tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44437319811787650982024-03-20T15:05:32.072-07:00Builders Without BordersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-58244505867577642882014-11-07T05:31:00.001-08:002014-11-07T05:31:14.243-08:00Rwanda trip 2015<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamq1XYqMEdOJydvgTpJFEoABubHByqb3FD1ZAVA9M83LeNQruKrHQIQLdAKG9x4b4NrwT58YRj9umz1x-ovmhReYwbT9wP472ePSr13tmxXMIleAEj006lIXPBMATTk6JjXgBj4ucyVQ/s640/blogger-image-343022270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamq1XYqMEdOJydvgTpJFEoABubHByqb3FD1ZAVA9M83LeNQruKrHQIQLdAKG9x4b4NrwT58YRj9umz1x-ovmhReYwbT9wP472ePSr13tmxXMIleAEj006lIXPBMATTk6JjXgBj4ucyVQ/s640/blogger-image-343022270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We always think of you and so much appreciate<br>your support in building a school like GIA for us and for this needy nation<br>of Burundi. <br><br>Because of your HELP lives are changing on a daily basis; our chaplain keeps<br>sharing with us that different students are regularly coming into his office<br>when they are ready to surrender their lives to Christ. Parents and<br>children from different backgrounds are fighting to be accepted at GIA- we<br>always get more students than we can accommodate yearly. We recently took<br>new photos and I thought to share some of them with you so that you continue<br>celebrate with us; see them attached pls!<br><br>Once again- thanks a lot for your big contribution in changing Burundi; GIA<br>is a very big contribution in raising up the generation of godly leaders<br>that we have always dreamt about.<br><br>May God bless you mightily.<br><br>Freddy Tuyizere<br><a href="http://www.burundiyfc.org/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">www.burundiyfc.org</a> <br></span><div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6stlDfUWAgmUjtCN9Mdb4z6ziAw2bj7pPSfn2owX57a2xw6Ewb0cy3dPqOXeqszoNkPaaQngMVU0yd9Zd6b6hQQCS105135EDI677-QxnsdHLs4Gl_RHRLU8ocylsIhKsOPYAQwio4U/s640/blogger-image-1292340429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6stlDfUWAgmUjtCN9Mdb4z6ziAw2bj7pPSfn2owX57a2xw6Ewb0cy3dPqOXeqszoNkPaaQngMVU0yd9Zd6b6hQQCS105135EDI677-QxnsdHLs4Gl_RHRLU8ocylsIhKsOPYAQwio4U/s640/blogger-image-1292340429.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-76406206985509562172014-11-05T05:39:00.001-08:002014-11-05T05:39:03.387-08:00Rwanda 2015<div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rwamagana 2015 Update: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Great News!!! The building material are now on the road from Dar Salam to Rwamagana. They should arrive at the building site by early next week. Rwanda Customs is allowing the containers to go directly to the site. A special thanks to all those who dealt with obtaining the containers, loading them and making sure they were shipped on time. It is always very good to have the containers on site before the workers arrive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are asking volunteers to have their funds in no later than <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6">Monday, November 10</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6">th</a></sup> for the first group and <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">November 14</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">th</a></sup> for group two. Airline tickets for group one have to be purchased <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8">on November 13</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8">th</a></sup>, group two <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">on November 17</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">th</a></sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">.</a> Group one will leave from Ft. Myers, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Denver and Fredericton New Brunswick <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10">on January 8</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10">th</a></sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10">.</a> They will stay in a hotel provided by Ethiopian Air and rise early <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://11" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11">Friday morning</a> to resume their trip to Kigali.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Group two will board a bus in Ft. Myers around <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">noon on January 15</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">th</a></sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">.</a> They will ride to Tampa International Airport to catch a flight to D.C. <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13">Thursday evening</a>. Group two will also stay overnight in Washington and resume their journey early <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14">Friday morning</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We will be scheduling a meeting soon to give out all the information you’ll need for the trip. We’ll let you know as soon as it is scheduled. Please let us know if you have any questions and/or concerns in the mean time. You can call Dan @ <a href="tel:239-340-6009" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15">239-340-6009</a> Tom @ <a href="tel:239-633-5753" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="16">239-633-5753</a> or peter Fenger @ <a href="tel:239-572-4813" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17">239-572-4813</a> or email them @ <a href="mailto:dan@builderswithoutborders.net">dan@builderswithoutborders.net</a> or <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a> or <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> </span></p></div></blockquote><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you for all that you are doing in partnering with Rwanda Youth For Christ on behalf the of the young people in Rwanda. Without you and those who support you, there is no Builders Without Borders. God Bless You All!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p></div></blockquote></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-50079273105335977762014-10-15T15:53:00.001-07:002014-10-15T15:53:41.255-07:00Ebola and Rwanda<div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BWB news regarding Ebola and upcoming trip to Rwanda.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A few of you have voiced concern about traveling to Rwanda with the Ebola outbreak in the three nations of West Africa. Our contingency plan is that if Ebola surfaces in Rwanda, or if travel to and from Rwanda becomes restricted; we will postpone the trip until those conditions do not exist. We are proceeding with all the arrangement involved with the trip and will keep a keen eye on any further developments. Please call or email Dan or Tom if you have any further questions or concerns.</span></p></div></blockquote><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><div><a href="mailto:dan@danielwaynehomes.com" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">dan@danielwaynehomes.com</font></a></div><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br></span></font><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you for your faithfulness. Without you there is no Builders Without Borders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p></div></blockquote></blockquote></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-86660102588756824342014-09-02T18:44:00.001-07:002014-09-02T18:44:18.539-07:00Rawanda update<div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 24px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><br>Sent from my iPhone<div>Peter Fenger</div><div>Fenger's Crown Molding</div><div><a href="tel:239-572-4813" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/0">239-572-4813</a></div><div>Peterfenger@comcast.net</div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 24px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 24px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>From:</b> Builders Without Borders, Inc. <info@builderswithoutborders.net><br><b>Date:</b> September 2, 2014 at 9:20:33 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Peter <peterfenger@comcast.net><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Rwanda 2015 September Update</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Builders Without Borders, Inc. <info@builderswithoutborders.net><br><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 24px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="backgroundTable" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templatePreheader"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="preheaderContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); 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font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><h1 class="h1" style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: 32px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;">Builders Without Borders News</span></span></h1></div><br><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 32px;">September update</span><br> <blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" id="backgroundTable" width="100%" style="background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="templateContainer" width="600"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="templateBody" width="600"><tbody><tr><td class="bodyContent" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div style="line-height: 21px; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Over the weekend BWB loaded 4-50 foot containers filled with building materials for the new school in Rwamanaga in Rwanda. About 170,000 pounds is ready to be trucked to Miami and then loaded onto a container ship for the long haul to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. From there it will be trucked almost 700 miles to Rwamanaga. The entire trip will take 65-90 days. <br><br>We are now about 4 months away from our trip to Rwanda and so far 10 people have signed up for week one and 12 people have signed up for week two. If you know that you are going PLEASE let us know so we can get an idea who and how many are going. The sooner we know that you are going the easier it is for us to organize the trip.