Visit from Rachel & Marshall

The day I dropped the youth conference team off at the airport, I also picked up Rachel (our middle daughter) and Marshall (son-in-law) from the airport. They were with us for a week and we enjoyed every minute of their visit. Rachel was just under 3 months in her pregnancy, so because of nausea, we chose not to travel around much. Rachel translated most of the letters from the secondary school students to their sponsors while she was here. What a tremendous help that was! We went to Kaliko beach for a day and enjoyed just relaxing, talking and catching some rays. The weather was perfect and the surroundings were beautiful. We also visited the Cazeau Orphanage one day so that Rachel & Marshall could meet the little guy they have been sponsoring for over a year in HFHC's orphan care program. They were all very happy to meet each other and I believe if they could have, they would have taken Lorvens home with them. While they were visiting, Tim played with the kids and Sonia and I went over the list of repairs needed at the orphange. There's always something that needs fixing with 48 kids! Mezo (our righthand man) took Tim & Marshall down to Lake Azuei. It is about a 20 -30 minute drive towards the DR from us. They took almost all of Mezo's kids with them so they could get "sweet water" from the big spring near the lake. The kids swam a little and filled jugs and buckets with water to bring back home. There is a hotel on the lake that was built only about 2 years ago. The photo here shows how the lake is swallowing it up. Lake Azuei is spilling over its banks, largely due to erosion. Marshall helped Tim around the house a lot. They were able to get the pressure pump for the water working again. The first 2 or 3 days that R & M were here, Tim and Marshall carried buckets of water to the roof to fill the tank on the roof so we could shower and flush the toilets. We're thankful to just have water, but it was great to get that pump going again! The following Saturday (Aug 1), was a sad day - the day we had to take Rachel & Marshall back to the airport for their trip home. But God blessed us greatly by making the way for them to come.