SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE OFTEN IN HAITI

While in Port au Prince what seemed like 8 hrs. of driving we had the opportunity to go into a gated community. Yes, there are actually people of wealth in this nation.. Approx. 10 to 15% but not all with homes like the one on the top. Hard to believe these homes are in the same city..
God bless those missionaries that have been called to live in a city like PAP.. You are amazing. It takes hours to get anywhere.. I was sure glad to get back to Jamel tonight....
Thanks everyone ... Bob & Linda

DIQUINNI SCHOOL 300 STUDENTS part of PAP

We were at our Diquinni location today which is part of Port au Prince on the west side. The children should be able to move into their new building in January, thanks the Coastal Church in down town Vancouver, B.C. We have 300 children attending a temporary facility until the completion of the school/church.. A team from Coastal Church will be here to visit in March and put on a seminar for our Pasotrs introducing them to the Alpha Program..

CARREFOUR RAYMOND SCHOOL 150 CHILDREN

We were in Carrefour Raymond today.. This is our situation.. We have 150 children attending this school.. Our cost to operate this school is $1,521.00 per month, not counting the food and medicine.
We require 50 children to be sponsored to cover this cost at $1. per day.. Will you help save a life and sponsor a child or maybe your family or church will be able to sponsor the school yourself... Please drop me a note and make a difference ... one child at a time... This would be the best Christmas present for these precious children... Bob & Linda

A VISIT TODAY WITH THE ORPHANS AT LITTLE AGNELS OF JACMEL

These are just some of the 27 orphans that we have staying at our orphanage in Jacmel. There are so thankful to have a place to live.. They all came running up to me to welcome me with big hugs..
Thank you to all that have help make this possible.
We are still in needs of funds to purchase and lay tiles, put in more bathroom fixtures and hook up electricity... If you can help in this area please make you donation to Lifeline Haiti.
There is still room to join a team coming to Haiti with me on the 25th of Jan. and arriving in Haiti on the 26th. It is your option to stay one, two or three weeks. For further details or if you are able to help with a donation, please drop me an e-mail... lifelinehaiti@gmail.com .... God bless you.. Bob & Linda

Land develpment in Jacmel - OLD TREE -

We came across this old fig tree that was cut down in an area that is being developed in Jacmel. It is about 6 ft. across the main trunk.. It is estimated to be over 100 yrs. old..

BACK IN HAITI

I had a safe trip into Haiti. Safe travel is something I do not take for granted.. Thanks for your prayers... It is always great to see Pastor Wilbert and his family.. It was also great to see Rebecca and Joeann who have been here for nearly 2 months helping out at the orphanage.. They will go back to Canada with me on the 15th of Dec. arriving home on the 16th. On my way to Haiti I had meetings Monday morning in Edmonton with Marvin from Progressive Food, the Hendriks family and some of the men from a Colony from Manitoba.
We are working together to try to find ways to get more food into Haiti. With 400 children dying each day the need is huge.. Thanks to Kids Against Hunger and their partners Urban Refuge and Evergreen the goal is to get a million meals to our children here in Haiti. Prairie Gleaners out of Medicine Hat is dehydrating vegetable to be sent over to us in the next couple of month. Now with the possibility of connecting with Progressive foods, we will be able to turn these horrible statistics around. With the children and staff we have and the ones that are waiting we could be feeding 3,560,000 meals over the next 12 months. We are needing more people to partner with us to make an impact on these numbers... We don't just want to put a band aid on the situation.. With these numbers we are impacting the lives of just over 12,000 people.. The numbers that are starving here range in the area of 500,000... Will you help make a difference.. Please make your tax deductible donation to: Lifeline Haiti ... 1008 College Dr. SE, Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 7J1 ... Please drop me a note to: lifelinehaiti@gmail.com if your able to help. The children are waiting to hear from you.....

YMCA PEACEMAER AWARD/TRIP TO HAITI

Tonight we were honored by the YMCA in Medicine Hat for our contribution to the projects in Haiti. I received this on behalf of all of you that have helped to make a difference in the lives of the precious children of Haiti. Thank you for making a difference... one child at a time....

I leave for Haiti on Sunday the 29th and return on the 16th of Dec.

We need help in feeding the orphans in our orphanage in Jacmel. For only $600. per month we can feed all 27 children and the staff. Will you consider helping?


