Saturday, December 15, 2012



Bethany standing in her kitchen

  Bonjour to all !
   Yes: we arrived - didn't miss the flight in Miami
    Yes: the weather is 85 or so
    Yes: lots of traffic to deal with till you learn back alley shortcuts
    Yes: Cleaned our house, think it will be O.K. with a little more screens in bathroom & bedroom to
    keep out the critters
   Yes: We're still at Blue Ridge due to a Diesel shortage :) don't want to run out of fuel in the middle
   of  Port
   Yes: The road to our land has one big pothole, so we try to find our way around thru many back
   alleys
   Yes: Junior decided to take us his way -hum- right thru the market- Big rigs- small trucks- motos -bicycles- wheelbarrows( with fresh meat ) people going every directions selling their wares on top of their heads- some yelling at Philip to go forward or backward- People on the sides by us having to pull their wares out of the way or they will get ran over from all the different vehicles Whew! I really can't describe it - come and see :)
 Yes: And the smiles on all the FACES; some more of  God's people
  Yes: thank you for all your prayers LoveP&B

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Heading South

Bonjour!
      Hello to all in Jesus' Name. Life has been a whirl-wind. We moved out of our house Oct. 22nd into Philip's mothers old house. Kip and Amy Brunk purchased our house which came with Nikki and Houston our dogs. It 's a blessing to have someone we know move in. We are fixing up an apartment (over Philip's wood shop) to give us a place to call home when we are stateside. Raymond and Anna Marie Oyler are overseeing the project, we are so thankful.  Our hearts keep swelling bigger as the love pours from loved ones, friends and neighbors with help, encouragement, prayers, and support as we make final preparations. We stopped by State Farm to cancel our insurance and the agent asked to pray with us before we left. The hugs and good-byes are starting as Dec 6th keeps coming closer. Philip and I pass each other through out the day trying to catch our breath. The details to wade through and jobs to finish up look huge at the moment. We think of how many others have done this from moving next door, next state, next country...Whew! We packed a trailer of things Thanksgiving eve and early Thanksgiving morning to go to Ephrata, P.A. to be shipped from CAM to Haiti. Eldon and Marilyn Garber were headed to P.A. and took the trailer for us...
See you later~ Love & Prayers.
Philip & Bethany