Glimpses of the rewards part 2

About a year ago or more, Mimis starting buying cement for her house with her little bit of savings. She is a single mom with one child and has been living with her brothers, sisters, mother and other family members in a small house. She has had a vision to have a house where she could raise her daughter, but knew it might take a very long time. We were able to help her with funds thru Brethren Charity, Cornerstone DB and the profits from the Blue Grass fundraiser from last summer. Shea took it on himself to organize the building project, line up the haitian bosses, ect...

Here is our friend Mimis, staking off her property of her new house.
This picture makes me think of the Proverbs 31 woman, "she considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard"
She has really worked hard at doing all she could by herself.



Looking down at her house, work in progress

one of the haitian bosses laying pouring and smoothing the concrete for the floor in her house

Shea and Aaron nailing on the tin for her roof.
It looks as if Aaron is getting his morning stretches in as well. :)

She asked us staff to come and visit her last Sunday for a "little thank-you celebration" and to see her new house that she has just recently moved in to. Its up on a hill, so you need to climb a little to get up there. I hope she can get some steps soon, she will be hauling her water and a lot of other things.

Here is Mimis and Lynsika her daughter in front of their house.

Inside of her house is two rooms, one for her dining room and one for their bedroom. For any of us, this would seem very small and unfinished. But she is very happy and thankful, she has expressed her appreciation to all the ones that helped her to have a house for her and her daughter.
 It has blessed us once again to see the glimpses of the rewards thru her thankful heart. 

Here, she served us cold soft drinks, cookies and crackers

Before we left, we laid hands on her to pray. Please remember her in prayer also, that she could lead a godly Christian life as she raises her daugher and that God could send her a godly man someday
 if it be His will. 

To express her thanks, Mimis wrote the mission the following letter.

Dear mission administrators Aaron and Shea.

My heart is full of joy as I write you to tell you thank you and all the other people that put their hands together to help me. I never thought that my house would get finished. It is only because of you and the others that my house was ever built. For this, I thank you very much and I am praying God will send blessings on you and your families as well as all the Americans which helped me build my house.

Thank you