Day 7 | Chase Oney

Well today was great we started with a good morning worship with the whole group and all of the Haitians! After that we all loaded up and went to the house to the dedication. Which went awesome Randy started it off by praying for the house and the family. Then my dad done great job giving the sermon and reading some scriptures! Also the family gave a speech and thanked us so much and just ttaled about how thankful they were. We loaded back up and went back to the compound and some and the first timers went to the market but the rest of us stayed back to meet our kids. All of the kids showed and we all got to play with and give them our gifts which was awesome! We got to eat lunch at the Mt. maid and was really good and got some ice cream and that was a nice treat. Then comes the sad part getting packed up which was not great im really gonna miss this place and all of the great friends I have made and working with the group. I really hope in two years I will be back right here in this spot working for God and making memories with great friends! I hope everyone says a prayer for us for safe trip home as well as the group coming and there week ahead of them! Thank you all for have been keeping up with us and praying for it really means a lot!! Also please pray for Baptist Haiti Mission they really need it right now as well. This was my second trip to Haiti and they just keep getting better I want to thank and praise God for blessing me again and keeping me and the group safe!! Even though my group team “TEAM MOM’’ wasn’t hear with me Mark and Emerson they were greatly missed!!

Day 6 | Chase Oney

Today was another great day 6 kids were saved at VBS it was awesome!! There were probably 75 kids there today which was okay cause we could work with them more have for individual time with them! Them kids are just so amazing they just make you so happy inside. You wouldn't believe how happy they get by just stopping and giving them a little bit of your time thats it. They dont need a brand new toy or the brand new game out all they need is for you to stop and play with them! I wish thats all we could do some times but we do have to work some so you have to tell them no every now and then which is not fun. Speaking of work me and dad and loyd finished up the metal supports today and the hurricane windows as well which was pretty fun. i have learned a lot on mason work so thats always good! I hate that today was our last day of work i really didn't think i was gonna miss working here that much but i am! I wish i could stay for the second week and work im really gonna miss everyone here but hopefully God willing we will be back in two years with more new people ready to serve God!! Please pray for the people that are still feeling bad there were some that felt better today so thanks for praying for us means a lot!!

Day 5 | Chase Oney

Today i went back to house i really like it there a lot and the workers! Today started of great i got to give wesley the boy that we are building the house for a soccer ball that papaw got for them and it was amazing! He was speechless really he just stood there in awe and just gave me chill bumps cause that could have been the only gift he has ever got or toy at that so it was just awesome!! Sorry to stay on this topic but we played a lot ball today if you can imagine. Well back to the house i got to do a lot in the house with the stucco and sand the stucco that got tiring. I got to interact a lot with workers and got to know them pretty well and like with them i had a lot fun doing that. Soon as i get service back i will be Facebook friends with a lot of them haha! We also done a bunch of sifting sand shocker i know and there is still a ton to do tomorrow. Im not for sure where im going yet but i don't care either way i will be tickled to death to go to either place. It was another great day and safe day in Haiti Praise God!! say prayer for everyone some people having been getting a little sick and feeling bad.

Day 4 | Chase Oney

This morning started with going to church at 6:30 it was pretty neat really there was so many people they jus kept coming in! It was hard to stay tuned in the whole time cause you have no clue what there talking about! Roger would kinda let me every now and then so i knew the topic but thats it. Then we came back and jus t got some stuff planned out for tomorrow plus our hike with jonny. We got to go down the hard trail which we were not supposed to do but we did and we fine though it wasn't has bad as they made it sound! It was a great hike got to see all of the water falls again so that was fun, and some how i got way better from the first time! The trip back about whipped everyone besides jonny and his little brother shocker. It was worth it though i really enjoyed seeing Gods creations! We got back and ate dinner and got rehydrated. We all got our showers and Me and Bryson finally got a warm shower so we were pretty excited about that! Then we to devotion at the little amphitheater and Bryson done great job sining and playing guitar as well as madison done telling her story. After that Bill finished up with a great message. While most were face timing with church a lot of came backhand started on crafts for tomorrow for VBS and that pretty much our day. All summed it was another great day in Haiti. God done wonders like normal and blessed with another great day again!!

