Siphon Neemy

We just completed our first design project here, soup to nuts. Praise God that it went very well. A Haitian engineer, Neemy, and I worked on the design of an inverted siphon from surveying and calculations to drafting in AutoCAD and translating everything into French. It was a great project, but I have to say that I am not much of a fan of French.

Unfortunately with the completion of the project, Neemy is traveling back to Port-au-Prince to finish a senior project that is required for his diploma. Over the last couple months, we’ve spent quite a bit of time together and have become good friends. I’m sad to see him leave, but hopefully he’ll be back in June.


Engineer Neemy

Last week we had a team here from Valley Bible Church in New Hampshire. Their church has decided to partner with a church here in La Brusse by funding the construction of the pastor’s house. They were a wonderful group, very energetic and positive with an enormous focus on Jesus. They even spent two nights pretty much camping at the church which is about 45 minutes away from the team house (spiders, and cockroaches, and snakes, oh my!). I was very impressed with the way they’ve partnered with the La Brusse church. Pray that the relationship they have with La Brusse will continue to grow.


The Valley Bible Team at La Brusse with Pastor Evance and family

Bruce, Deb, and I leave for Port-au-Prince this weekend for about two weeks. We have a couple conferences and retreats to attend and will be stocking up on some essentials to bring back to the barren northwest. It should be a relaxing and enjoyable time, but please be praying for safety as travel to PaP can sometimes have its complications.

As for me personally, I have been doing very well. I’ve been taking in lots of this beautiful country, been talking with bunches of great Haitian people (creole has been getting better slowly but surely), and have had lots of good time to read. Right now, I’m reading a book that my parents gave me about Dr. Mellon who came to Haiti in the 50’s and started a hospital here. It’s been a good read and has helped to get more insight into Haiti, its culture, and doing development here. Bruce and I are going to start a book/bible study, so that will be good. And I have creole-english lessons with a bunch of guys here twice a week which I hope will turn into a great opportunity to build friendships and talk about Christ (I’m using bible stories as text for teaching English J).

All for now, ciao!


This a pict I took last week of a pump at Gwo Tou that was installed when I was here last August. Do you think these people need water? :)