Last week, we made many attempts to have a water truck delivered because our cistern was empty. On the first day, the call did not pass. On the 2nd day, the manager told us that the protests prevented the truck from delivering. On the 3rd day, the call did not pass. On the 4th day, Tropical Storm Laura brought so much rain that our cistern was filled! Often times, God puts a red light on what we want to do and we have to be attentive to the circumstances. Last night, while reading 2 Kings 4, we were amazed to see the five miracles reported in this chapter: the oil of the widow, the Sunamite who has a son, the resurrection of her son, the flour that makes the soup eatable and the multiplication of the breads. While reading, it was as if every word was a nugget of gold. In everyday life, we can receive small miracles that go unnoticed.
In Haiti, on August 10, the schools resumed for high school students. On August 17, elementary school students returned. The Ministry of Education has given its instructions. Wearing a mask is mandatory at all times and hand washing is done on entering and after the use of the washroom. Students must keep a distance of one meter, (which is difficult to enforce) and they cannot go to recess. They stay in their class chatting with each other.
Churches in Haiti reopened on July 12. We try to makea distance between people except for those of the same family or home.
Pouring concrete on the last roof of the building which will house our apartment. The safety standards are different from those in Canada. There is not much we can do about it.
Our son Max, born in Fekessédougou, Ivory Coast, West Africa, at the time of the harmattan, will marry a young woman named Natalie on September 4. Harmattan is a wind from the Sahara Desert. We are very sad that we will not be attending the wedding. Max appears on the picture with Natalie and Eli, his nephew.
Thank you for your prayers and words of encouragement. After 30 days without electricity from the city and a shortage of diesel, we finally have a few hours of power every two days. If you have prayer requests, please share them with us so that we can pray with you.
Michel & Louise
