In our last update, we shared with you the news that a work team would be going to Haiti to help Randy/Kim and their Haitian team prepare a property to be used as a temporary location for Adoration Christian Centre. The team arrived safely and though their luggage was a couple of days late, they have still been able to make great progress.

The team members are Derek Bouwman, Derek DeJonge, Eric Hart, John Meerveld and Peter Oostermeier and they are most certainly being kept busy during their one week stay. We pray for their health and safety as they work long days in the HOT sun.

Randy had a long list of things which needed to be done and the team has wasted no time in getting to the job at hand. Lean-tos are being built to house classrooms. Offices are being built for Adoration Christian Centre administration as well as for the pastors of the church. Items constructed will be made portable as much as possible so they can be moved and reused at a permanent location some time in the future.

Other projects will include putting in a cistern, a septic tank and putting up a foundation for the cover-all tent. Another team will go down, the Lord willing, at the end of April as there will still be plenty of work to do after the current team has gone home.

Karen Lodder hopes to return to Haiti this week for the first time since being evacuated after the earthquake. We give thanks that she is able to be reunited with Randy again and we look forward with them to a time when they can all be together (including Maia) in a more permanent situation (DV).

We thank you all for your continued prayer and support as CDIA and Adoration Christian Centre seek God’s will in forging this new path.

You can also follow Randy & Karen or Kim on their personal blogs at:

Randy & Karen: http://www.randyandkarenlodder.blogspot.com

Kim: http://www.kiminhaiti.blogspot.com