<br> <br>The purpose of this trip is to build a brand new school from the ground up. We will be building three120’x32’ buildings with 5 classrooms in each building and one 60'x32'' administration building<br> <br>The first group will be leaving Fort Myers on Thursday the 8th of January and will be back in Fort Myers on Sunday the 18th of January.<br>The second group will leave From Tampa (We will charter a bus from Fort Myers) on Thursday the 15th of January and will be back in Tampa (Again we will charter a bus to pick us up and bring us back to Fort Myers) on Sunday the 25th of January.<br> <br>If you are leaving from another city in the USA the dates are the same. We all will meet up in Washington DC the 8th and the 15th at our hotel.<br> <br>The cost for 11 days in Rwanda is approximately $2400.00 and if you stay the full 18 days the cost is approximately $2800.00 Included in this price is roundtrip flight on Ethiopia Airline, Hotel in Rwamagana, all meals in Rwanda, Health insurance, all transportation and an excursion.<br> <br>For those of you who have not yet signed up, Builders without Borders would like everyone going on this amazing trip to email <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> with the following information:<br> 1) Full name,<br>2) Are you going on group one leaving the 8th?<br>3) Are you going on group two leaving the 15th?<br>4) Do you prefer single room (cost might be more)?<br>5) Do you prefer double room where you share a room with somebody?<br>6) Your email address.<br><br>Please mail a $200.00 deposit if you know you are going for sure. The full amount needs to be in at BWB's office no later than October 15, 2014. If you are raising money from family and friends, please have them make the checks out to Builders without Borders with your name in the memo field so you will get credit for the amount and your donors will receive a tax receipt mailed to them.<br> <br>Builders without Borders<br>5961 Northland Road, Suite 1<br>Fort Myers, FL 33905<br> <br>If you have any questions you can contact:<br> <br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@danielwaynehomes.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">dan@danielwaynehomes.com</a><br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>For more information please go to our website, www. <a href="http://builderswithoutborders.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f&id=9eaeda5a95&e=5b00656151" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">builderswithoutborders.net</a> and our Facebook page builderswithoutborders.<br> <br>Please share this with your friends on FaceBook.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></blockquote><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateFooter" style="border-top-width: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="footerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="middle" id="social" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding: 0px; max-width: 560px; border: 0px; height: auto; line-height: 24px; outline: none; display: inline;"><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 32px;">August update</span><br><br>We are looking for people to help load the containers for the next trip to Rwanda. This is a great chance to meet some of the other people going on the trip. The loading date for the containers will be Thursday, August 28 at 3pm and Friday, August 29 at 3pm and Saturday, August 30 at 7am at the SunCoast Lumber off Metro in Fort Myers. It is just south of Hanson on the East side of Metro. Their address is 3160 Kutak Lane Fort Myers.<br><br>We are now less than 5 months away from going to Rwamanaga in Rwanda.<br> <br>So far 8 people have signed up for week one and 10 people have signed up for week two. If you know that you are going PLEASE let us know so we can get an idea who and how many are going. The sooner we know that you are going the easier it is for us to organize the trip.<br> <br>The purpose of this trip is to build a brand new school from the ground up. We will be building two 120’x32’ buildings with 5 classrooms in each building and one 120'x32' building for meeting space and an office.<br> <br>The first group will be leaving Fort Myers on Thursday the 8th of January and will be back in Fort Myers on Sunday the 18th of January.<br>The second group will leave From Tampa (We will charter a bus from Fort Myers) on Thursday the 15th of January and will be back in Tampa (Again we will charter a bus to pick us up and bring us back to Fort Myers) on Sunday the 25th of January.<br> <br>If you are leaving from another city in the USA the dates are the same. We all will meet up in Washington DC the 8th and the 15th at our hotel.<br> <br>The cost for 11 days in Rwanda is approximately $2600.00 and if you stay the full 18 days the cost is approximately $3000.00.<br>Included in this price is roundtrip flight on Ethiopia Airline, Hotel in Rwamagana, all meals in Rwanda, Health insurance, all transportation and an excursion.<br> <br>For those of you who have not yet signed up, Builders without Borders would like everyone going on this amazing trip to email peterfenger@comcast.net with the following information:<br> 1) Full name,<br>2) Are you going on group one leaving the 8th?<br>3) Are you going on group two leaving the 15th?<br>4) Do you prefer single room (cost might be more)?<br>5) Do you prefer double room where you share a room with somebody?<br>6) Your email address.<br><br>Please mail a $200.00 deposit if you know you are going for sure. The full amount needs to be in at BWB's office no later than October 15, 2014.<br> <br>Builders without Borders<br>5961 Northland Road, Suite 1<br>Fort Myers, FL 33905<br> <br>If you have any questions you can contact:<br> <br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@danielwaynehomes.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">dan@danielwaynehomes.com</a><br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>We Need Your Help!!<br> <br>Mission: To Stock Up Kigali Christian School with School Supplies<br>Supplies Needed: 100 Wood Rulers (.25 each) 50 packs Craz-Art Colored Pencils (.77 each) 10 500ct Ruled Paper Packs ($2.50 each) These supplies are on sale at Wal-Mart for a short time. It would be awesome if at least 10 of you would accept this mission. The total cost of these supplies is $93.81 (tax included).<br> <br>You can call or email Tom @ <a href="tel:239-633-5753" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">239-633-5753</a> / <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">tashwill57@aol.com</a> or Peter @ <a href="tel:239-572-4813" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11">239-572-4813</a> / <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> with any questions or comments. The supplies can be sent to T&S Concrete Systems at 1684 Target Ct. #1, Fort Myers, FL 33905 or better yet we will be more than happy to pick them up. The donated supplies will be boxed up and sent in the Building Material Containers that are due to be loaded and shipped at the end of August.<br> <br>Because of all your support, about 1000 Rwandan Children are getting the best education that can be offered in their country. 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If you know that you are going PLEASE let us know so we can get an idea who and how many are going. The sooner we know that you are going the easier it is for us to organize the trip.<br> <br>The purpose of this trip is to build a brand new school from the ground up. We will be building two 120’x32’ buildings with 5 classrooms in each building and one 120'x32' building for meeting space and an office.<br> <br>The first group will be leaving Fort Myers on Thursday the 8th of January and will be back in Fort Myers on Sunday the 18th of January.<br>The second group will leave From Tampa (We will charter a bus from Fort Myers) on Thursday the 15th of January and will be back in Tampa (Again we will charter a bus to pick us up and bring us back to Fort Myers) on Sunday the 25th of January.<br> <br>If you are leaving from another city in the USA the dates are the same. We all will meet up in Washington DC the 8th and the 15th at our hotel.<br> <br>The cost for 11 days in Rwanda is approximately $2600.00 and if you stay the full 18 days the cost is approximately $3000.00.<br>Included in this price is roundtrip flight on Ethiopia Airline, Hotel in Rwamagana, all meals in Rwanda, Health insurance, all transportation and an excursion.