Haiti
Moving Day – 1
Bonswa!! I hope this post finds you all loving life and feeling passionate about grand adventures.
I sit today with my computer in my lap as my legs dangle over the edge of a large moving vehicle we used to move several families out to Leveque today. It was another early morning for everyone as we started packing around sunrise in order to leave the current community before 10 am.
Many families are preparing to move tomorrow and Saturday so this part of the saga will continue for another few days. Also waking up around dawn, several people from Mission of Hope traveled to help us pack at La Piste and unpack at the new homes. I was extremely thankful for the help in coordination and manpower today – and also extremely encouraged that while our volunteers from Mission of Hope do not speak sign language, I watched them all in joy and happiness with the deaf families moving today. Proof that joy and service of others transcends all cultural and linguistic barriers.
The families are settled and I am traveling back with Mackenson, Dieffe and Alexis to have a large meeting to coordinate our plan for moving more families tomorrow. We are driving along the coast at the moment and Mackenson turned to me with his typical grin commenting that he is feeling very happy today. With the wind blowing through our hair as we sit a couple of stories above the road on top of the moving truck I think we find ourselves very weary but content with the day’s labor – hopeful for the future.
All is well here in Haiti – understandably some families are experiencing some fear and anxiety over the relocation so please keep them in your prayers this week and as we move forward. Even though they know their current living situation is on the edges of one of the most dangerous slums in the world, the area is familiar to them and they have become comfortable. As we all move forward I think it necessary to applaud their bravery and do all that we can to alleviate fears and anxieties and provide the right level of support.
Gallaudet students – I will answer your posts very soon. If you are at all keeping up with the blog you will understand that the last couple of days have been pretty hectic. I appreciate your insightful comments and questions and I look forward to many long discussions with your class. Keep working hard at the University to raise awareness and fire people up for this awesome project!
Thank you all for your continued prayers and support – your comments bring joy to my heart at the end of very long days. Your prayers are being answered – but keep praying. . . there is no doubt that a whole new batch of challenges is now on our doorstep. We will of course tackle them together with all of the passion that has permeated our first 7 months together here in Haiti.
It is appropriate to end with a text Mackenson just sent me – “I very happy a new houses!”
grace and peace,
Kyle
About Kyle Reschke
Kyle is a missionary of Frazer United Methodist Church in Montgomery Alabama, in partnership with 410 Bridge and Mission Of Hope. He is the Project Coordinator for the Haiti Deaf Community.
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Stacy Williams
February 8, 2012 at 9:53 pmKyle, again – simply awesome. Your blog makes us feel as if we are there with you. Thank you. I know you are exhausted, so a double thanks for updating your blog. We’re anxiously awaiting new updates and appreciate your tenacity. Miss you.
David Peden
February 8, 2012 at 10:20 pmYou are amazing. I am listening to your speech with Patrick, and it just floors me how awesome this project is. There is so much light, so much cooperation with the Holy Spirit, I am awed and dumbstruck. Thank you for your continuing witness to His boundless love.
Kyle Reschke
February 9, 2012 at 8:22 pmDavid!! Hey brother. It is good to have a post from you. Sometime this spring I will be back in the South for some relaxing time at the Tipping Point!! Please give my love to everyone out there.
The Stevens Family
February 8, 2012 at 11:21 pmWe look forward to reading your blog the last few days! Thanks for making us feel we are apart of this move! Miss you and the Haitian family in Christ!!
Kyle Reschke
February 9, 2012 at 8:23 pmHey Jan and Frank!! Thank you for keeping up on all of the news. It is awesome to reflect on where we were 6 months ago when you guys were down on the medical trip. The scope of the work now will blow your minds when you travel here in June
Much love from Haiti.
Brenda
February 8, 2012 at 11:51 pmAnd what would God’s adventure be without a whole new batch of challenges, eh!? This is way better than tuning in for the nightly news – it’s like an addictive adventure novel!:)
Absolutely we will be praying for those families – it takes true courage to break out of the comfort bubble to move through fear & anxiety – kudos to them, they ROCK!
PMAOPOUOU:)domi byen aswe a,zanmi mwen.
Ed B
February 9, 2012 at 4:14 pmMoving day in Haiti may look a little different but it has all the joy and expectation that we feel in our own experience. There is recovery and renewal in Haiti as this story tells. I’m very grateful to Kyle and Frazer UMC for the love they show to our friends pictured here.
Joel Owens
February 9, 2012 at 4:56 pmKyle – I am thrilled beyond words. I prayed Col. 1:3-14 for you and the Deaf Community this morning. Thanks for your updates even thought you are undoubtedly exhausted. It is a joy to read and an encouragement in my spirit. Blessings to you!
Joel
Kyle Reschke
February 9, 2012 at 8:28 pmHey Joel! I am stoked to hear from you brother. Thank you for your prayers this morning – as I have been blessed to write everyday. . . they are being answered in HUGE ways. Looking forward to hanging in Haiti again soon.