Hi again! A quick line to let you all know that Mom, Dad and Kathleen got here in one piece WITH all their luggage! We have had a LONG couple days and now we are looking forward to a good nights rest.

Tuesday we left Jacmel at 4 in the morning to take a missionary friend to the bus station in Port Au Prince by 8am. Then we waited at Epidore (a bakery) for SIX hours! That’s too long to wait anywhere….even a bakery! We didn’t want to be out and about too much because it was the biggest, craziest last day of Carnival. That’s where people take to the streets to ‘party’ and whatever else. It’s a HUGE national holiday here and we were worried about how that would affect picking the guys up from the airport many streets are blocked and the crowds can be crazy. Much to our relief, it wasn’t as bad as we thought. The government tried something new and officially closed a lot of the streets around the major part of town. This kept the crowds more or less all together in selected areas. The airport was pretty bare and we were happy about that!

So, we got everyone in the vehicle and headed off to Canaan for the night. When we arrived some three hours later, they made us dinner and we had a nice evening seeing the friends we made again and introducing Sheldon’s parents and Kathleen to everyone. It was good to give Jaimee hugs and catch up with her too. Things are good there. At 6am this morning we were off to St. Marc to hike up to Liberty fort – one of the lookouts built to defend Haiti from French attacks in the 19th century. Mom was feeling lousy (caffeine withdrawal I’d bet J) so Jordy and I stayed with her at the bottom while Dad, Sheldon, Lubens, Kathleen and Jaimee hiked up to see the fort. Dawson got some good picts of the cannons and cannonballs. After that we got a tour of the YWAM base in St.Marc and headed back to Montrouis to drop off Jaimee and get the luggage. On to Jacmel! Finally, around 3:30, we pulled into our driveway. Lauren, Kira and Melainey stayed behind with the family, as we just weren’t sure what to expect in Port due to Carnival. When we pulled up they were SO happy to see us! Kira almost played a little shy but gave Grandma and Grandpa kisses and hugs. We took them to their hotel and let them rest and wind down for the evening and it was cute because when we got back to our house Kira was saying periodically “Where’s Mamma?”. So cute! Lauren understands who her Grandparents are and was happy to meet them. She thought we went to Canada to get them! Lainey was shy….but she was with us the first week too so I know she’ll warm up quick! We look forward to going after breakfast tomorrow and hanging out with them.

The guys just got back from an evening of street evangelism. They did dramas, showed the Jesus movie and handed out tracks and bibles. This was a follow up to the other day when they went to the same neighborhood and talked to people and prayed with people. Sheldon was surprised at how open they were to talking and how people even came out to them and asked if they would pray with them. They were so happy to get the literature and were very eager to have them come visit them again! I will put some pictures of this on too. I want to see them myself as I have been staying home with the kids. It has been good though, and I am so excited about it all that I don’t even mind missing out!

I’ll write more later…gotta run…can’t wait to hear how it went! Take care!