Global Outreach Haiti Missionary
Christmas Dinner 2009

All the kids


Yes they went swimming on Christmas day


Perfect ending to a perfect day

First Bench Delivery

The first 12 benches are all assembled

Dwight getting all the Titanyen dust off the benches

All loaded and ready to roll

Arriving at "Leglise Baptiste Lumiere par la foi de la CMBH" Titanyen, Haiti

In they go

Squeezing one more in

There all done

Bench Project Update

First of all I would like to apologize for not updating this blog as often as I should be.

Second of all I would like to once again thank everyone who has participated in this project. In the Month of November we raised another $1400.

So with the new funds we are going to build a total of 30 benches.

So after a lot of work in this month I was able to finish my first twelve benches. We delivered them on Christmas Eve. We made a big push and they are now in place for the church to use for their New Years Eve service.

I have pictures, but my computer is having troubles uploading right now. We will find a way to put them on the Internet for your viewing.

Picasa Web Albums - GO Haiti - School Christmas Dinner

Check out the pictures taken at the school Christmas dinner.

Picasa Web Albums - GO Haiti - School Christmas Dinner

Kendall Bench Project Update.

I have been working for the past couple of days on cutting the metal to make the legs. its is slow going, because you can't really rush a band saw. the good news is that tommorow I will have finished all of my cuts. Lord willing. then I can start making the legs.

The Kendall Bench Project Update

So today my dad and I went to Port-O-Prince to purchase the supplies necessary to build the benches. After running around for a couple of hours we finally found everything we needed and arranged to have it picked up. I will start to work on them next week.

The really good news is that not only did we get everything we needed. we spent under half of our budget. That means I am able to build more benches than we previously had thought.

So that is the update as of today. Thanks again everyone.

The Kendall Bench Project Update

I know many of you have been wanting to know how the bench project has been going. Well I am currently writing this post in shock. We currently have enough funds for TEN Benches!!!! And there is money for two more being sent in. That puts us at our goal of twelve benches. :)

Thank you to all of those who have donated to and who have been praying for this project. I greatly appreciate it.

Sunday PM

Well we are back from our trip to the North.

It was relatively uneventful. On our way home, almost off the mountain road but on a good spot, we had a flat tire. The spare had a slow leak but it got us in to the next big town where we bought a tube and had it installed.

Lexius traveled extremely well, even though it took us 11 1/2 hours

I am very tired but glad this is over. Thank you all for your prayers though out this.

Saturday Morning Update

Thank you all for your prayers. I stayed fever free all day Friday and am feeling ready for my trip north. Kevin Bruns and Christopher will be traveling with me. Pray with me that the next two days will be uneventful.

Got home from a trip to town this morning with a temperature of 100.6, this evening the guys from North West Haiti Christian Mission called and Lexius will be ready to come home Sunday. Pray this fever thing doesn't hang around so I will be well enough to head north on Saturday

Saint Louis De Nord Haiti Road Trip Pixs

So my dad asked my to post some pictures from our trip up north. Here are some of them.

The new road. We traveled on this for about an hour. It is really nice.

Lexis Louie



The Cabaret Market



The Cabaret Market



We got stuck at the one and only stop light on National 1



A market half an hour north of Saint Marc.

Houses in the lake just outside of Gonieves

Rice Patties

As Shocking as it is. Its a speed limit sign.

Gonaives

Washing Day

Just a bumpy road, with a ton of dips.

One of several rivers we went through.

Donkeys!!!

A couple of stretches of concrete in the middle of a terrible road

A boat that ran aground in an odd way.

A group of Ships tied together near shore.

Saint Louis de Nord, which by the way is probably the cleanest city in Haiti.

Yeah so, on our way back we ran into a ton of huge puddles. Some deeper than the river

Trip Update

Thank you all for your prayers.

Our trip to the Northern part of Haiti went uneventfully, that is what we like. In our 2 days of traveling we covered 299 miles, and it only took us 18 hours. Yes that averages out at just over 16.5 miles per hour. Our first 86 miles was covered at a rate of 23 mph while our last 57 miles at a blistering 12 mph. We forded 4 different rivers or streams, one of them twice.

We lost track of how many times we stopped for directions trying to find our way through the narrow streets of various towns. When we finally arrived at the gates of Northwest Haiti Mission in St. Louie de Nord we were met by Grant. He was so helpful in getting Lexius hooked up with the medical staff, then showing Dwight, Joesph and I where the men's dorm and dining room were.

The next morning we were greeted by rain. It had rained and stormed most of the night. We discovered that the remnants of Tropical Storm Henri, which had disintegrated several days prior, was skirting the north coast of Haiti and dumping rain as it went. Rain falling in the mountains is not generally conducive to crossing rivers. After talking to Ann and having her check the weather satellite it appeared to only be skirting the coast and not pushing inland very far. I then had a peace about heading out since our first "river" crossing was well inland. We did have to ford a stream that now had more water than the day before but not more than could be crossed safely. By the time we reached the rivers they were the same height as we had crossed the day before.

