Labadee, Cormiers Plage...and the Haircut

Greetings from hot and sweaty Haiti!  We got some exciting news last Thursday night at meeting.  Imperial, our lovely "host" congregation here in Haiti (and the congregation Bethel recommended we check out) has been growing so successfully that starting January 6th, the congregation will split! It goes to show you that Jehovah is blessing the efforts here in Cap.  Last year they sent four missionary couples up here and in one year, our friend's congregation had to split to accommodate all of the visitors and new publishers!  The fields are truly white for harvesting here!

Tuesday I had the opportunity to conduct my first Bible study here in Haiti. With all of the bouncing around we've been doing and our learning curve, I'm so excited to have now cultivated my own calls here in Cap.  So far Adam and I have been really happy to see the results of the preaching work - just last meeting we had two people we invited to come to the meeting attend and ask for us to come back and study with them.  What a wonderful privilege Jehovah has given each and every one of us to proclaim the good news of his Kingdom...even if it means stumbling through another new language!

We had the chance to go visit Cormiers Plage with an IV couple visiting for the weekend and we visited Labadee for the day with our friends and the Service Overseer of Bethel and his visiting family.  Here are some pictures!

Adam catching some waves at Ginsu.

Enjoying lunch with our fabulous host Jacqueline.
She and her husband take in all visiting brothers and sisters.
They were so generous and hospitable!

While we were staying with our Haitian family,
they added a new second-story deck.  It was so interesting
to watch how they do construction here - it looked like hard work!

Our neighborhood, complete with a garbage pile...

Jules and Adam conducting a Bible study.

Enjoying dinner with three of the four missionary couples here in Cap.

The breathtaking view on the road to Cormiers and Labadee.

Cormiers Plage...

...complete with Caribbean waves and sun loungers...and beers!

Enjoying the beach!

Cormiers Plage Hotel

  

Dinner with Jules and Sabrina and the visiting IV couple, Shane & Kim.
Safe travels back to the US guys, and we hope to see you soon!!!

LABADEE

Labadee is a "town"in Haiti.  It's a beautiful piece of land that was purchased by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and turned into a luxury port-of-call for select cruises in the Caribbean.  It's not exactly possible to visit Labadee if you arrive via Cap, for all of you wondering at home. Only if you arrive by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.  So how did we get in?  We know a guy who knows a guy - capisce?

Entering Labadee.

The beach at Labadee.

Setting up for lounging on the beach!

Jules and Sabrina having fun, per usual.

Elain & Isabel.

We're having the BEST cruise ever!!!! *wink wink*

THE HAIRCUT

The time came when I looked at my adorable husband and told him we should start figuring out what to do about his shaggy hair.  Now, back home, I'll beg Adam to get his hair cut and he will reluctantly go to the hair shop in by our place in Seattle and get it cut.  However, here in Haiti, almost every person has a different hair texture than we do, and they tend to buzz hair instead of cutting it.  So what were we to do? Well have no fear, Jules was here!!! As if being a superstar in service was not enough, he found the time to make Adam his Sistine Chapel!

BEFORE

An hour in, Jules was meticulously cutting EVERY hair.
Adam was nervous.  I was amused. :)

AFTER!

Oh the adventures the month of December brought us!  We had the privilege of working out in service with missionaries, having lots of fun dinners, enjoying the beauty of the Caribbean, and making new lifelong friends.  Tonight some more friends from the States who moved down here last year will be staying in Cap, and together we will go explore the famous Citadelle!

After this weekend, we sadly say goodbye to Cap-Haitien and begin making our way down south to Port Salut.  Our time here in Cap has been life-changing.  We're really sad to be leaving our dear friends here but also look forward to spending our last three weeks here in Haiti with a brother from our old circuit in California.  

We can't believe our visit to Haiti is almost up!  But we have lots of fun things to explore until then!

As always, we send our love to everyone out there reading this - we miss you all!