My last teaching day in Haiti... and much more.

What a day!!  It was filled with lots of fun... here are the pictures to tell the story. 

You'll soon see why I'm too tired to write a long blog post.

Students begin the day with a P.E. class.  Then we begin watching a movie.

At morning recess students play with a giant ball on the soccer field, while I supervise.

Other students play with this bottle. There is usually a ball attached to the string, but it's fallen off. The aim of the game is to have the bottle on your side after it has finished it's spin around the pole.

After recess we continue our movie and have a class party.

Students are dismissed at 12 noon.  I stay back to clean the classroom.

In the afternoon I spent 2 hours preparing some Haitian food. Other staff members also prepared a side dish. At 5pm we put on a dinner for the Haitian ladies who work in our school kitchen. We wanted to bless these hardworking ladies!!

 

Afterwards I do the washing up at home (zillions of pots and pans)... and now I'm about ready for bed!  Lucky me, I don't have to teach tomorrow, but I do have to go to school to finish up some administrative tasks. Just hree days until summer vacation. :-)

It was a great day all round.  

I will miss these beautiful 3rd Graders!

Answered prayers...

This blog post is well overdue!

In my last post I presented some prayer requests, and just a couple of weeks later one of those prayers was answered. Most of you already know that Wilson received his Australian Partner Visa on April 12th!!! :-)  We were so thrilled with this news and God's perfect timing. It has given us ample time to plan flights "home" as well as settle our hearts about the next step for the Cazeau family.

We are both looking forward to the adventures that await us in Australia, and are thankful to have a loving and supportive family awaiting our arrival in June. There are still a lot of "unknowns", especially for Wilson, who has never been to Australia and hasn't yet met my family in person. Please pray for his adjustment to the Australian culture, and Australian accent! 

I can't wait to show Wilson around, and I know that he is looking forward to seeing "my side of the world".  I'm also looking forward to introducing him to my faithful family and friends. 

Specific prayer requests are:

* That the LOOOONNNG flight home wouldn't feel so long!  

* That we'd find work in Australia.
* Pray for the transition to a new culture, and that we'd be sensitive to one another's needs.

While we prepare to leave the land of many mountains, Haiti will forever be in our hearts. We hope to begin a business importing handmade jewellery from Haiti. Wilson has been working at the Apparent Project (AP) managing a team of artisans, that make up a small part of the 130 artisans who are employed at AP.  He loves his work, and especially the impact that AP is having on young families in Haiti.  We support AP's mission to keep children with their living parents, and out of orphanages. If you too believe in this cause, you can help get this business off the ground by visiting our fundraiser page.

Artisans working at the Apparent Project...

Sample of the jewellery made at AP.

Thank you for all of your love, prayers and support!

We look forward to sharing more of our heart for Haiti with you in person.

Kellyanne and Wilson