From the Director's Desk:

I had a wonderful summer in Michigan. It was great to see my family and friends again in the U.S. I was able to catch some sports events which my grandchildren participated in. In August, I had the opportunity to go to Canada to attend the wedding of Guerline MacLoud, the daughter of Dr. Bibiana and Sandy MacLeod whom I used to work with in Haiti. I also spoke in many churches where I was able to share about our ministry here in Haiti. It was great to be home.

However, it is great to be back in Haiti again, too. This year I will begin my sixteenth year here. There was little time for me to catch my breath from packing and traveling before the work started. The schools were all waiting to be paid, uniforms needed to be made, books needed to be bought and the Supplemental Food had already been delivered and was waiting to be distributed. I am so grateful for a wonderful staff who were here immediately to pitch in to get everything underway again. They were all ready to start working the same day I arrived.

Our biggest challenge was getting a new license for the truck so we could drive it. Since there was no government last January when we shipped the Ford truck in, we were not able to get a lecense plate for it or complete some of the paperwork. Somehow my identity was lost in the computer, but thank goodness for former English students who work in those government offices who vouched for my identity and helped me get through the process. We now have at least one vehicle back on the road.

We appreciate Tom Hanna's help in trying to get a transmission for our other truck. Our work is so much easier when all our vehicles are working.

We are still waiting for our cargo to arrive via Missionary Flights International from Ft. Pierce, FL. They said there was over a ton waiting in their warehouse ready to be shipped to us. I was glad when my house got cleared out, as it had looked like a warehouse since early August. We could hardly get the back door shut on the U-Haul truck which we rented to haul the boxes to UPS. It was really a backbreaking job to get all these boxes packed and shipped. We really appreciate all the people who pitched in with this major undertaking.

THANK YOU:

Thanks to all of you who donated items to fill all these boxes, too. The joy on the children's faces when they received their new clothes, shoes, school and hygiene packets and toys is well worth all the effort and money. They will especially like the little stuffed animals that so many of you collected and donated. We will give most of them out to the malnourished children when they come to get there supplemental food products. Most of them have no toys except for what they can make themselves out of sticks and tin cans and animal bones.

If you would like us to share information about our ministry in Haiti with your church or group, please contact me at (517) 882-4609 or John & Margaret Brady at (517) 882-3014.

May God Richly Bless You,

Dorothy Frederickson