We would like to again this year put on a Christmas dinner for all our schools. Because the shortage in funds we are not able to do this.. Will you consider making a donation towards this?
We will need $2150.00 to feed all 4300 children and teachers as special turkey dinner.. You can make your cheque out to Lifeline Haiti and mail it to - 1008 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, Ab. T1A 7J1 .... Drop me a message on my e-mail if you are able to help so we know in advance if we will be able to do this for the children... lifelinehaiti@gmail.com

SCHEDULE OVER THE NEXT WEEK

NOV. 15TH - Ministering at Abundant Living Church with Pastor Garry Penner in Pangman, Sask. 10:30 AM service

Nov. 15th - Ministering in Ogema, Sask. Abundant Living Ogema Church at 6:00PM

Nov. 18th Wednesday.. Fundraising banquet at ABC Restaurant in Medicine Hat starting at 6PM... Call for tickets... 403-502-5925..

Nov. 22nd. Sunday.. Ministering at the Neilberg, Sask. church 10:30AM service...

See you on the road!!!... Bob & Linda

Orphanage close to completion

A few pictures inside and out of the orphanage the team has been working so hard on. They did an awesome job... Thanks team for making a difference.... We are packing up to head back to Canada tomorrow morning....

TRAINING SESSION WITH SOME OF THE POLICE FROM JACMEL

We had a great couple of hours of firearms training this morning with the some of the police from Jacmel. They are looking forward to our next session. It has been many years since I have done some teaching in firearms training. It felt great to get my feet wet again. You can double click on the picture to make the picture larger....
Bob & Linda

PIC. OF THE DAY....

Sue got a chance to spend some quality time with Christella
at our Chabin loation today... Thanks Sue for all the behind the scene work keeping the team fed....

DONATIONS OF CLOTHS, SHOES & TOOTH BRUSHES

Gifts were received with much excitement and joy. For some of the children their shoes were too small but wore them anyway even though it hurt so they could go to school. Now they have shoes that fit... Thank you everyone that helped.... thank you for making a difference....... Bob & Linda

BABY DEDICATION AT THE CHABIN CHURCH TODAY

At our Chabin loation we had a baby dedication and gave out many gifts to the people at the service.

PHOTO'S TAKEN FROM OUR BALCONY IN DOWN TOWN JACMEL

Here are two pictures taken from the balcony of our mission house in down town Jacmel. The other photo is from the same location a couple of evenings later with lightning in the background... Good shots Marcus...

MEETING WITH MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF OF JACMEL

We had meetings with the Chief of Police of all the south of Haiti and the Mayor of Jacmel. In our discussion we talked about their desperate need of repairs to broken down equipment and the costs to repair. To fix the two ambulances with new motors in each would be about $14,000. for both vehicles and to get a fire truck operating would be about $1200.
I talked to the Police Chief of my background in firearms training and offered my assistance to his police force. He immediate response was when could I start, so we are going to have our first training session on Monday morning with 30 of his men. Interesting point is they have no ammunition to practice with. I will teach them how they can practice without ammunition. Perhaps we can find a few cases of .38 special, 9mm and shotgun shells for them to send from Canada....

PIC OF THE DAY

Here is a picture of Henry with Sonson who is the little boy of one of the girls that helps at the mission house. Sonson spent many hours with the team, totally enjoying every moment..... that was both ways..... To get a better view of the pictures most of them will enlarge if you double click on them.....

HAND MADE CLOTHS FOR SASSOU'S FAMILY

Cloths and shoes sent from supports in Winkler to help out Sassou who is a widow and has four children....Picture of Henry, Sassou and myself... Thank you for making a difference....

SOME OF THE TEAM HEAD BACK TO CANADA TODAY

Today we say see you later to Tony, Vinc, Rob, Cathy & Gin as they head back to Canada. They have been such a huge blessing. In the picture with the team is Pastor Placide, Jack who is our driver, & Emanuel who has been a huge help to the team.. Neighbors looking on as the team prepares to leave.... Thank you all for making a difference.......

PAINTING OF ORPHANGE GOING GREAT

The team hard are work painting the orphanage... Henry and Cathy working on the muriel, Rob and team rolling the walls and Rebecca painting the trim.....

VISIT TO THE LOAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

Visit to the local fire department in Jacmel found they are in desperate need of training and equipment.. The two ambulances do not work. Engines in both of them are ceased. There are 16 firemen that work combination Police and Firemen. You can see their gym for weightlifting, their bunks for the overnight shifts and one of the fire trucks is a 1957 vintage. The breaks do not work in this truck so they are down to one truck. You can see one of the firemen carrying a side arm as they can get called out on police matters at any time...... I see this as another way we an help to make it safer for the Firemen and the people of Jacmel to help in this area of need.....