Lost & Found

Bon jou! (Good morning in Creole)

We apologize for not updating our blog as often as we'd planned. Our Internet in Haiti continues to be fussy, but we're trying to work around it and will hopefully be able to notify all our Haiti partners via email next week. We have "synched" and "merged" and "synched" and "merged" our mailing list three times only to find it continues to duplicate or eliminate people from our email list. While it would be annoying if we were in the States, add the frustration of a "fussy" Internet and well, you get the picture. For those who have "found our blog" we're very thankful!

Bud & I started our Creole (or Kreyole) lessons this week and are finding that while it's very challenging, it's a lot of fun and we're really enjoying our teacher - Belony. He's a great young man who is in his 4th year at the seminary in Saccenville. Two times-a-week we drive out to the seminary and meet with him and a black board with CHALK! The teacher-student ratio is pretty good - 2 to 1! He gives us a lot of individual attention!

On Thursday after class, Bud answered his phone. Afterward, we were stopped at the gate and asked if we could jump-start one of the Haitian's trucks. In the midst of the vehicle repair, Bud's phone must have fell out of the truck. Several hours later he realized it was missing. He eventually resorted to dialing his own number from my phone when a Haitian answered. Of course, the Haitian didn't speak English and Bud is only on Creole lesson #2 - since the man wasn't repeating the days of the week or counting to 10, or talking about being hungry (groun gu), Bud couldn't understand him. In retrospect it was pretty funny to listen to Bud repeating, "Hello...Hello....Hello..." louder and louder like the man was hard of hearing instead of not able to understand English!

He took the phone to Dave Graffenberger and explained the situation. Dave called Bud's phone and chatted up a storm with the gate keeper from the seminary...who had Bud's phone and said he would give it to Pastor Lucner who lives "up the street" from us! PRAISE GOD! Bud was so relieved - he had his "life line" back :) (Ask Shelly for further explanation!)

Once again God showed us that He even cares about the little details of our lives. Bud's parting comment was, "Well, I guess this is another good reason we need to learn the language!" Thankfully we were able to laugh about it...afterward!

Another rich blessing this week was receiving four DVDS of our church services! What a blessing! It was like a cool drink of water on a five-shirt day in Haiti!!! (Bud measures the heat of the day by how many times he has to change his soaking wet shirt!)

We love & miss you all...trust you will have a great weekend and a fabulous day of worship on Sunday!

Bon Nwit (good night),

Bud & Cindy