to church!

Sweet Yolanda!!  This is Linda's one year old daughter.  We get to play with
her almost everyday!!

Kevin working in the radio station, surrounded by orphans!!

We delivered the first fifty solar radios!! What a joy it was to ask people if they listen to the radio, and to hear them say, "Wi, mwen tande Radio Vision Global!" "Yes, I listen to Radio Vision Global!" This station is making a positive impact in this community!! Several people recognized Nikki from his voice. He didn't really want people to know who he was, but too late, he is a star now! One lady ran up to us and said that she loved listening to the English show. I was so excited to hear her say that she listened to my show!