<br> <br>For those of you who have not yet signed up, Builders without Borders would like everyone going on this amazing trip to email us with the following information:<br> 1) Full name,<br>2) Are you going on group one leaving the 8th?<br>3) Are you going on group two leaving the 15th?<br>4) Do you prefer single room (cost might be more)?<br>5) Do you prefer double room where you share a room with somebody?<br>6) Your email address.</div><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Emailed your information to <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcats.net">peterfenger@comcats.net</a></div><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br>Please mail a $200.00 deposit if you know you are going for sure. The full amount needs to be in at BWB's office no later than October 15 2014.<br> <br>Builders without Borders<br>5961 Northland Road, Suite 1<br>Fort Myers, FL 33905<br> <br>The materials have been ordered, which means we will most likely be loading the containers at the end of August at Suncost Lumber. When we know for sure the exact date we will let you know so you can come and help load. This is a great way to meet a lot of the people going on the trip.<br> <br>If you have any questions you can contact:<br> <br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@danielwaynehomes.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">dan@danielwaynehomes.com</a><br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>We Need Your Help!!<br> <br>Mission: To Stock Up Kigali Christian School with School Supplies<br>Supplies Needed: 100 Wood Rulers (.25 each) 50 packs Craz-Art Colored Pencils (.77 each) 10 500ct Ruled Paper Packs ($2.50 each) These supplies are on sale at Wal-Mart for a short time. It would be awesome if at least 10 of you would accept this mission. The total cost of these supplies is $93.81 (tax included).<br> <br>You can call or email Tom @ <a href="tel:239-633-5753" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">239-633-5753</a> / <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">tashwill57@aol.com</a> or Peter @ <a href="tel:239-572-4813" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11">239-572-4813</a> / <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> with any questions or comments. The supplies can be sent to T&S Concrete Systems at 1684 Target Ct. #1, Fort Myers, FL 33905 or better yet we will be more than happy to pick them up. The donated supplies will be boxed up and sent in the Building Material Containers that are due to be loaded and shipped at the end of August.<br> <br>Because of all your support, about 1000 Rwandan Children are getting the best education that can be offered in their country. 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<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext,Italic'">Join us to celebrate the award that Kigali Christian School
received yesterday as the best private school in Kigali. Normally
in Rwanda, private schools are far better than the government
schools. The best schools in the country are all in Kigali city
(population about one million) where we emerged the best
school. We were presented with a trophy and a check of five
million Rwanda francs, which is close to $7,500. The evaluation
took into consideration not only the academic performance, but
also discipline, management, facilities, and generally the whole
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">Update on Future Schools:
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Wingdings'"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">Land for both North and
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">East school sites have
been paid for and the title
transfers are nearly
complete.
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Wingdings'"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext,Italic'">BuildersWithoutBorders
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">will be coming in January
2015 to begin
construction on East site.
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Wingdings'"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">Need to raise $60,000 to
construct three concrete
slabs, and $60,000 to
prepare and secure the
plot.
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<p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">We are honored to receive this distinction and
encouraged as we plan to build more schools in other
parts of the country. Please continue to pray for </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext,Italic'">Kigali
Christian School</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">, specifically:<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Wingdings'"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">That the staff will be encouraged by the award and
motivated to continue in excellence.<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Wingdings'"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">That we will not become proud or no longer strive
for the things that God would consider as “best” in a
school.<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'Wingdings'"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'AvenirNext'">That funds and resources will be provided for the
construction of the new schools.
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If you know that you are going PLEASE let us know so we can get an idea who and how many are going. The sooner we know that you are going the easier it is for us to organize the trip.<br> <br>The purpose of this trip is to build a brand new school from the ground up. We will be building two 120’x32’ buildings with 5 classrooms in each building and one 120'x32' building for meeting space and an office.<br> <br>The first group will be leaving Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">on Thursday the 8th of January</a> and will be back in Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">on Sunday the 18th of January</a>.<br>The second group will leave From Tampa (We will charter a bus from Fort Myers) <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">on Thursday the 15th of January</a> and will be back in Tampa (Again we will charter a bus to pick us up and bring us back to Fort Myers) <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">on Sunday the 25th of January</a>.<br> <br>If you are leaving from another city in the USA the dates are the same. We all will meet up in Washington DC the 8th and the 15th at our hotel.<br> <br>The cost for 11 days in Rwanda is approximately $2600.00 and if you stay the full 18 days the cost is approximately $3000.00.<br>Included in this price is roundtrip flight on Ethiopia Airline, Hotel in Rwamagana, all meals in Rwanda, Health insurance, all transportation and an excursion.<br> <br>For those of you who have not yet signed up, Builders without Borders would like everyone going on this amazing trip to email us with the following information:<br> 1) Full name,<br>2) Are you going on group one leaving the 8th?<br>3) Are you going on group two leaving the 15th?<br>4) Do you prefer single room (cost might be more)?<br>5) Do you prefer double room where you share a room with somebody?<br>6) Your email address.<br>Please mail a $200.00 deposit if you know you are going for sure. The full amount needs to be in at BWB's office no later than <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">October 15 2014</a>.<br> <br>Builders without Borders<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8">5961 Northland Road</a>, Suite 1<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">Fort Myers, FL 33905</a><br> <br>The materials have been ordered, which means we will most likely be loading the containers at the end of August at Suncost Lumber. When we know for sure the exact date we will let you know so you can come and help load. This is a great way to meet a lot of the people going on the trip.<br> <br>If you have any questions you can contact:<br> <br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@danielwaynehomes.com">dan@danielwaynehomes.com</a><br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>We Need Your Help!!<br> <br>Mission: To Stock Up Kigali Christian School with School Supplies<br>Supplies Needed: 100 Wood Rulers (.25 each) 50 packs Craz-Art Colored Pencils (.77 each) 10 500ct Ruled Paper Packs ($2.50 each) These supplies are on sale at Wal-Mart for a short time. It would be awesome if at least 10 of you would accept this mission. The total cost of these supplies is $93.81 (tax included).<br> <br>You can call or email Tom @ <a href="tel:239-633-5753" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15">239-633-5753</a> / <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a> or Peter @ <a href="tel:239-572-4813" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17">239-572-4813</a> / <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> with any questions or comments. The supplies can be sent to T&S Concrete Systems at <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://19" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="19">1684 Target Ct. #1, Fort Myers, FL 33905</a> or better yet we will be more than happy to pick them up. 