Day 3 | Chase Oney

Today was pretty sweet this morning instead of having to take the truck to the church i got to ride the big red there with jonny and randy andand another worker. i was little nervous at first to ride in side by side with jonny but he actually done a good job. When we were going oaths trail i was thinking i can't believe the bring a dump truck down this and was very thankful i was in that side by side! We got to the church and started working. Me and randy framed out the windows and then after that we made one of the main seems with dad and mickey and papaw. Once we got that done it was time for lunch. After lunch we started the VBS and that was pretty cool there was kids pouring in left and right we had right over 100 at the end. i was in charge of the games i was little nervous at first but it went good! i had them do limbo first and that went good they all wanted to go at the same time so that made it a little hard. Then i went to duck duck goose and that was a SUCESS fir sure the loved that. There was big kids coming in from everywhere and playing too. I played as well and they ran the guts of me i guess they thought it was fun to watch the fat white guy run cause they all died luaghing!! It was like this with every group too so i was exhausted at the end. I went to get water soon as we were done and we were out haha but it was great day overall it was a lot fun. Got to see God working in the VBS and all the people they were so thankful for what they got today!! We have church tomorrow at 6:30 and then i aint sure but im sure it will be great!

Day 2 | Chase Oney

Well the ride to our house today was pretty fun a lot laughs! Once we got there we mt the family and they told us what had happened to there house. While they were at church one day it burnt so they have been living in tent for like 4 months. after that me and randy had to go back to the compound and get 80 pound bags of concrete 20 of them too so that started the day off. then we went back and packed cendar blocks and sifted sand all day pretty much. i got to do some mudding and laying blocks for awhile and that was pretty fun. We got a lot of the house done today so it will be done pretty quick tomorrow i would say.Then we came back and got cleaned up and went and got another great dinne rot finish of the day! I will be going to the church tomorrow to do VBS and ill be doing the game part so i am really excited for tomorrow!!

Day 1 | Chase Oney

Everything went real well today. The plane ride went great nothing to sporty happened. Customs went well for once and was pretty quick so that’s always good. We actually got nice bus to bring us up the Mt instead of the other bus we had the first time we came. We got everything unpacked and played with the kids some. Then like always we had great dinner so that was nice to finish the day. Im very excited for tomorrow to start the week off and getting working.

Day 14 | Chase

Today was the day we finished it every little thing is done and looks great!! Im very proud that I got to be apart of this. I had a lot of fun and made a lot of memories with a lot of good people. I met new people and are good friends now. It has just been a great trip. There is a lot that is going to happen from this not only here but back home and also in me. You will change in some way by coming here just seeing what they go through everyday what they work for its crazy. I thank God for how blessed I am and that I have a home and family to go to, or I know im going to eat everyday those are just some things to think about that we take for granite. I hope that I can get people to come here and seen it everyone needs too it really is a lot of fun too. Well I have a great week and it was amazing to watch the Lord work this week and all of it really. Please pray for our safety on the back home and thank you for reading and following us these two weeks!

Day 13 | Chase

Well today started pretty good there wasn’t a ton of chaos because we were spilt up in two groups. I was in the second group so I worked the morning. We just finished up the roof on the ark. Also got some of the braces and supports up. Then the sand arrived as we were leaving to go to the market which made me happy because there was a bunch of sand. Well we were spilt up again at the market. We had two interpretors jonny and zeppy my group had zeppy he was pretty cool. The market is crazy people were everywhere and meat and fish with flies all over it was a new experience for sure. I would hate to have to buy my food like that every day. There was some cool stuff to though I didn’t take pictures because they said that it could cause a riot so its hard to explain it all. I did buy some mangos so that was kinda cool, but then we done a little exploring they showed us where the people started at with all there stuff at 1:00 in the morning to get to the market to sell and we also went to the bread bakery which was pretty cool how they made it and was really good too. Then we headed back to the homestead and wouldn’t ya know it the sand was still there so we got to shoveling it where it needed to be but it got done so that’s all that mattered. There was kids everywhere I mean everything had a kid on it was awesome to see there faces and to show them to use a slide and swings it was worth the hole trip to see that. It has been cool to watch how God work through this week with everything it was really cool and happy to see and hear later on what this will do for Haiti and God!

