Gail's One Month Perspective



Palm Tree Seedlings and Vegetables Sprouting to Life

It is now ‘One Month’ on “Our Adventures with God” in Ti’Lagoon, Haiti

We give “Many Thanks and Praises” for the senders and faithful Prayer Warriors who daily take us to the foot of the Cross of Jesus!!

As Oswald Chamber writes in his book:        
So, I send You: “Our lives are the answers not only to the prayer of other people, but to the prayers the Holy Spirit is making for us, and to the prayer of Our Lord Himself”. The call of God is the call according to the nature of God; where we go in obedience to that call depends on the providential circumstances which God engineers. When we are rightly related to God, life is full of spontaneous joyful uncertainty and expectancy – we do not know what God is going to do next; and He packs our life with surprises all the time….. Readiness for God and His work means that we are ready to do the tiniest thing to the great big thing, it makes no difference. He is the One surrounding us, listening and sympathizing and encouraging. “Ye shall be My witnesses”. To be a witness of Jesus means that when any duty presents itself we hear His voice just as He heard His Father’s voice and we are ready for it with alertness of our love for Him. Be ready for sudden surprise visits of our Lord, and remember there is no such thing as prominent service and obscure service; it is all the same with God, and God knows better than ourselves what we are ready to do. No enthusiasm for humanity will ever stand the strain that Jesus Christ will put on His workers. Only one thing will stand the strain and that is a personal relationship to Jesus of a man or woman who has gone through the mill of God’s spring-cleaning until there is one purpose only---“I am here for God to use me as He wills.” 

If you build it they will come??

God Himself gave us the vision and out of obedience to His calling we have made our home in northwest Haiti. We wake up daily to God’s glorious sun rises in which He softly announces His mighty Presence in our ordinary daily lives.

The desert dust has settled here at LVM campus with the help of much needed rain most of last  two nights and frequent rain showers yesterday.  Also with our month long duration of various visitors, from four different states, the last group headed back to their families, homes and jobs in the states yesterday. As stated in preparing to leave, “We [Chuck & Gail] are now in the honeymoon phase of our new home in Haiti”. We are thankful for those who have come along side us to provide the much needed prayer, bible studies, help, and encouragement. May the ones who have gone before us find us faithful? It is a ‘blessing’ [meaning in Haitian Creole: ‘benediksyon’] to have had many who have come here before us to prepare this land and home for us to live. May we be faithful to their vision in service to Jesus Christ.


Karl giving a morning message

Teaching the Goats 'To Walk This Way'
Meet Abraham, Sarah and Hagar

The time so far has gone by quickly! We have established a comfortable home. We started a goat herd, with one Billy and two nannies, with the installation of a nice fenced pasture. The goats arrived on the campus via ‘moto’ a motorcycle with straw saddle-type bags. Chuck is just beside himself, in disbelief that he would be a goat-farmer, so probably with many reading this post. God’s garden in the shade houses has sprouted and is turning green with life and the promise of produce to be harvested. The trees and seedlings have sprouted as well and are growing. The flower beds near the house are not so fortunate and proving to be a challenge. The sheep from the neighboring village enjoy the tender little sprouts as they grow and get any leaves. Laundry can be a challenge as well as these same sheep along with a lone donkey can smell the water and need a drink. In fact, if they see a white bucket they are confident that there will be water in it.  We have a beautiful chicken coop built by Ken Challis anxiously awaiting the arrival of laying chickens. There seems to be conflicting stories on where chickens can be purchased. Therefore, we will patiently wait for chickens to arrive, along with the eggs...              


People of Ti Riviera coming for the food distribution



We have fed weary and hungry travelers that have come to the campus from several  hours away by donkey to receive the food provided by Global Compassion and Kids Against Hunger, as well as a truck with a group of stranded travelers broken down on the road all day on their way to Port Au Prince, still 6 to 8 hours of travel  yet to go.

As written in Matthew 25:35-40  -  For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,  I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’  “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Our New Aloe Vera Landscaping

This past Sunday we all attended church in a neighboring village, Ti Paradis. Our pastor, Neal Schroeder, from Range Community Bible Church provided the message. Pastor Etienne translated for the church members and we were blessed to receive a message in English that we could understand. That being said, we are grateful to have the internet for the purpose of receiving sound biblical teaching in our native tongue. 

Much Deserved Fellowship & Relaxation
George, Chuck, Jerry and Daniel

So we have arrived in Haiti…. We have and are going into the hard places.. The places that God has called us to be and prepared for us in advance…. A place of great joy, suffering and hunger. Where there is a real need to serve God and His children. We do and will at times feel ill-equipped and inadequate because we are. But that is OK because throughout God’s Word He chose the least likely people to do His work.  In Haiti, we often do not know where the road is leading or if it is even a real road, but here is the great part, Courage is not about knowing the road. It was about us stepping out in faith and coming to Haiti. Just like Peter getting out of the boat, stepping out onto the water with complete faith that Jesus would not let him down. 


'For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.' Eph 2:10

In His Service;

Chuck & Gail