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background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxLDCzA9PgUCmci7r1b-uXsqw2d_MP9MkENTa0CTJmP1IvI2kfT7Ev1T1mThB3rmL_VO5oSlzRHSi-xcU29Yd3K__0LQTLlH4xpM3wr-gXD2n5_cA0YM7kivXatxjrGhAf9m9N4aOuuo/s640/blogger-image--478861704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxLDCzA9PgUCmci7r1b-uXsqw2d_MP9MkENTa0CTJmP1IvI2kfT7Ev1T1mThB3rmL_VO5oSlzRHSi-xcU29Yd3K__0LQTLlH4xpM3wr-gXD2n5_cA0YM7kivXatxjrGhAf9m9N4aOuuo/s640/blogger-image--478861704.jpg"></a></div>We Need Your Help!!<o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mission: To Stock Up Kigali Christian School With School Supplies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Supplies Needed: 100 Wood Rulers (.25 each) 50 packs Craz-Art Colored Pencils (.77 each) 10 500ct Ruled Paper Packs ($2.50 each) These supplies are on sale at Wal-Mart for a short time. It would be awesome is at least 10 of you would accept this mission. The total cost of these supplies is $93.81 (tax included).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can call or email Tom @ <a href="tel:239-633-5753" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">239-633-5753</a> /<a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a> or Peter @ <a href="tel:239572-4813" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">239572-4813</a> /<a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> with any questions or comments. The supplies can be sent to T&S Concrete Systems at <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6">1684 Target Ct. #1, Fort Myers, FL 33905</a> or better yet we will be more than happy to pick them up. The donated supplies will be boxed up and sent in the Building Material Containers that are due to be loaded and shipped at the end of August. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Because of all your support, about 1000 Rwandan Children are getting the best education that can be offered in their country. 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We will be building two 120’x32’ buildings with 5 classrooms in each building and one 120'x32' building for meeting space and office.<br>In order to organize a trip like this we REALLY need to know who is interested in going.<br>The first group is leaving Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">on Thursday the 8th of January</a> and will be back in Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">on Sunday the 18th of January</a>. The second group will leave Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">on Thursday the 15th of January</a> and will be back in Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">on Sunday the 25th of January</a>. If you are leaving from another city in the USA the dates are the same, we all will meet up in Washington DC the 8 and the 15 at our hotel.<br> <br>The cost for 11 days in Rwanda is approximately $2600.00 and if you stay the full 18 days the cost is approximately $3000.00. Included in this price is, return flight on Ethiopia Airline, Hotel in Rwamagana, all meals in Rwanda, Health insurance, all transportation and excursion.<br> <br>So far 2 people have signed up for week one and 4 for week two.<br> <br>Builders without borders would like everyone who knows that you are going to email us so we can start to get a picture of who will be going on this amazing trip.<br>What we need to know is:<br> 1) Full name<br>2) Are you going on group one leaving the 8th?<br>3) Are you going on group two leaving the 15th?<br>4) Do you prefer single room (cost might be more)?<br>5) Do you prefer double room where you share a room with somebody?<br>6) Your email address.<br> <br>Please mail a $200.00 deposit if you know you are going for sure. The full amount needs to be in at BWB's office no later than <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">October 15, 2014</a>.<br> <br>Builders without Borders<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8">5961 Northland Road</a>, suite 1<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">Fort Myers FL 33905</a><br> <br>This is really important to us because this is our only way 6 months out to get an idea of who and how many already know that they are going, so please email<a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> with your information.<br> <br> The materials have been being ordered, which means most likely we will be loading the containers at the end of August at Suncost Lumber. When we know for sure the exact date we will let you know in case you want to come and help load. This is a great way to meet a lot of the people going on the trip.<br> <br>If you have any questions you can contact either:<br> <br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@danielwaynehomes.com">dan@danielwaynehomes.com</a><br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>As always thank you for everything you do for BWB, without you it is not possible to do what we do.<br> <br>For more information please go to our website, www. <a href="http://builderswithoutborders.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14">builderswithoutborders.net</a> and our Facebook page builderswithoutborders.<br> <br> <br> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateFooter" style="border-top-width: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="footerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="middle" id="social" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Builders Without Borders News</span></h1></div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/transparent.gif" alt="" border="0" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">July update<br><br>We are now exactly 6 months away from the first group leaving for Rwamagana in Rwanda.<br> <br>The purpose of this trip is to build a brand new school from the ground up. We will be building two 120’x32’ buildings with 5 classrooms in each building and one 120'x32' building for meeting space and office. In order to organize a trip like this we REALLY need to know who is interested in going.<br> <br>The first group is leaving Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">on Thursday the 8th of January</a> and will be back in Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">on Sunday the 18th of January</a>. The second group will leave Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">on Thursday the 15th of January</a> and will be back in Fort Myers <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">on Sunday the 25th of January</a>. If you are leaving from another city in the USA the dates are the same, we all will meet up in Washington DC the 8 and the 15 at our hotel.<br> <br>The cost for 11 days in Rwanda is approximately $2600.00 and if you stay the full 18 days the cost is approximately $3000.00. Included in this price is, return flight on Ethiopia Airline, Hotel in Rwamagana, all meals in Rwanda, health insurance, all transportation and a one day excursion.<br> <br>Builders without Borders would like everyone who knows that you are going to email us so we can start to get a picture of who will be going on this amazing trip.<br> <br>What we need to know is:<br> 1) Full name, as written on your US Passport<br>2) Are you going on group one leaving the 8th?<br>3) Are you going on group two leaving the 15th?<br>4) Do you prefer single room (cost might be more)?<br>5) Do you prefer double room where you share a room with somebody?<br>6) Your email address<br> <br>We don't need a deposit of $200.00 as of yet, however we do need the total amount no later than <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">October the 15th 2014</a>. (More to come on this at a later date)<br> <br>This is really important to us because this is our only way 6 months out to get an idea of who and how many already know that they are going, so please email<a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a> with your information.<br> <br>Also next week all the materials are being ordered, which means most likely we will be loading the containers at the end of August at Suncoast Lumber. When we know for sure the exact date we will let you know in case you want to come and help load. This is a great way to meet a lot of the people going on the trip.<br> <br>If you have any questions you can contact either:<br> <br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@danielwaynehomes.com">dan@danielwaynehomes.com</a><br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>As always thank you for everything you do for BWB, without you it is not possible to do what we do.<br> <br>For more information please go to our website, www. <a href="http://builderswithoutborders.net/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">builderswithoutborders.net</a> and our Facebook page builderswithoutborders.<br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateFooter" style="border-top-width: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="footerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="middle" id="social" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Normally in Rwanda, private schools are far better than the government schools. The best schools in the country are all in Kigali city where we emerged the best school. We were presented with a trophy and a check of five million Rwanda francs which is close to $ 7,500.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The evaluation took into considerations not only the accademic performance, but also discipline, management, facilities and generally the whole school environment. Different factors lead the Government of Rwanda (ministry of education and the city of Kigali) to declare our school as the best.