ONE DAY

We call it our "Science Lab", but so far there are currently only two features that distinguish this room from our other high school classrooms: first, there's a decent sized, air-conditioned closet full of microscopes, beakers, and dissection trays and such ...

And secondly, there's an emergency shower head mounted on the front wall.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (And it works - we tried it!)

All of the numerous other items that will truly mark this room as a laboratory are coming "One Day".

For example, where these pipes jut out of the concrete wall (at exactly shin level!), there will One Day be a row of sinks.

For now, Bunsen burner use is not 100% safe here, but One Day this space - where our homemade wooden tables currently sit - will see a set of 6 tall lab tables and 24 tall lab stools.

One Day, Mrs. Love will need to relocate her periodic table to clear space on this wall for a fume hood, safely making possible some truly top-notch chemistry experiments.

Finally, (and Mrs. Love says this might be the top priority in many ways) One Day the floor of the Science Lab will be tiled. 

You would not believe the amount of dust created DAILY from the action of feet and chairs across an unfinished, unsealed concrete floor. This dust ultimately could be fatal to the microscopes and other tech equipment with which God has blessed Cowman's science program. Not to mention, the uneven floor is a genuine safety hazard in general and could be doubly so in the presence of the open flame of a Bunsen burner. 

You might have guessed that the Science Lab is not alone in having an unfulfilled wish list; there are plenty of One Days all over the Cowman School campus.

Our sweet first graders, our principal, our secretaries, our junior and senior high students all await that One Day when tile covers their rough, concrete floors too. 

Mr. Adams, Ms. Kacie, and I each look forward One Day to ditching our DIY dry erase boards (made of $12 bathroom panels from Lowe's) for proper white boards that don't take 30 minutes to erase at the end of the day. (It's the little things...) 

All of these things and many others are on a waiting list because Cowman doesn't currently possess the resources even to construct the next few classroom walls we'll need by next school year, much less this substantial punch list. But we trust the Lord will provide.

Maybe you can guess why I am telling YOU all of this. We have learned over the past 5 years that the Lord most often provides what is needed for His Kingdom work through the generosity of His people. 

I am sure that you, like me, know Haiti is a place of deep hurt, great needs and plenty of injustice, but maybe you're skeptical of whether anything will ever change here. I want to reassure you that One Day life will be truly different here in Haiti.

If you'd be tempted to give if only you were as certain of positive outcomes, let me humbly suggest an approach that can truly make a lasting difference: Invest in Education.

Cowman now serves 181 students who are being prepared to be world changers. Our goal as teachers and administration is to give them an educational experience that is second to none, to the glory of God. 

Listed below are several projects waiting for a completion date. Would you look over this list prayerfully and consider the possibility that the Lord might use YOU to bring One Day closer to Cowman School and to all of Haiti?

A few possibilities:

Project 1: Dry Erase Boards

(Cost amounts for each project piece is a current "best guess"; some factors, like customs taxes on imported materials, are always wildcards!) 

     1A - Ms. Kacie's First Grade Classroom - $500

     1B - Mr. Adam's History Classroom  - $500

     1C - Mr. Gross' English Classroom  - $500

Project 2: Tile Floors

     2A - Tile for Ms. Kacie's First Grade Room - $2,500

     2B - Tile for Main Office  - $2,500

     2C - Tile for Science Lab  - $2,500

     2D to 2G - Tile the Other Classrooms and hall of the 2nd Floor

                            - roughly $10,000

Project 3: Furnish the Science Lab

     3A - Fume Hood - $3,000

     3B - 6 Lab Tables with Epoxy Countertops - $1,500

     3C - 24 Lab Stools - $1,500

     3D - Cabinetry- $2,500

     3F - Sinks and Fixtures - $1,000

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed and "Giving Tuesday" is upon us. If you are feeling prompted by the Spirit to support the work of Cowman School on behalf of Christ's Kingdom and the future of Haiti, we would be so grateful. And LIVES WILL BE CHANGED. 

Perhaps you are in a position to take care of one of these projects from your own budget or perhaps you'd be willing to spearhead a fundraiser with your Sunday school class or bring Cowman before your church's mission committee. Whatever your support might look like, I ask you to take one simple step right now:

Email me at sgross@onemissionsociety.org and share with me what you are thinking and how you might be able to contribute to the realization of One Day. Then I will gladly share with you information on taking further steps.

If, on the other hand, you simply want to directly give a gift to be used toward the general construction fund, you can do that at this website.