Rachel's Pictures in Haiti

getting ready to fly into Haiti	land below
		first night meal, pizza	Jean cooking pancakes	the breakfast
paintbrush tree				close up of a painbrush flower
view from the campus		banana tree's on the Nazarene campus in Haiti
neighbors across the hill			at the basket shop	shoppers
				market day shopping
www.youtube.com/beulahchapel				card playing
supplies that we boutht for the team that is coming tonight	Jean taking it way too easy	www.youtube.com/beulahchapel
fresh pineapple bought from the local market
			fresh flowers on the table
	fruit buffet			loading up the truck on Sat am
				loading up, getting ready for the long long long drive up north
	checking the oil before leaving	ready to go
	bathroom stops along the side of the road		dusty trees	so dusty, can't see through the windshield at times
fuel, approx 4 $ per gallon				view on the ride
		this is an old lighthouse		stunning view on the ride to La Reserve
				our arrival to La Reserve
the crew getting out of the truck, more at www.youtube.com/beulahchapel
setting up the kitchen			toilet (where are the clothespins)	KP duty
		the church before painting and roof	window
view through the window looking inside the church		the local team chicken and baby chicks	meal time
the Maryville Nine				bedroom buddies
cooking up a meal
dish duty		taking it easy	writting in her journal	suduku time
another suduku player	stirring up the banana pudding	taste tester	grating carrots	who wants to lick the bowl
what you looking at?	can I see?		behind bars
		stir stir stir
		meal time again		the local night time potty
		early mornign pew crew	working before day light
and the sun comes up quick
lets start raising a church roof
		painting		electricity
work truck and supplies		fuel	pew crew hard at work, cut off 2 foot of the 12 foot boards (pick the worst end to cut off)	cut the corners off
	the let the routing beging			after routing the edges on both sides, it's sanding time for both sides of the board
	sewing maching's hard at work making choir robes for the local church
		look at that roof
what is Charlie Brown doing here helping out	can he get any higher
			picking up pieces of the left over blocks in his shirt
		is it break time already	we seem to be eating alot
	spectators
		shower (which the wind blew over), blue barrel of creek water that is warming up in the sun
flowers at the shower		sunrise
pew crew back to work early	kitchen crew	more painting	already has tin on the building	now who uses a pump to air up air mattress to clean out the holes in the windows???
	locals going to market			the road in front of the church (more like a trail)
		putting the legs on the seat of the pew
	then time for the back	put the little templates to measure the height of the board from the seat then level up and drill holes and put in screws	and you have a completed pew, our first pew with the pastor and his wife sitting on it
		local help
		girls ironing the choir robes getting ready for Wed night		painting
more painting
drink time	first aid to the rescue	are we straight up there	the boss
			looking out a window
		time to cool off in the creek		making charcoal
	cat		school kids
all the benches are DONE		who keeps letting the chickens in the kitchen
the last nail going in		chicken and dumplings		dish washing outside
a local kitchen			feeding a local pig
			have you hugged your pig today?
		pews at the new church		few touch up's to the church
local's carrying water to clean up the floor of the new church to get ready for service tonight	hanging the cross
		hanging the sign
this lady said she was 95 years old		95 yr old feet
		hands that has done alot of work	turning the church over to the locals after we have cleaned out our work supplies	bring in the brooms
			the completed church	view from the church
another view
				not sure if we are feeding Wilburn, Babe or Porky
			the local choir with a Haitian and American flag
see them at www.youtube.com/beulahchapel		the team going into the new church for a church dedication
				our toile for the week
up early Thur am to pack the truck, we pull out at 6:15 (as soon as it's daylight to leave the mountain safely)			you can see the church in the center of the hill	when we were leaving and going over the hill we looked back and could see the church on the side of the mountain
arrived back to the mission and Marie and Elyse were preparing a Haitian meal for us		stiring up something for us to eat
getting ready to eat
	Elyse and Marie
	pictures of some paintings for sale on the side of the road
Mission Baptiste Mountain Maid Self Help Project