Home Sweet Home

So with less than a month to go, not only am I preparing for my arrival in Haiti, but so are the Denlingers. The Denlingers are the family that directs AwakenHaiti from Port-au-Prince. Initially, we weren't sure if I would be living in their house with Ben and Jen, or if they would be moving out. It turns out that they will be staying in the house living upstairs, Ben and Jen will live downstairs, the teams that come will stay in the downstairs with them, and I...will be outside! Ha...well not exactly. Yes, I will not be in the main home, but I will only be about 25 feet away in my very own 'house'! Half of the building will be a room for me, and the other half will serve as another room to house teams when they are there.

It will be really nice to have my own space, yet be close enough to the Denlinger's and Beachy's to live in community with them. What a perfect set-up!  Below are pictures of the construction of the new building. This is the same type of 'house' we would build in Canaan for families.



Getting started...I'm not really sure what the palm leaves are in the truck but I sure hope they are not the roof!



The stone and cement foundation.





The walls going up. I don't know much about construction, but it reminds me of the Amish having a house raising party (I don't even know if they call it that, but thats what I think of)!



And..almost finished! I don't doubt that the house will be beautiful by the time I arrive on August 6th!