The country continues to suffer greatly as the masses of people whose homes & lives have been destroyed are now looking for food for their families. Most have lost their gardens & entire fields along with their homes. We're not sure any of us know the depth of the devastation that continues to take place in Haiti right now.
Please pray.
Hard times are still ahead as the usual flow of food products nationwide will not be available. It's mind boggling to hear reports & to try to imagine what has happened here. Deforestation, definitely one of the root causes of so much of the flooding.
A confirmation, the Haitian government has ordered that all schools remain closed until October 6th. It will be a difficult year for students to have lost a full month of school.
On that note we would like to take time to brag on the MTM school director, teaching staff & on the Lord...All but 2 of our 6th grade students passed the national exam! This is an incredible reflection on the MTM school director & teaching staff as this is an extremely difficult test that few students are able to pass. We are very proud of our staff & students & of course, praise the Lord!!!
On to what has been going on in Gramothe this week...
The workers are laying tile inside of the bathrooms that are being built for the PreK-11th grades. YES! Finally a real bathroom for the students to use!
There will be 6 porcelain toilets on each side (boys & girls) with a hand washing station on the outside of the bathroom. I had trouble downloading pictures, but will try again tomorrow.
While in the village today, Willem found "Dr." Tika. He told Willem about the destruction to his home. The roof had blown completely off his house & the front door was literally ripped off of it's hinges by the wind.
MTM is praying to find donors to help us to build "Dr." Tika a new house that would consist of a sleeping room, a "receiving" room & a covered front porch, all made of solid concrete block, guaranteed not to blow away! If you would like to assist in this project, please designate your donation as "Tika's house".
You might notice that the prefix of Dr. is in quotes. For those of you who don't know Tika, he has been the only midwife/doctor in the Gramothe area for many, many years. He is at odds as he cannot find someone to take over his trade :) He is not real respected by the people of the village, they tease him mostly, but Willem has found favor with Tika by showing him off to all the "foreign" doctors as the "doctor" of the village. Tika is a jolly little man, always happy, always carrying something somewhere & always a delight to see & say hello to.
Tika & his "for life" bride...
Tika at the opening for his door (the door is behind him...
Collecting the tin that had blown away & strategically putting rocks on the roof as weights helps give Tika temporary shelter from the elements. This is what he has to work with so this is what he does. 
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