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Historic Day for Cowman
WE HAVE INTERNET! Welcome to the 21st Century, Cowman! ;-)The dish is high in the tree… The router is perched on a shelf in the air conditioned library… The students have logged on successfully and have begun the placement tests online … And I am updating this blog from right here at the desk in my classroom… If all goes according to plan, Matt Ayars will be picking me up at the close of school today to take me to Emmaus Biblical Seminary and I am really looking forward to that.I knew it was going to be a good day when…
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Pics of Odds and Ends – Kindergarten, Cheese, and Bella
We have a solid internet connection here tonight, so I am using it to post a few pics from the past few days. The first couple are for Melissa – I promised a week ago to show her some better pics of the kindergarten room: Internet Update:It’s Monday evening and the internet guys are saying that the connection is installed and ready to go. They weren’t able to test it all, though, since the power was out when they finished. So we will hope for the best, but not be overly surprised if it is not up and running by…
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My Son, the Miracle Worker
This is an open letter to my oldest son:Dear Caleb,I don’t know if you remember Orinel. Here’s a picture of him: He did some translating for us when we were here in Haiti last summer as a family – when we were helping out with the VBS program. You probably have a better memory than I do – when I saw Orinel last Sunday afternoon, it took me a few moments to recall how we had met.The radio station (4VEH) has an upstairs meeting room used by various groups, including the English Bible Fellowship on Sundays at 3:30 pm. EBF…
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A Few Sunday Afternoon Pics
It’s Sunday afternoon. I have been away from my family for almost two full weeks now. Which means that today Melissa is working to find a bit of alone time in Indiana while I would do anything to have some family time here in Vaudreuil! I have had plenty of alone time. Hopefully I have made good use of that time – I have tried to – but I am over it. I’ve had just about every meal with the Bundy family and the food has been great and the family chaos around the table has been entertaining, but it…
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Thursday Cowman Update
We are four days into the new school year here at Cowman. In many ways, the start of school here looked like any school in the States. The students showed up Monday, lugging backpacks, lunchboxes and water bottles and bubbling with a sense of anticipation and anxiety. The teachers warmly greeted each student and showed them to their classrooms, where posters adorn the walls and bulletin boards offer key learning points. At eight o’clock a bell rang and the students took their seats. But the bell is not electronic – it is a literal bell and it’s in the hand of…
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Made it to Haiti
I arrived in Haiti yesterday around noon after 4 hours in the air and a short layover in the Bahamas to refuel. About two thirds of the cargo I brought for Cowman’s kindergarten arrived with me – hopefully the rest will be on next Tuesday’s flight. Unfortunately, between adjusting to the heat and fighting a sinus infection, I am hoping at most to post some pictures with some captions before I head off to bed (and/or the power goes off).
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Work that Matters … is Tiring
As I was driving through northern Florida yesterday on my way to Ft. Pierce’s airport, I heard a news report on the radio that struck me as being about the dumbest thing I’d ever heard. The “journalist” was reporting that “researchers” had studied the last meal requests of Death Row inmates and concluded that the meals they wanted were made up of “comfort foods” like french fries and ice cream and were heavy on meat. This was the conclusion after the “researchers” had studied 193 such meal requests.What in the world? I was shocked to learn that no Death Row inmates…
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Hauser Teacher’s Career Move Inspired by Church Missions
THAT was the headline for my article this past Monday as it appeared on the “Classrooms” page in the local newspaper! I think it’s the best headline they’ve given me yet. (I’ve complained about their headline choices in the past – they tend to be … uninspired.) In all the last minute to-do lists before leaving home to drive to Florida, I almost forgot to post the article – so I include it below. Yesterday I drove 800 miles to Newberry, Florida to catch up with an old friend, Lance, and to meet his family. I met Lance years ago…
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New Website
Over the last few months, I have had several people tell me that they are ready and willing to support us financially in our bid to get to Haiti BUT…1) They haven’t gotten around to finding a stamp and mailing in the back side of the prayer card…OR2) They have tried to start the process on-line at the OMS website and found it confusing and time-consuming.And these are legitimate hang-ups in our go-go-go culture and I completely empathize. Fortunately, I’ve got a friend who has led me to a solution. James Hill just moved to Greenwood, Indiana to be a homeland missionary with OMS…
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Starting My New Job …
… that’s how I am thinking of this upcoming trip to Haiti.Because that’s what it is.In about a week and a half, I will be driving down to Fort Pierce, Florida to catch a flight to Haiti where I will have two full weeks before returning to the States. The trip has several purposes:1) To deliver some classroom supplies for the kindergarten at Cowman International School. These are items Melissa pulled from her current classroom during the summer. They will be put to use when the school year starts at Cowman on September 3rd in the classroom where Melissa, God…
