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ON OUR WAY BACK IN

Back InOn the road heading back to ‘soccer city”. Patients are already waiting. Today Sue will teach the children how to be fishers of men. We will show off Tom’s talking bass, “Billy Bass” and eat goldfish crackers. We are again working with a medical team from Houghton, NY. They are an incredible group of hard working men. Aaron Eastlach will also be joining us. He’s a teacher from Charleston, SC and son of Carl Eastlach, president of World Hope International. More tonight! Thanks for your prayers and comments it gives much strength and courage!


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FAST START

We arrived in Miami at 1am this morning at our hotel and then were back up at 4am to catch our flight to Haiti. Right after we cleared customs we went direct to a tent city of 7000 on a former soccer field.

Dr Becky immediately went to work at a clinic where she helped treat over 140 people! The rest of the team worked with the children, hundreds of them. Sue lead the children in songs, they caught on fast! Then Sue joined Becky and went from singer to nurse. Joe, Tom & Kyle prayed over the people at the clinic. Many prayers for God to protect them from evil spirits and for their health. Conditions have not improved much since the quake. Please pray for God to intervene and raise up leadership in Haiti. The team wants to say hello to all our loved ones. Thank you for your prayers, we feel them! We read your comments tonight. Please continue.

Joe says hello to Heather, Ashlyn, Aiden, Mom & Dad

Happy Birthday Pastor Wes

-Kyle Clausen


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AND WE ARE OFF . . .

We are on our way. This afternoon we drove to Detroit and we will catch a 5pm flight to New York, from NY we go to Miami and stay overnight. At 6:40am tomorrow we fly to Haiti. We appreciate your prayers and your comments. We will read them daily. Our team is made up of Dr. Becky VanValkenburg, Joe Weisenburger, Tom Meyer & Kyle & Sue Clausen.


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IN DETROIT

Safely landed in Detroit. Off to get our luggage, get to the car, and drive back to Hudsonville.


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SAFELY BACK IN THE US

We have safely arrived in fort lauderdale and are sitting on the plane to head to Detroit.


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FINAL FULL DAY IN HAITI

Today was our last final day here in Haiti. It was a pretty relaxing day. We got up in the morning and went to church right outside of the compound. It was a great experience to attend a Hatian church and see the people worship God.

After church we came back to the house and hung out with the local kids for a few hours before we went on our tour of PaP and Haiti. Tony came and picked us up and took is on a tour of downtown PaP where we could see the damage that took place from the earthquake. He also took us up to the top of a mountain overlooking PaP and most of Haiti, it was beautiul. On our way back to the compound we stopped at a little market and picked up a few things to take home with us.

Once we got home we spent a few hours talking with Tony about our week and experiences here in Haiti. We had so many stories to tell him. After he left we had our bible study and spent the rest of the night hanging out with the kids and talking with them.

We are leaving for the airport tomorrow at 7:00 am and our flight leaves ar 11:45 am to take us back to the US. We can’t wait to be back in Michigan and be able to share all of our stories with you. Please pray for safe travels for us tomorrow as we return to Michigan.


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SAFE AFTER AN AFTERSHOCK

Just wanted to send a quick update and tell you that we just experienced an aftershock and we are all ok.


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DAY 6 UPDATES

Today was the last day at the school. Words can’t describe the emotions that we all felt as we went through the day. We completed the the bathroom wall and roof today. It was amazing to see the finished project and how much something as small as that meant to them. They were truly greatful for what we had done there this week for the school and the church. We spent the afternoon hanging out with the kids for the last time while as we finished up the wall and roofing of the bathroom. The mom and the baby that had the fever came back today and picked up our tent that we had promised her. She had no place to stay since the eathquake hit. We listened to her story for quite a while, it was amazing. She is a monther of 7 and her husband died in the earthquake. She believes and trusts in God and prays everyday. She asked us to continue to pray for her and her family.

We met with people from the school and church in the afternoon and they thanked us for all of the help that we gave them over the course of this week. They were very greatful for what we had done for them and the Hatian people. There were so many emotionsn flowing in the room it is hard to describe in words exactly how we felt. Everyone from the church and our team were all grateful for what went on during the week. The church/school leaders presented us each with a gift from Haiti. This week was a blessing for both the school/chruch and our team. Everyone here in Haiti has welcomed us with open arms.

Tomorrow we are going to get up and go to a local church service here in Haiti and then Tony is going to take us on a tour of Haiti to see a little more of the town that we have not seen in our travels to and from the school.


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