EXCITED!!!! In two days, Bruce and I will be landing in Haiti. So much to do, 10 days to do it in. We will be spending the first 2 days in Port au Prince working with Pastor Freddie Hebron. Then it's off to Petit Goave, our second home. There we are hoping to find 7-12 acres of land that will either be donated or reduced in price for us to build our village on. We have been working tirelessly for the past 2 months completing all of our paperwork for the IRS to become our own Non-profit Foundation. We have been successful and are now officially "Helping to Heal Haiti, Inc." We have formed a board of directors and are blessed with the officers that will help guide us during this wonderful journey. Sandy Evans and Jill Bright are the Co-Chairs, Krista Lease is the Vice Chair, Lisa Scanish is the Secretary and Mary Wishneski is the Treasurer. Sandy was kind enough to find a young man who is willing to transform our pencil drawings of the village into a professional blueprint. It is our hope to build 30-40 Haitian homes, a church, a clinic, a life skills center,a school, a barn, a garage, a warehouse, a community center and a volunteer guest house that will house 30+ volunteers. It is extremely exciting to finally get all of our thoughts onto paper. Many thanks to Scott for all of his help.
Other wonderful news is that Johnny's mother had a baby girl on August 16. We have been told that mother and baby are healthy, but Haiti healthy and US healthy can be very different. I am anxious to see both of them myself and look forward to holding that sweet baby girl. We will be staying with Renaul, our Haitian translator, and his wife while we are in Petit Goave. It will be very nice to stay in a family setting and look forward to seeing everyone. We will be speaking to the Mayor and shopping for building material quotes. Finding transportation and cooks for our January trip and securing the rental house. Lots of business to conduct, many friends to see and kids to play with. We will try to blog while we are there, but Internet access is sparse at best. Please pray that we have positive outcomes and a safe trip. But above all, please pray for the Haitian people who continuously lives in tenuous, unstable living conditions yet continue to thank God for His grace and mercy.
Believing in making this dream a reality and thanking God for His guidance,
Shelly Meadowcroft
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