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Our desire remains that one of makind disciples of Jesus Christ even by providing quality christian education to every young person in our country. God willing, and with his provision, we will replicate this in other parts of Rwanda.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you for being our partner, and God bless you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Jean Babtiste Mugarura</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-31171287347364716542014-05-30T03:45:00.001-07:002014-05-30T03:45:42.705-07:00Next trip to Rwanda news<center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="backgroundTable" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templatePreheader"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="preheaderContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div></div></td><td valign="top" width="190" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Is this email not displaying correctly?<br><a href="http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f&id=09042e37eb&e=5b00656151" target="_blank">View it in your browser</a>.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateContainer" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateHeader" style="border-bottom-width: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td class="headerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://builderswithoutborders.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f&id=761961bb72&e=5b00656151" target="_blank" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f/images/masthead.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="600" height="116" style="border: 0px none; height: 116px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 600px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></font></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateBody"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="bodyContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr mc:repeatable="repeat_1" mc:repeatindex="0" mc:hideable="hideable_repeat_1_1" mchideable="hideable_repeat_1_1"><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div><h1 class="h1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Builders Without Borders News</span></h1></div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/transparent.gif" alt="" border="0" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br> We are now only 7 months away from leaving to go to Rwamagana in Rwanda. Rwamagana is about one hour Northeast of Kigali, a very poor area of Rwanda. This trip is the first time we will build outside Kigali, so a totally new experience is in store for us.<br> <br>The first group will leave <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">on Thursday the 8th of January 2015</a> and will return to the states on Sunday the 18th. The second group will leave on Thursday the 15th and will return to the states <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">on Sunday the 25th of January</a>.<br> <br>The cost for 11 days will be approximately $2600.00 and if you stay for the full 18 days the cost is about $3000.00. This price is based on double occupancy. If you would like to have a single room the price will be higher, but not yet determined.<br> <br>Included in this price is, flight, hotel, meals, health insurance, transportation and an excursion in Rwanda. We will again be flying Ethiopian Airline.<br> <br>We will be building three 120' x 32' buildings, 9' tall, and one smaller building for their office. The interior of the buildings will be a material called “smart side" and it comes in 9'x4' sheets so no cutting for a top piece. The exterior will still be vinyl siding, because it will keep maintenance cost down. We will most likely ship the containers at the end of August 2014. We will all meet at Sun Coast Lumber and we will need a lot of people to load the three 50' containers. More to come on this.<br> <br>We will also be doing things a little differently this time when it comes to the planning of the work. We will have one superintendent who is “the boss “for the project. We will have a daily meeting where people are assigned their task for the day so we all can work more as a team.<br> <br>We will also, again, take Wednesday off for sightseeing, such as a safari. This trip is not just about building, but also about experiencing a little bit of how the people of Rwanda live and see the country side of this beautiful country. More to come on this.<br> <br>In the coming weeks and months the planning of this trip will continue and of course you will be kept up to date with information and updates. We will have a couple of orientation meetings to discuss the progress of the trip and to get input from you.<br> <br>Our goal is to have at least a total of 40 people, split 20/20 each week. We are looking for women or men, young or mature, tall or short, construction experience or not, it does not matter. We want you.<br> <br>Please tell your family, friends and business acquaintances about Builders without Borders, share this on your Facebook page or email this to everyone you know.<br> <br>This is an experience you don't want to miss, so mark your calendar, and start looking forward to a lifetime experience.<br> <br>If you have any questions please contact:<br> <br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@builderswithoutborders.net">dan@builderswithoutborders.net</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>We really need to know exactly who is going by <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9">October 15th</a>, so if you know that you are going for sure please send a check for $200.00 as a deposit to<br> <br>Builders without Borders,<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://11" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11">5961 Northland Road</a>, Suite 1<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">Fort Myers, FL 33905</a><br> <br>Please take a moment to read the Newsletter from RYFC Northern and Eastern Chapters below.<br> <br>Again we would like to thank everybody involved with BWB for everything you do for us. Without you it is not possible to do what we do.<br> <br> News letter from YFCR in Rwanda<br>(this is where we are going )<br> <br> Lord Jesus, who paid the cost of our sins, so that whoever believe in Him may have eternal life; and secondly we use it to grasp the message of holiness Leadership and discipleship Development: We have committed to develop young leaders for the sake of our society, and we go into churches and schools to challenge the youth to live a leadership life, where they behave well, study Bible, and follow Jesus as their role model. In this period we challenged 85 youth who lead others in different schools, and they have said that they will lead by example. We will continue this program until all will lead like Jesus. If you have any contribution, please come and join as you are welcome. In discipleship we (Jonathan and one volunteer) are discipling one young lady who gave her life to Jesus last year, and she is benefiting greatly, as she testifies herself: “Before I was not even able to find a book in the Bible, but now I can. I was confused about the Christian life, but now even if I can’t say I know everything, but I know the meaning of being a Christian and who paid the cost. I know that to be a Christian is to believe in Jesus, and the cost is the blood of Jesus shed on the Cross for the payment of my sins which caused death to me” Umutoni Salima Said Salima Mutoni The preparation of land for wheat planatation Wheat planatation after three weeks Some of the harvest of sweet potatoes Farming Program: Last year 2013, we started a farming program for three main reasons: firstly to minister to the youth in the area where we have land, who will come to look for a job; secondly to efficiently use our land; and thirdly to produce quality food for our kids at KCS (Kigali Christian School). We stated by planting sweet potatoes and wheat. On 1 ha we have harvested 8.5tonnes of sweet potato, and now we have 1.5 ha of wheat plantation. Youth who work with YFC/Rwanda-Northern Chapter testify of the positive change in their life: “Before the starting of the activities of YFC, I was hopeless without a job as I have finished my secondary school, but now with the income from working with YFC/Rwanda-Northern Chapter, I can buy some of my needs. I also managed to buy seed from YFC harvest, now I can plant also for myself. Especially I thank YFC for the program of prayer and preaching the word of God before starting to cultivate. I hope that as I will continue to work with YFC/Rwanda, I will get more, especially the true way of praising God, as we have started” Louise JORORYIZA said.<br>Thanks giving and prayer request<br>· We thank God for the protection of our family and for the ongoing Ministry Praise be to God for the lady who was saved, and for the volunteers who are in Ministry We also thank Rachelle who did a lot of work in editing this newsletter, God bless her.<br>· Praise be to God who bless us with sweet potatoes harvest Praise be to God for the house, now the lady can use it, even if is not fully finished.