So Long!

 It has been so long since i posted...but it has been so long since we were in Haiti! These photos have collected this last year. Enickson is building a home with one room for his business. Gamaniel is stocking supplies to sell in his construction business that he hope to grow up into a big business in time with construction workers and teaching building skills. Fedner has his business making and selling soft drinks until he can expand to use his engineering skills. Dorvil and Enickson are both papa's and Gamaniel is caring for his niece since his brother died in an accident. Louis and his wife have their daughter who is growing up and also his 3 adopted girls following the death of his brother and a cousin. Wesner is living in Chili now attempting to learn Spanish and earn enough money to come to the US with a five year visa..to work as a nurse, using his skills to go back home. As Haiti seems to always have more barriers to well being than good each are beset by need for funding to move forward. What they don't have they work until they find it or have a windfall. Joe and I are using the last of our grant money to finish the educations of our last 2 students in High School. AND we are thinking of ways and means of finding sponsors to assist the students who worked so hard for the educations they received. They are patient and trust that God knows their need and eventually good things happen to those with faith in God. They raise us up when we are down. 

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ince I retired Joe has developed some serious health problems and spend quite a bit of time in the hospital. We keep dreaming of one last visit to La Gonave but the outlook for that is dim. Our energies and resources are low although we talk to our Haiti Family often and share in their joy's and progress.

Our dream is for SPONSORS to help the graduates with a few steps forward to adequately caring for their families and doing for other Haitians what we, with the help of many and the UMC, did for them since 2008. 

Our  GBBM Advance Special donation are now mailed to our home address in Topeka. We have money for the last students set aside so all donations now are used to help graduates with their business needs. If donors or sponsors would prefer to work directly with individual students most can handle English we have a suggested plan that is protective of both the sponsor and the student. 

To donate to the advance make check to Edgerton Haiti Mission, Advance Number 982465-6 and mail to Edgerton Haiti Mission, 2047 SW Lincoln St, Topeka Kansas 66604.

Can connect with us on Facebook ...Shirley Edgerton (friend me as a donor) and on the Facebook page La Gonave Missions Support, Haiti GBGM Volunteers,

Message me on Facebook for telephone numbers and conversation.