Hello everyone!
We have about 40 days until we are on the ground in Ayiti! So exciting! Sorry for the late recap, we have been busy over here trying to get everything organized. We are planning to have our next meeting at Kings Harbor Torrance in some room that is yet to be determined at 7pm. More to follow as we get it in place. That’s THIS Thursday. Oh and - the whole Manassero clan is back in Haiti if you didn’t know. Ok. Without further adieu, the recap.
Tickets = Purchased. The cost was just over 600 dollars. We depart LAX a 9:40pm on Halloween and get to Miami at 5:40AM. We leave Miami at 7:15AM and arrive in Haiti at 8:15AM. Returning, we leave Haiti on November 10th at 1:30pm and get to Miami at 3:40pm. We leave Miami at 5:55pm and arrive back to LAX at 8:55pm. We hope to have your itineraries printed out for you on Thursday. According to the American Airlines website, we can take 2 50 pound bags a piece with us plus a carryon and a personal item. Most of the items in your 2 50 pound bags will be donations, keep in mind. If we actually got all those at about fifty pounds, that would be half a ton of stuff we would be taking in to Haiti - haha. That would be cool!
Team meeting:
Our last team meeting was so fun, I’m really glad you all could make it. I know both Alicia and I are so enjoying getting to know you all better and really can’t wait to serve with you all in Haiti. Sharing testimonies was great and I really can’t wait to hear more of your testimonies next time.
Are you practicing your Creole???
Shots/meds – Hopefully you at least have a plan for getting these.
Passport – I think we all said we had a passport. Your passport must be valid for 6 months after November, I believe. That’s what I remember from the last time we were there
Mexico – Please contact Marie or Dan for more information.
We decided we were staying an extra day on our last meeting as well.
Support – Your first support check for $575 was due this week. I am not sure how we are doing on getting this in, but we are trusting that God will provide for all of us. Please let us know if you haven’t been able to get anything in yet, just so we know what you are doing to get things in.
Lomita Art Fair – We are still working on getting everything in place for this. We are looking for handmade items that are from the US (weird Lomita rule) that you made (another weird Lomita rule). This is on October 11 from 8-4.
Haiti Hunger Dinner – This will be on October 19th from 5pm-10pm. We need a lot of volunteers so if you have anyone that would like to volunteer please send them our way.
Projects. We have a huge list of projects and as our team grew, so did our list of possibilities. It’s exciting to see how God will use our gifts, sometimes gifts we didn’t know we had! Here is a current list of projects:
1. Garden prep
2. Picnic benches
3. Organizing
4. VBS
5. Arts/Crafts
6. Dance
7. Baking
8. Feeding a village
9. Photo/video
10. Medical
11. Trip to the McHouls
12. Prayer Day
13. Painting
I’m pretty sure with this list we could work around the clock and still have things left to do!
We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday. Please call w/any questions.
Lucas and Alicia
714-261-0288 (Alicia)
Isaiah 45:2
“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hidden wealth of secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.”
(emphasis mine)
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