<br>· We thank you also who take a time for reading this news letter from YFC/Rwanda-Northern Chapter, if possible you can send us your observations Pray for the land that we bought so that we can get finance to start using it effectively and efficiently Pray for next term, April-June 2014, so that we will get God’s insight on how we can real give life to the youth in order to save more.<br>Get involved:<br>By praying for us, so that God reveals to us the true way to give life to the youth By giving your time and talent to reach the Rwandan Youth in Northern Chapter By your financial support or any other material to support the work of the Lord Jesus Contact us Youth For Christ/ Rwanda – Northern Chapter P.O. 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Up to a million people were murdered by their neighbors in roughly a hundred days, and you could reasonably expect that tragedy, guilt, shame, and rage continue to weigh heavily on the Rwandan people. The skeletons of genocide victims are still occasionally discovered, stuffed into sewers and under dense bushes. Fragments of bone and teeth still turn up in church parking lots. And by and large the country is still oddly devoid of dogs: During the genocide the animals acquired a taste for human flesh and had to be exterminated.But today Rwanda bears few obvious scars of its cataclysm. Its rapidly modernizing capital, Kigali, is one of the jewel cities of Africa. A lacework of tree-lined boulevards and greenswards rises and falls over a cradle of verdant hills and valleys. New construction is transforming the city center, with upscale hotels, a grand shopping mall, and a state-of-the-art convention center. The airport bustles with tour operators picking up clients arriving to visit Rwanda's national parks, which hold the nation's famous mountain gorillas. Add to that Rwanda's rising standard of living, steady economic growth, and low incidence of corruption, and you have a country that in many ways is the envy of the continent.Life here bears no relation to the darkness that descended over the nation beginning on April 7, 1994. To find evidence of that period, you have to look into the hearts of the people where those memories lie buried. During today's official events, Rwanda's leaders will urge its people, if not to forget, to set aside many of their bitterest memories to help sustain the country's impressive progress. (See "In Rwanda, Reconciliation Is Hard Won.")</div><div><br></div><div>Remembering is a tricky thing. It can release a river of volatile emotions that can drown you in sorrow or shame, and it can also unleash a torrent of vengeful anger. But forgetting is equally treacherous, lest those who were lost died in vain or the crucial lessons learned are not passed on to future generations. Rwandans of all walks of life navigate this complex riptide of emotion every day, each in his or her own way. It is far more art than science.The Boy Who Hid From His Friends</div><div>"It began when we heard the plane crash," said Gaston Bizimana, a 34-year-old Tutsi who works as an independent tour operator. "I was 14 and my school was just there," he said, pointing a long, slender finger out of the car window toward a spot in the valley below the road. "That is when my journey began," he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The plane crash he is referring to killed Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, an ethnic Hutu, who was returning from Tanzania, where he had signed a peace accord with the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel group that had been fighting a guerrilla war with the Hutu-dominated Rwandan government.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>For centuries, the ethnic distinctions between Hutu and Tutsi in the African kingdom of Rwanda meant relatively little to the people, who united behind their monarch. But during the late 19th century, European colonizers began using ethnicity as a way to divide and subjugate the people. In 1935, the country's Belgian overlords implemented a national system of identity cards that required Rwandans to declare their ethnicity. And things were never the same. Violent ethnic bloodlettings punctuated the next three decades, sending many Tutsi—outnumbered nearly four to one by Hutu—into exile around the region.</div><div><br></div><div>But in April 1994, things seemed on the verge of a major change. The outmanned and outgunned RPF, led by a brilliant young strategist named Paul Kagame, had taken a significant swath of northern Rwanda, forcing President Habyarimana to the negotiating table in Tanzania. A plan for a multiethnic, power-sharing government had been agreed to, and a lightly armed force of 600 RPF fighters had been dispatched to Kigali along with a force of UN peacekeeping troops to help begin implementing the accords.</div><div><br></div><div>The sun had slipped below Kigali's hills on April 6 as President Habyarimana's jet, which included eight other passengers, including Burundi's president, also a Hutu, was on final approach to the city's airport. Witnesses later described seeing two surface-to-air missiles streak across the sky. The plane burst into flames and crashed onto the grounds of the presidential palace, exploding on impact.</div><div><br></div><div>"My friends and I heard the explosion," said Gaston. "Many people in the city heard it." In the coming days, the army joined with the Interahamwe, militias comprised of Hutu extremists, to set in motion what a UN special inquiry later called "the systematic slaughter of men, women, and children."</div><div><br></div><div>"That night I heard grenades exploding and lots of shooting, so I decided to walk to my home village in Kamonyi District," said Gaston, as our car approached a bridge over the Nyabarongo River.</div><div><br></div><div>"This was my first challenge," he pointed at the bridge. "There were soldiers checking people's identity cards to cross the bridge. I decided that I would try to cross the river, but I didn't know how to swim and I could see crocodiles." So he opted to face the soldiers, telling them he'd lost his national identity card.</div><div><br></div><div>"One of them shouted 'You are Tutsi' and he pushed me on the ground and pointed his rifle at me. 'No,' I said. 'I am Hutu. My parents are living on the other side.' Another soldier came over and said, 'Why are you bothering with this small boy?' And I ran to the other side. I was lucky it was soldiers. If they had been Interahamwe, I would have died right there."We made the 20-mile (32-kilometer) drive to Kamonyi and parked the car just off the main road. Gaston uncoiled his lanky 6'4" frame from the car. We followed a path that cut through thickets of thorn trees and eucalyptus. "Do you smell that?" he asked, plucking a eucalyptus leaf and holding it to his nose. "That is the smell of my home."</div><div><br></div><div>After several minutes of picking our way past small groves of coffee plants and banana trees and carefully tended plots thick with cassava, beans, corn, and sweet potatoes, we emerged from the path at a wide pasture that sloped toward a deep valley. "This is my family's land," Gaston said. "I used to play football [soccer] here. Hutu and Tutsi, we were all together." In the far distance three of Rwanda's majestic volcanoes were visible. He pointed to one. "That is where the gorillas are."</div><div><br></div><div>At five o'clock on the morning of April 7, the family awoke to see houses burning across the valley. His parents told his three brothers, two sisters, and him to flee into the bush.</div><div><br></div><div>We walked along the edge of the pasture, and Gaston began pointing out thickets where he had hidden. "You could not stay in one place, because the Hutu searched every day. Some of the boys I played football with were helping their fathers look for us. Sometimes they used dogs. When the dog made a noise, they knew you were hiding in that bush. When they found one person, they would cut them here," he pointed to his Achilles, "so they couldn't run. When they found another, they cut him and put him with the first one. When you were five, they killed all of you on that spot." He pantomimed chopping with a machete.</div><div><br></div><div>After a month, the Hutu began using loudspeakers to announce that the fighting had ended and that all Tutsi could come out of hiding. A few fell for the ruse and were hacked to death.</div><div><br></div><div>By day Gaston lay curled beneath thornbushes. By night he scavenged for cassava leaves, careful not to disturb the plants too much lest he give away his presence.</div><div><br></div><div>"There was one Hutu house where I could get water, late at night when there was no moon," he pointed across the valley at a small house with a curl of smoke rising from a chimney. "That is the only family in this whole valley that helped Tutsi."</div><div><br></div><div>In mid-June, after nearly a hundred days of hiding, Gaston was rescued by RPF troops who had fought their way down from the north, ultimately driving the army and Interahamwe out of Rwanda into neighboring Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). "At first I was afraid to come out, but the RPF had very bad uniforms, so I knew they weren't government soldiers."</div><div><br></div><div>Of his family, only he and his father survived. The bodies of his mother, three brothers, and two sisters were never found. Most of the Tutsi homes were not rebuilt, the survivors opting for new, government-provided houses closer to the main road.