Francilia's Surprise

The dream team from Morrison Heights Baptist Church, Mississippi, (left to right, Charly Martin, me, Tim Rowan, Luke Rowan, and Harper Ferrell) was up and hard at it at 5:00am. We worked through the morning and just made our deadline for the arrival of Pastor Danley's fiancee, Francilia.

Francilia was so surprised and just kept saying the having this house is the answer to their prayers. They had placed their trust in the Lord as to where they were going to live. She blushed as she posed for photos and just kept grinning the whole time we were celebrating (at right with Pastor Danley).

The last few days have been truly awesome. Meeting Miriam here at the orphanage and working with these guys is something I will never forget. My sincere thanks to Miriam for her hospitality. Having decent meals, a great place to sleep, and a real shower for the time I've been here has been a bigger blessing than you know.

Learning how to take nice transitional shelters and turn them into permanent homes is something I will be able to share with our boys and reproduce in Leogane. It costs $495.00 to modify the standard transitional shelter kit into a permanent structure. I pray for partners to help us do this for some of our people, particularly the elderly ones. Doing this for them would give them a home where they could live out the rest of their days without fear of having to relocate or be homeless again.

Ever Grateful,
Roody