Back in Bohoc

I've been back in Bohoc for almost a week now! I flew from MFI's new facility in Fort Pierce, FL to Cap Haitien Tuesday, September 5, 2006. Bos Elizert was there to meet me. We got all my stuff and the cargo and mail and headed up the mountain. There had hardly been any rain since I left about 10 weeks previously, so the roads were not really any worse then when I had left. That is not saying they were good! It still took us about 3 1/2 hours to go the 44 miles to get home.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons we had some nice and much needed rain! Pray for more -- the corn crop is already mostly lost, but there are still millet, manioc and sweet potatoes yet to come that can use the rain.

The week was spent unpacking, greeting people and getting some things taken care of for school to start. We are planning to open the last year of high school this year, and there are still lots of details to work out.

Today most of the students and teachers came for meetings about the beginning of school. All the teachers were here except 2. And even though there were many students that did not come, the devotions room was full!

I had the blessing of sharing the first devotions of the year. We sang "There is Power in the Blood" and read Romans 8:28 -39. And then I shared how God knows us, chooses us, calls us, makes us right with Him and then how nothing and no one can take us out of His hands! There is no need to fear other people, or situations when we are in Christ. When I was done, Met Phanes, the headmaster, spoke to the students about the coming year.



After Met Phanes, Met Gabriel spoke to the students about the rules and regulations for the year.
Finally, Met Phanes introduced all the teachers who were present. Left to right they are: Met Ermann, Met Eribert, Met Dieugrand, Met Vernio, Met Bill, Madame Gredel, Met Ernest, Met Elois, Mlle Youseline, Met Charles, Mlle Acillienne (school secretary), Mme Leslie, Met Gabriel and Met Justin (collects tuition at the gate). The only teachers missing were Dr Germinale and Pastor Phanord.
Here is a better photo of the teachers. In the back, left to right, Met Vernio*, Met Ermann, Met Elois*, Met Phanes, Met Gabriel, Met Charles, Met Bill*. In the middle, Met Ernest, Mme Gredel* (aka Mme Anthiode), Mlle Youseline*, Mlle Acillienne*, Mme Leslie* (aka Mme Keket). In Front are Met Eribert*, Met Dieugrand* and Met Maccene*. All the teachers (and the secretary) with a star after their name are former BTI students! 10 out of 17 BTI staff are former students. What a blessing! (Met = Teacher. Mme = Mrs. Mlle = Miss.)

Pray for the coming school year. We will take this week for Met Phanes to work on the schedule and to finalize all the details for the last year of high school (the Philo year). And school will start in earnest next Monday, the 18th. Pray for the students to take their studies seriously this year and to take the devotions and chapel services seriously as well. Pray that the Lord would transform lives this year!