What's been going on

This is the beautiful view of Kenskoff, Haiti, as we left the Haiti Baptist Mission to go to Fort Jack.  The countryside is amazingly beautiful!  Terraced mountain sides and cooler temperatures, along with great fellowship with friends, made for a wonderful day!

We were welcomed at Fort Jack by two guides that explained quite a bit of the history of Haiti and the fort as we walked along.  As we stood on the top of Fort Jack, we could see all of Port-au-Prince.  It was amazing how small the airport looked from this perspective!!  We were so happy that Linda agreed to come along.  She had never been to Fort Jack, and she was very happy to be able to see this piece of her country's history.

Our first ten families have had their chicks for three weeks now, and they have doubled in size.  In just three more weeks, the work of selling these birds begins.  We are praying that every chicken will be sold for at least $5 US.  We have been encouraged by how well the families follow the direction of Christian, the agronomist that is teaching them how to raise chickens for meat.  The families' lives are wrapped up in this new business, and our prayer is that it is a huge blessing for each family!

Fourteen new families will begin this chicken venture in a few weeks.  The chicken houses are being built as I write this.  We saw this huge bee hive as we walked around to one property.  Kevin actually walked under it! 

I think this is a tree full of gold finch nests.  Anyway, it is a beautiful yellow chested bird.  They sounded so loud as we visited another family that is getting a chicken house, but not near as loud as the 2,000 baby chicks that we distributed three weeks ago.  Haiti is full of beauty!!

We have almost all of Ashley's school curriculum for this year.  We don't feel the pull of being behind, because the kids here have not gone back to school yet.  Most of them start October 1.  Ashley has a lot of reading to do this year!  She is using the Heart of Dakota curriculum, Missions to Modern Marvels.  She is excited to start on Monday!

Lauren is using Apologia Science Anatomy and Physiology, Notgrass Company Government, Economics in a Box, and the One Year Adventure Novel for writing.  They are both doing Quest for Bible and Life of Fred for Math.  They are happy to have different books throughout the year, instead of the same textbook for the whole year.