Firsts....

Last month, Mary Forrester was our first overnight guest (besides my parents and sis, who were here in early March). We still did not have a proper bed for her, but she was very gracious about the air mattress and makeshift accommodations as she got in late (after a day of waiting for American Airlines to make their flight from FL to Port) and left early in the morning for the first MAF flight out to the village of Piyon where she worked with a medical group for a few days. We now have a real bed, by the way. :)
Abby White, Megan's friend across the street, spent the night for the first time on Friday night. The girls had chocolate chip snowman pancakes and went swimming in the morning.
Last weekend we went with the Kings and Kruls to the famous (in Haiti) Baptist mission for the first time, a fun and relaxing place for kids and adults.
Sunday we went with Haiti's Compassionate Ministries Coordinator, Pastor Wallier, to three different Nazarene churches in different parts of Port au Prince. It was neat to see the variety. One church of about 4,000 members was just bursting at the seams. Another church downtown has probably 1,000 people who attend. Then lastly, we went to a little country church up in the mountains where about 100 people were worshipping. We arrived at the end of that service in time to hear a lady concluding her talk about the family and participate in communion. Special...