I love this picture! On Wednesday we had a big youth event in Ropissa. The place was packed out! Then afterward we had a movie night. So it takes about 30 minutes to rearrange the seating and set up the video equipment. During that time, the girls in Ropissa came to me and wanted to me to remember each one of their names. I told them I will try but I only know some Creole. So here I am trying the force my brain to remember each one on the back of the ATV. The only thing that this doesn't show is the smoke coming from my brain as I try to remember and say all their names.

For generations the farmers of Ropissa, Haiti had to wait out the dry season until the rains came in April or May. Even though they lived on the river, the law of gravity made it impossible for all the water to make it to their fields and gardens...until December 2011. That is when Acts 29 Missions put in a water pumping station that sends water to the areas around the Ropissa valley. Now instead of dry dirt, acres and acres of beans, plantain, bananas and mangoes grow in abundance. When the rains do come in the spring an entire crop will have been harvested. I am so reminded that Jesus brings life wherever he goes. Thanks to everyone who makes this happen!

This might be a first for me. We actually did so much ministry that the Haitians feel asleep! Thanks to Pastor Jarrod, Duane and H-town Masters Commission for making such a great impact in Haiti. We did everything from Kids Clubs to Youth Ministry to Sewing Business to House Construction to Widows Care. A highlight for me was the joke on how many missionaries does it take to remove a splinter in one of the girls fingers. It was like major outpatient surgery right in the middle of Haiti. I can't wait to see all of our Houston friends back in the mountains again!