The doctors were anticipating doing Lexius' surgery on Tuesday. After his first couple of days of recovery the medical staff will try and project a lease date. Then I will begin making plans to go back up and pick him up.

Dwight took several pictures and we plan to get them posted on the blog later today.

Road Trip

Lexius Louie, one of the gentlemen in our old peoples feeding program broke his femur a couple of months ago. It was not a simple break. It broke just below the ball of the hip joint. It is not going to be a matter of just reseting the bone, they are going to have to replace the top part of the bone. With the help of a missionary doctor we have found a visiting surgeon that is willing to do the surgery. The surgeon is arriving on Saturday as part of a medical work team. He is bring the donated supplies to repair Lexius' leg. The surgery is scheduled for Monday morning. Lexius needs to be at the hospital on Sunday morning to begin his pre-surgery testing. The only bump in this project is that the hospital is up on the north coast of Haiti. They tell me that it will only take 8 hours to drive up there. So we will leave here on Saturday morning at 6:00am, that should give us plenty of time to get up there and get him settled. Then I will return on Sunday morning.

• Pray for safe travels
• Pray for the surgical staff as they prepare for the surgery
• Pray that Lexius will adjust quickly to his new hip
  

Day in the life of..

Under the title of providing for 5 children on the field, we purchase things in large quantities. Under the title of sharing info to newbies.. I asked Susan if she would like to split case goods with our family for their family of 4 kiddo's.

Ie, cases of chicken leg quarters, and Turkey Drum sticks. You'd be surprised at how many recipes can be made from these US rejects. Not that the meat is good, but you'll not find a speck of white meat to be found.

Yesterday was the day to divide up the cases of poultry. Plastic zip baggies in hand, Susan and I headed to the Conference Center freezer to conquer and divide. HAH... solid cases its what I knew was in store, I always forget what a challenge it is to break apart 40 lbs of solid frozen meat.

As Susan is new to Haiti, and this being her first experience, I was trying to break them apart in the usual fashion of dropping them on the cement floor, yet trying to get them to stay in the box top. No luck. Susan dropped them, I dropped them, Susan dropped them.. You get the picture

The turkey legs relented and let us break them apart, we decided they weren't turkey legs at all but prehistoric dinosaur legs, these are some of the biggest turkey legs I've ever seen.

Ah but the smaller more gentler bird. These legs were entwined with each other before they were frozen. So we called a helper over. Mme N, one of the littlest women you'll ever meet. She also has hands of iron. She came over and started throwing the chicken on the floor, where ever they landed. (not in the box top) I broke out into laughter, thinking oh well .. so much for sanitary. Susan swooped in to pick them up, all the while trying not to get her toes smashed in her flip flops from the violent "throw down". Sorry Bobby Flay.. our is much better type of throw down.
I've seen this done a lot, but wanted to attempt some US sanitary environment.. It was such a riot. The frozen legs went skittering across the floor.. We all cracked up laughing.. "catch them, catch them, Susan" I squealed. Susan was unfazed at the dancing chicken legs. Susan commented.."well, we are going to cook them before we eat them aren't we?" I smiled and said "yes, of course we are!" Susan is going to do just fine in Haiti. I will never eat chicken again with out thinking of the "chicken dance" Haiti style

Bench Project Update

We have 3. 1 benches sponsored!

Kendall Bench Project

Kendall Khronicles Haiti, West Indies

Global Outreach International

Tim and Ann Kendall

Dwight Kendall, MK

September 2009

Dear Friends and Family,

I would like to invite you to imagine for a moment your church. What does your house of worship look like? Now imagine that same sanctuary without any pews or chairs. There may be a pair of very narrow, backless benches, but they are extremely miserable to sit on. Should you desire a place to sit you would have to bring your own chair, every week. As a longtime missionary’s kid in Haiti, I have experienced this first hand, many times. This is how most small rural churches function in Haiti.

Musset, a longtime employee of Global Outreach Haiti, attends one of these churches. He has asked if our mission would donate some benches to his church. It will cost $125 to build one twelve-foot long bench. I am asking you, or a group of your friends, or your Sunday School Class (you get the picture) to please donate $10 to help sponsor a bench. A dozen people can sponsor a bench.

For my High School Junior Project I have decided to build twelve benches for Musset’s church. With my father’s supervision I will order all of the materials, weld the legs, plane and paint the boards, assemble, and deliver the benches to the Musset’s church.

Benc

If you would like to donate to this project you may send your donation to the Global Outreach International headquarters in the envelope provided. If you prefer to send in your donation electronically, you may do so at: http://www.globaloutreach.org/missionary-donation

Training to be “His hands”,

Dwight Kendall, MK

Kendall Bench Project

Global Outreach International

P. O. Box 1 Tupelo, MS 38802