</div><div><br></div><div>"This hillside is so quiet now," Gaston said. It used to be filled with sounds. Women laughing, children singing, men calling to each other across the fields. As he describes it, I can tell he's hearing the sounds.The Priest in the Prison</div><div>Another son of Kamonyi sits outside the warden's office at Kigali's Nyarugenge Prison, nervously folding and unfolding his hands. Father Benoit Sebyiatsi, dressed in the orange jumpsuit of a convicted prisoner, believes God is punishing him for something, but not the same thing the Rwandan government is punishing him for. The barrel-chested, 67-year-old Roman Catholic priest, an ethnic Hutu, is serving 30 years for participating in the genocide. His round spectacles slightly magnify his eyes and are too large for his small face, giving him a perpetual look of wide-eyed astonishment.</div><div><br></div><div>"I want to be clear: I did not kill anyone," he says firmly in French. Instead, he says, he was accused of encouraging soldiers and militias to kill Tutsi, and because he was a priest, the government said he should have done more to try to stop the killings.He says his story is much more complicated. After serving the church for nearly two decades, he found himself in Kabgayi District. “I began to have a relationship with a Tutsi woman named Terese,” he says. “She was very beautiful. I was weak. I am a priest but also a man, and I am guilty of that.” Terese became pregnant, and when the child was born, Benoit decided that it was God’s will, and he should publicly acknowledge both the child and his sin. He baptized the child in the church where he was serving.</div><div><br></div><div>The diocese was scandalized, and the monsignor was determined to excommunicate him, but the Vatican refused. “They said, ‘No, you must try to rehabilitate him,’ so I was suspended. The diocese forced him to leave Kabgayi, and he ended up in Kigali and got a job as an accountant for the national social security office. Over the next several years, Benoit read the scriptures and prayed for repentance and balanced ledgers. Eventually, he petitioned Rome to reinstate him. “I was waiting for their response when the president’s plane crashed,” he says.</div><div><br></div><div>The next several days were a hellish blur. "I stayed in my house. Of course, in my neighborhood, we heard much fighting, but we all assumed it was a war." Finally after a few days, he went out looking to buy food.</div><div><br></div><div>"I was walking down the street and some soldiers had set up a checkpoint. They stopped a man ahead of me who was walking with two young boys. I saw the soldiers shoot all three of them at point-blank range," he says. When he reached the checkpoint, the soldiers told him they were searching for RPF and that the man and two boys were informers. "I thought that such a thing was usual in war—not genocide."</div><div><br></div><div>After the fighting ended and the RPF gained control of the country, Benoit returned to his job as an accountant. A few months later, as investigations into the genocide began, some witnesses came forward to say that he had encouraged the soldiers to kill the man and the boys and had heard him urging them to hunt down RPF sympathizers.</div><div><br></div><div>He was arrested in Kigali and appeared before a national court. They asked him why, as a priest and a government worker, he had not tried to stop the killing.</div><div><br></div><div>"What could I do?" he asks. "I was powerless. It was insanity. They would have killed me."</div><div><br></div><div>The case was referred to a gacaca, a special community court created to hold accountable those who participated in the genocide. "I refused to testify. I did nothing wrong," he says. The gacaca tried him in absentia and convicted him of conspiring to participate in the genocide. He has 14 years remaining on his sentence.</div><div><br></div><div>I asked about Terese and his son, who would have been half Hutu and half Tutsi.</div><div><br></div><div>"When the killing began, she sent the boy to be with my relatives in Kamonyi. He lives in Kigali now," Benoit said, adding that his son is now married with four children. "I heard Terese was killed trying to flee to her family's home in Kibilira," he says, adding, "It was regrettable."</div><div><br></div><div>For Benoit, life continues inside the prison surrounded by other genocidaires. He translates religious texts from French into Kinyarwanda and serves as the prison's Roman Catholic priest. He quotes a New Testament passage from the Gospel of Matthew that he says sustains him: "I am with you always, even to the end of the world."</div><div><br></div><div>I asked him if as a Hutu he ever felt the need to apologize to Tutsi for what happened. His magnified eyes seemed to widen further behind his large glasses. "For what? I have done nothing wrong."The Official Rememberer</div><div>Leon Muberuka, 31, is annoyed with photographer David Guttenfelder and me. We have arrived a few minutes before five in the afternoon, and he is about to close the genocide memorial at Nyamata Church. "I have been here since seven," he says, checking the time on his phone. He takes a deep breath and says, "Ok, let's go." And for the tenth or eleventh time that day, he begins to recite the grim story of what happened at this rural church about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Kigali on April 10, 1994.</div><div><br></div><div>By that date, the killing was spreading across the country. More than 10,000 panicked Tutsi had gathered on the grounds of the modest redbrick church here seeking shelter from the Interahamwe militias, and more than 2,000 locked themselves inside the church. "The first thing you will notice is the doorway to the church," he says, motioning to a mangled steel gate and a large gouge in the cement floor. "The Interahamwe used grenades to blow it open."</div><div><br></div><div>We stepped into the sanctuary. Long bench pews were arranged in a wide semicircle, and the floor sloped slightly downward toward the altar. "Once inside, they threw more grenades and fired their guns. You can see the damage on the walls and ceiling." He pointed to pockmarks in the brick walls and a constellation of small holes in the corrugated metal roof. Shafts of late afternoon sun streamed through the bullet holes.</div><div><br></div><div>"After the militias fired their guns, they withdrew, and local people came inside with machetes and clubs to kill any survivors," he said, "including many small children who had been hidden by their parents under the pews."</div><div><br></div><div>A handful of survivors miraculously emerged from the mass of bodies, which remained in the church until after the area was liberated by the RPF. Eventually the corpses were removed, but their ripped and bloodstained clothes were piled atop the pews as part of the memorial. Looking closely at the tangles, I make out faded cotton sundresses, crocheted shawls, a pair of striped soccer socks, a pink bra.Leon leads me to the front of the church. The white altar cloth is stained pink from blood. Atop sits a pile of rosary beads and a collection of weapons used in the killings, including a steel cross that had been pulled off the wall and used as a club.</div><div><br></div><div>We walk down a set of stairs near the back of the church to a small underground room. Here a large glass case is filled with 216 skulls of various sizes. "You can see by the type of wound how each person was killed," Leon says, pointing out skulls with ruler-straight machete cuts, perfectly round bullet holes, and large jagged fractures made by clubs.</div><div><br></div><div>On one skull someone had written the name Patrice. By the time some of the families were able to come and identify the dead, the bodies had completely decomposed. A young boy found this skull, recognized the clothes with it, and wrote his brother's name on it. "He wanted people to know who this was," said Leon.</div><div><br></div><div>We walk outside. Leon lets out a deep breath and rolls his shoulders, as if releasing the tension stored up from a day of leading these bleak tours. I ask him how he is able to tell these stories over and over every day.</div><div><br></div><div>"It is very difficult to live with this all the time," he says. He too is a survivor from this area. He was only 11 when he fled into the bush and hid, just like Gaston, until the RPF arrived. "I need to forgive and move on," he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Could he do it? I ask. "I'm ready," he says. His eyes narrow in an intense stare. "But no one has asked me for my forgiveness. If they would come here and ask me, I am ready."</div><div><br></div><div>Two soldiers wearing green camouflage uniforms and carrying automatic rifles walk up the path and nod to Leon. They watch over the memorial at night, he tells me. Would anyone really vandalize this place? I ask.</div><div><br></div><div>"In December the police found out about a local plot to throw grenades at the church," he said. "There are people who would like to see this place go away."The Man Who Built the Stock Market</div><div>Celestin Rwabukumba, the 39-year-old CEO of the fledgling Rwanda Stock Exchange, stands at the window of his office in the Kigali City Tower, one of Rwanda’s first bona fide skyscrapers, pointing to the busy city center below. "I was born on that street," he says. "I don't even recognize it anymore." An assistant beckons to him, and he excuses himself briefly to check on the trading floor, where two Rwandan and three East African companies are traded.