I often wonder how Matt and I manage everything in a day, and managing without him, we're a little in crazy town. Very thankful for the girls, Lily especially, who steps up when he's gone and helps with little things like walking her little sister into her class when I have to drop them at the gate to get back in time for my class...chopping up and freezing mangoes for me...washing dishes...keeping everyone on top of their chores, she's a gift.
Sofie has been working very hard to teach Nora how to climb to the top bunk by herself, so...not as helpful. But way more fun.
From what I can tell, things in Jersey are going really well. My husband is a teacher and lover of the OT, and they are letting him teach the Old Testament, so things are GOOD. He's been blessed to be spending time with lots of good friends and family, too, and I'm so thankful for Uncle Terry and Aunt Lori, especially, taking good care of him, Stu and Cindy sacrificially giving him a vehicle and Uncle Don and Aunt Brenda doing his shopping (which might actually be MY shopping.) Aunt Brenda does a way better job :)
It is heating up here in Haiti (think sun-up, sun-down sweating), and our staff is in the encouragement stage with our weary students. Our chapel committee had a big meeting today looking into how to fan the flame a bit and be more of a discipling, encouraging force for our students, facing lots of discouragement and persecutions in their communities and churches, always. Read just about anywhere in the Word and you quickly see that discouragement and persecution have LONG been a part of an abandoned walk with Christ, but there is also so much about keeping each other in good courage and perseverance till the end. I know I've said it before, but we are incredibly blessed to have a Godly, sacrificial, servant-focused staff who genuinely see our student body as their main mission field. Keep on praying...your prayers cover us with extra grace, which as Sunday reminded me, we greatly need.
Our medical team is out to clinic three today and the girls and I loved eating in the cafeteria with our students and the team last night. The girls were thrilled because they all three MUCH prefer Granny's Haitian cooking to my American meals, and I love hearing about all these cultures and ministries coming together, for His glory.
This week's undertaking is getting all the students "thank you for supporting EBS" letters translated, typed and out! Add in teaching and finances and grading a million workbooks and trying to get the water cycle concept across to dear Sofie, who lives in la-la land and is sure that she could have designed things somehow better, working through FDR's New Deal with Lily (who keeps trying to use the term "The Great Depression" in her everyday life, such as, "all this math homework is giving me the Great Depression.") and keeping Nora OFF the bunk bed and away from the markers...
A day in the life at the Ayars House in Haiti is always an adventure :) That's what we're gonna call it!
Thank you for your always prayers and love.
This is Nora pretending to be "Aunt Leesha and baby Addy"...telling her what to do and all.
Our Malay apple trees are going nuts right now, and being not native to Haiti, everyone's been nervous to touch these incredibly nutritious fruits. Everyone has watched doubtfully for the last 10 days of the girls eating them like crazy, and now that no one has keeled over, the craze is catching on!
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