The past week has been busy!! We had Mike Feagan's team visiting from Indiana, a milestone birthday for Hoslais, and a MASS wedding... 7 couples!!!!
Mike Feagan has been coming to Haiti with his family & friends for several years now and it's neat to see how their relationship with the H2H community develops each time. His teams have embraced H2H's philosophy of building up capacity within the country by supporting local leadership. During their week here they spent time with the H2H children, the H2H students and went to our church in Foche several times... including helping the Pastors give food to the community.
They also were blessed to be here for a very special birthday for Hoslais!
It was so much fun to see the older H2H kids host his 50th birthday party and it's was a celebration that will be remembered!! The food took days to prepare and the program included singing, dance performances, speeches and even a gun salute! The DJ played music well into the night and the evening concluded with a spontaneous dance off!
Hoslais Honorat is Pastor Luc's younger brother and a cornerstone of our H2H family. He shares Luc's passion to see a new generation of Haitian children take control of their country and he influences the younger generation by showing God's love in action as well as words. Hoslais is an Inspector in the Haitian Police Force (Coast Guard Division) and his character has a unique blend of compassion & discipline and he is a great role model of the H2H children!
Bon fet Tontom... Happy Birthday Uncle Hoslais!
If that wasn't excitement enough, we finished the week off with a massive wedding! Two couples from our Grande Goave church and five couples from our Foche church got married on Sunday in a joyful celebration service. The church was packed and many people had to peer in through the windows.
The two couples from Grande Goave were Zachary & Marie :
and Lembe & Louisna:
This week we get to enjoy some down time!