Day 12 | Chase

Today was a very busy day a lot of stuff was accomplished. I mixed a lot of cement today the whole morning and sifted all of the stone for it as well. I will be fine if I don’t mix cement for awhile. The second half of the day me and mark were reunited they finally realized what we get done I mean its crazy. Well me and him got stuck cleaning up logs and moving them out of the area for where there planting flowers. Then we got put back on the ark because we got that finished fast. Well altogether really there was a lot done and its coming together it really looks good. There is so many people showing up and watching kids are so excited its nice seeing people just dying to come play. I would say tomorrow it will be finished were getting broke up tomorrow because of where going to the market. Im very excited for tomorrow I think it will be a cool experience.

Day 11 | Chase

Well today started a little earlier then normal. Most of us got up around 5:30 to get ready for church. It was defiantly a new experience for me. There was a whole lot more people then what I figured and they were all dressed very nicely. Singing is a very big thing they sing a lot and pray for a very long time also. There was a group of girls that sang and they were awesome there was only a couple of words that i knew they said but it was beautiful. After church we came and had brunch. Then we were off on what they called a hike!! Wrong answer it was rock climbing over waterfalls but it was amazing. The guy that took us is jonny he is awesome and he just ran threw everything it was crazy what we went threw. At first I would of told you your crazy if you think im going up that but I did with rest of everyone. Some of us made it to the 4th one that was as far as jonny would let us go. Even if we wanted to go there was no way any of us could have made it without gear or something but jonny can go right up it. The stuff that we were on we were crawling up on all fours and the Haiti were walking up with water on there heads. I have a knew thing for people around here its call A LOT OF RESPECT. I had a great day that was probably coolest thing I have done. I would come back here just to that again. Another the places we were climbing this is also where people had there gardens I have no idea how they even stay standing to do anything with it. I had great day again hopefully we will finish the ARK tomorrow!!

Day 10 | Chase

Well today has probably been the best day for me so far. Hopefully they keep getting better. I worked with Mark a lot today and we had a blast working. We done a lot today finished a bunch of stuff. It was just a great feeling to have a guy come up to me and thank me and praise me so much for coming to Haiti and working it was just awesome. This was also the same guy that Shawn Hunter shared the lord with you must read her blog! This is very cool place I wish more people would come I really didn’t think it was going to be this much fun, and I really didn’t think I would eat this good the food is amazing. Well today was just an awesome day to be a part of God is great!!

Day 9 | Chase

Well today we were introduced to Haiti bible study it was pretty cool with all there singing even though I couldn’t understand a thing they said. IT was also pretty cool listening to the interrupter while mark was talking. After that we went right to work. Team Decent started with the slide putting it together and cutting the cubby whole for the kids to go through to the slide. Also Earl and Ethan I dug a lot today and have more so I am still right with the loppers and shovel miss you guys and love ya. Anyways then the Team Decent was promoted to making cement and a lot of we had a lot of fun today. The people here are really nice and will help you with anything they are real fun to listen to they get on to each other a lot still funny even though you have no idea what there saying. Well im about to great meal that has been preparing all day so, I will talk to everyone tomorrow about the day!

Day 8 | Chase

So far has been a good day the flight was good and everything went smooth. This is very neat place words really can’t explain it you just have to see it in person pictures will show a lot though. I’m very excited to get to work and finish our project. Also very excited to see more and learn more about this country. Already have a great time with everybody and ate very good!! Will tell more tomorrow about my first day of work in Haiti.