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Wow, it is blog time again. Time seems to fly by these days.

Ti Luc in Newfoundland

Ti Luc continues to enjoy his time in Canada ??. He is experiencing a lot of interesting things and learning a great deal. His command of the English language is amazing these days and his speech itself is improving.

Later this month we will be returning to Calgary where he will be getting therapy from an Occupational Therapist, seeing a dentist, and two physicians before we return to Haiti ??.

Last Friday he had to have another cast put on his right arm. The first cast was removed earlier that week and x-rays were redone. He still experienced pain whenever we touched the arm. The hospital called for him to be brought back in for another cast for an additional two weeks, before looking at it once more. The cast has not slowed our little guy down very much.

Wonderful visit from family

Playing soccer with his cousins

Ti Luc doing puzzles

Ti Luc with Newfoundland moose

Ti Luc thrilled to go on motorcycle with Terry

The one and only Ti Luc

HATS-Haiti School – IMKH

Lots of action happening at HATS. I am thrilled to report that the cement roof was poured on the extension to our school. Oh happy day. This extension, when funds are raised and the work is finished, will hold our grades 11, 12, and 13 (13 is the final year of schooling in Haiti.)

For this present school year it will hold our grade 12 (Rheto) class, which is being added this year. Grade 11 class will continue to use our library/meeting room for one more year. Construction will continue during the year, when funds are found, and next Sept we will be adding the final year of high school, grade 13 (Philo).

We are thanking God that we will soon be holding classes for all grades. Education is so very important. Attending school, receiving an education, gives hope to students and their families.

Proverbs 13: 12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Recently Ti Luc and I were spending time visiting with family and were able to watch cement being poured in Newfoundland. First a huge cement pumper vehicle arrived at the site which was followed by a big cement truck. The mixed cement was poured from the truck into the pumper. This in turn was pumped through some very large, long pipes into the prepared forms. Wow.

Cement truck putting cement into the pumper

Then we saw the photos of the cement being poured for the roof of our HATS school. Many men were hired by Luckner for this monumental undertaking. The cement was mixed up, put into buckets, and the buckets were passed hand over hand up a long ladder to the top of the second floor of our school. This was done in extremely hot temperatures. Can anyone imagine standing on the rungs of a ladder for hours in intense heat and humidity and passing heavy buckets of cement up the ladder to the next man? I have watched this done many times during the construction at HATS and I have a lot of respect for the men willing to work this hard to help feed their families.

Pouring cement roof on HATS school extension

Mariah in Haiti

My granddaughter, Mariah from Calgary, is presently at HATS-Haiti doing her usual good job of helping out in many different ways. The children are really missing their mama, and it is obviously showing up in their behaviour. I am very thankful to all who come to HATS and help just as Mariah is doing now, and Beate and Heather have also done this summer.

Before Mariah flew to HATS she had a day of making apple pies with very helpful friends in Calgary. The pies were then sold to raise funds ? for Haiti.

Thank you to Mariah and the couple who worked together on this pie making endeavour.