After literally years of planning, we had the pleasure of receiving a visit from our home church, Fuller Avenue CRC of Grand Rapids, MI. Fuller is a special church for us. Sharon was born and raised in the congregation. Both Zach and Sharon were called and ordained by Fuller in 2005. Sharon's parents still attend the congregation. For Fuller's week-long visit we had prepared a busy itenerary. We were going to visit the Belladere area were Zach and Sharon have worked with the CRC of Haiti on church development projects. We were going to visit Leogane, the site of CRWRC's massive home-construction project. And we were going to do a work project at the Ministry Center. However, a certain gastro-intestinal bug had other plans. One by one, almost all seventeen of the group's members fell ill with a full-blown case of the Haitian quick-weight loss program. Despite the frustration of spending a good portion of its visit sick, the team from Fuller was able to assist with the construction project (building the second story of the Ministry Center's water tower) and a beautification project (planting trees and plants near the entrance of the center). A team member, John Straatsma, remained an extra week to assist with other projects as well. We give thanks to God for protecting the team through this challenging experience. It will certainly be an experience to remember!
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