Well-drilling

Bernie on December 4th, 2009

Dear Friends,
I’m on my way home again after spending the last two weeks in Haiti.  It was another great trip as we saw God at work in many ways.  Vince Buys and Brent Ahrens were our well drilling team on this trip.  I really appreciate these guys, going out early each morning and donating their [...]

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Philip on November 15th, 2009

With the well complete in Marose, Glenn, Vince, and the others have moved the well-drilling equipment to Drigeon, where they’ve made steady progress.  The first 100 feet came quickly.  Then they ran into heavy clay, which is difficult to drill through.  But they are pressing forward, hoping to complete this well, too.
Drigeon is a village [...]

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Philip on November 8th, 2009

We heard from Bernie this afternoon.  The well-drilling in Marose is really going well.  Thank you for your prayers!
In the short time they’ve been drilling (really just a day and a half), they have drilled 75 feet.  And they have hit water!  Both realities — the distance they’ve drilled and hitting water so soon — [...]

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Philip on November 7th, 2009

Bernie, along with Glenn Bridges, Vince Buys, and Brent Ahrens arrived safely in Haiti earlier this week.  They spent one night in Port-au-Prince before driving to Tricotte, with stops in Cabaret and Bethel along the way.
On Friday, Glenn, Vince, and Brent, and two Hatians, Michelin and Wilson, took the well-drilling equipment and drove to Marose, about [...]

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Bernie on July 1st, 2008

Dear Friends,
It was good to have a reprieve from writing the newsletter last month. Many of you have commented favorably about Philip’s letter and he has agreed to write again from time to time.
Pastor Diogene told me on the phone a few days ago that the water in Tricotte is so plentiful that they are [...]

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Philip on June 1st, 2008

Dear Friends,
I’m sitting in for Bernie (this is his son, Philip) on newsletter detail this month. Having recently returned from Haiti, I am brimming with news of what our Lord is doing there, and Dad has graciously allowed me this space to share a bit with you.
During the day in the Tricotte area, our group [...]

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Bernie on April 1st, 2008

Dear Friends,
I’m currently in Tricotte, Haiti, with a team of 19 college students from Western Washington University.  They have given their spring vacation to serve on a short term mission trip.  Art and Cyndy Berry from Bellingham along with Glenn make a great leadership team, doing whatever is necessary to keep everything going smoothly.  The [...]

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Bernie on March 1st, 2008

Dear Friends,
In early February we had a short term mission team from Southridge Community Church in Langley, BC, join us in Tricotte for nine days.  They took over 100 soccer balls and uniforms with them and put on six mini soccer camps for children in our schools and orphanage.  The kids really enjoyed learning a [...]

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Bernie on October 1st, 2007

Dear Friends,
I just returned from four and a half weeks in Haiti.  A team from Grace Community Church in Auburn, WA, spent the past ten days with me ministering in the Tricotte area.  We were able to show the Jesus Film five times with many children responding to the Gospel invitation.  When we showed it [...]

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Bernie on May 1st, 2007

Dear Friends,
Thank you for your prayers while we were in Haiti.  The well drilling team efforts were very successful.  Very seldom do we go to Haiti and accomplish all we had hoped to do, but this time our aim was to complete two wells and we did.  Glenn and Doug, along with Vince and Jason, [...]

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