Tuesday, July 26. Melissa and I went to Greenwood today to interview with One Mission Society as we move forward with plans to enter the mission field fulltime in about a year. A panel of four met with Melissa for an hour and then separately with me for an hour. Now they confer and run their recommendations past the president. We won't get official word for a week or two, but we felt it went well.
Assuming they accept us, the next step is an orientation (which might take a bit of work to get into our schedules once school begins) and then we'll be starting the fundraising.
We've been back for a week already, and with all the packing and visiting, I haven't made the time to get all my pictures on-line yet, so here are a few more from our first days in Haiti:
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Classic sibling behavior in the Miami airport. Our flight was at 7:30, which meant we left
Twila and Gonzo's condo at 5:00 AM! |
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| Dats did some reading and journaling on the flight. |
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| Bud and Jane picked us up at the Cap Haitien airport in the van. The Princess was so exhausted she fell asleep on the armrest even as we bounced down the crazy Haitian road. |
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| Without a TV or their Nintendos, the kids had to make their own fun - an incredibly refreshing development as far as Mommy and Daddy were concerned! Here, Ida claims to be impersonating Elvis. |
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| We stayed in the Bundy house while the Bundys are back in the states. The Bundys have four kids too - our kids are looking forward to the day when they are our neighbors. Here the Drama Queen does some journaling before bed. Actually, there was very little Drama from the Queen during our entire two weeks in Haiti. |
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| The whole family as we head off to church. We went to the church right next to the compound. Our kids did great considering they sat through a 2.5 hour service conducted in a foreign language in a hot sanctuary! |
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| We got to go to the Christophe Hotel after worship for lunch and swimming. In Haiti the Coke comes in bottles and is made with sugar cane. Good stuff! |
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| In the pool, Ida latched onto Tim Randolph - Tim brings a team to Haiti twice a year for medical work. |
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| Throwing the kids in the pool. |
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| Our kids spent a lot of time on the rope swing right out in front of the Bundy house. Our kids wouldn't be out on the lawn for too long before some neighborhood kids would join them. The Princess was especially popular with the Haitian kids - many would sneak a touch of her curls! |
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| Lots of soccer was played - even by those who don't usually play a whole lot of soccer, like the Drama Queen ... |
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| ...and Ida! |
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