</div><div><br></div><div>When Celestin returns, he launches into a detailed discussion of Rwanda's economy and the role that the nation's nascent capital markets are playing in the country's rebirth. His English bears hints of his time as a student at the University of Buffalo, and his confident, quick intellect betrays his stint as a New York stockbroker.</div><div><br></div><div>At 5'7" ("so much for the myth all Tutsi are tall," he jokes), smartly dressed in a tailored black suit, he is a coil of energy and enthusiasm for the economic opportunities that lie within Rwanda's grasp. He ticks off in rapid bullet points the progress the country has made in GDP growth, attracting foreign investment, and reducing reliance on international donors to fund the nation's budget.</div><div><br></div><div>He acknowledges that the path that led him to this glass office overlooking the capital began, at least in part, on the darkest day of his country's history. "My brother and I just happened to be near the parliament when the genocide began," he says. "We knew the RPF was staying there, so we took a chance and rushed there."</div><div><br></div><div>It was a quick, bold decision that saved both their lives. As the city descended into chaos, the RPF-controlled parliament building became a haven for those who could make it through the roving militias and government troops.</div><div><br></div><div>After the genocide, Celestin eventually made his way to Buffalo, where he studied economics, and later moved to Manhattan.</div><div><br></div><div>"I was at work on Wall Street on 9/11," he says. "I saw the destruction and felt the fear in New York. I understood in many ways what Americans were feeling in those days. It was a major crisis for the United States, and I remember people discussing what Americans needed in the early aftermath. Because I had the experience of the genocide behind me, I knew exactly what they needed. It was the same things Rwandans needed—resilience. You have to move forward. It's important to remember what happened and to honor the people who died, but the best way to honor them is to build a better country."The Doctor Who Fought</div><div>When Celestin was trying to get to the parliament on April 7, Joseph Karemera was already there, helping coordinate both the defense of the small RPF force, which was under heavy attack by the military, and the rescue of as many Tutsi as possible. He had come four months earlier as part of the RPF contingent sent to help begin implementing the peace accords. They had arrived with 600 troops, armed only with rifles, and had insisted on billeting in the parliament, a fortress-like building with a deep basement that could be defended in the event of attack. It proved to be a prescient decision.</div><div><br></div><div>"When we got to Kigali, we could tell something sinister was going on," Karemera says, sitting in the RPF headquarters under a portrait of his old friend and Rwanda's current president, Paul Kagame. "We noticed that Tutsi homes were being marked as if there was a grand plan being put in place."</div><div><br></div><div>"There were also odd troop movements by the government forces. The presidential guard, for example, took up a position only 800 meters (875 yards) from us," he says. He and many of his men had grown up in exile and had never been to the capital before. "We took sightseeing trips around Kigali," he says with a smile. "But we were studiously taking note of places that would be of strategic value just in case."</div><div><br></div><div>When the killings began and the UN peacekeeping force infamously refused to intervene, Kagame ordered the RPF contingent to rescue as many Tutsi as possible. "It was a nightmare," says Karemera. "We were under heavy attack and trying to defend our position. Small platoons would go out to bring back civilians. Many others were trying to slip through the government and militia lines, and we had to make sure they weren't attackers. We had to keep going like this until reinforcements could fight their way down from the north. It was a desperate fight. But we had no choice."</div><div><br></div><div>Trained as a medical doctor in Uganda, Karemera joined the RPF in the mid-1980s as Tutsi exiles, especially students, began discussing possible ways to return to their homeland. "Our goal then was the same as our goal now: building a Rwanda not just for Tutsi but for all Rwandans," he says. "We are trying to return our society to the way it was before outsiders created the notion that Tutsi and Hutu were not one people. We speak the same language, worship the same God, eat the same food; our cultures are the same."</div><div><br></div><div>Changing the way Rwandans think is just as crucial a battle as the one he waged 20 years ago, he says. One of the very first things the new government did was get rid of the ethnic designation on national identity cards. He recites a litany of other achievements: The government has implemented universal health care for all Rwandans; infant mortality has plummeted; maternal health is among the best in Africa; all children go to school for 12 years; university slots are given based on academic merit, not quotas; more than 70 percent of the country has access to clean drinking water. All in all, more than a million people have been lifted out of poverty. (Related: "Women in Post-genocide Rwanda Have Helped Heal Their Country.")</div><div><br></div><div>But the accomplishment of which he, as a former exile, is most proud is the return of refugees. "We have repatriated millions of Rwandans to their homeland. Only 79,000 remain displaced," he says, noting that many of that number were associated with the genocide.</div><div><br></div><div>So many people did not live to see this new Rwanda, he says. "But if I were to die today, I could face them all and tell them that we have not let them down."</div><div>The sun was setting, and the air was cool and fragrant with the smell of cut grass. We passed through a middle-class neighborhood bustling with people returning home from work. A produce market was crowded with people picking up items for dinner. Children chased each other while their parents chatted. It was a mix of Tutsi and Hutu, Gaston said. "We live together in the same neighborhoods, like we always did."</div><div><br></div><div>We arrived at the former palace and followed a brick path through the once elaborate gardens, past its empty fountains and a cement enclosure where the president had kept a pet python. At the far end of the property, we climbed the steps of a small watchtower and peered out over a grassy field where a small collection of mangled and rusting pieces of wreckage remained. I could make out a section of the fuselage and an engine. Part of a wing stuck straight out of the ground like a broken knife blade.</div><div><br></div><div>The lights of Kigali were winking on across the hills in the distance. We both stood in silence, pondering the broad impact of the plane crash and the horror that radiated out across the country, across families, across time. Exactly who shot the plane down—RPF fighters or Hutu extremists—remains a hotly debated mystery to this day. What isn't debated is the aftermath.</div><div><br></div><div>"OK," said Gaston, cheerfully matter-of-fact. "Now we go." We returned to the car and joined the flow of evening traffic back into the glowing light of Kigali.</div><div><br></div><div>When we pulled up to my hotel, Gaston shook my hand and smiled. "The next time you come to Rwanda," he said, "we will go see the gorillas."</div><div><br></div><div>Builders Without Borders are going back to Rwanda , the first group leaving January 8 and second group leaving January 15 of 2015.</div><div>We are building two 120'x32' buildings with 10 classrooms and one 120'x32' building used for office and meeting space.</div><div><br></div><div>The cost for 11 days is $ 2600,00 and for 18 days $ 3000,00.</div><div>That includes flight, hotel ( double room ) meals and health Incurance.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any interest in this trip, please go to www.builderswithoutborders.net or contact</div><div>Tom Ashwill @</div><div>Tashwill@tsconcrete.com</div><div>Or</div><div>Peter Fenger @</div><div>Peterfenger@comcast.net</div><div><br></div><div>To see and read more about our trip to Haiti, please read our blog section on our website or go to our FaceBook page, builderswithoutborders.</div><div><br></div><div>Please go to</div><div>Www.loveachild.com to read more about what they do in Haiti.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-88649300587394613302014-04-06T11:14:00.001-07:002014-04-06T11:14:16.800-07:00Last Haiti blog<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD96gV52qSoJKdFVvuSQxF_WLph7-lyFLrodz5TZnXTFz3AM6ukaRzzM0V-WYAojcDhkHkNnM8W4rIKjZgvoZiOsl2aHr0FmFbWV0xqvuOGoYo-drsKWvkz0rLnZSK5LqeQ1O78S0CxtE/s640/blogger-image--302045322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD96gV52qSoJKdFVvuSQxF_WLph7-lyFLrodz5TZnXTFz3AM6ukaRzzM0V-WYAojcDhkHkNnM8W4rIKjZgvoZiOsl2aHr0FmFbWV0xqvuOGoYo-drsKWvkz0rLnZSK5LqeQ1O78S0CxtE/s640/blogger-image--302045322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n6ObOUKyLnmNPp4wSl2pWbMiGeRlt3yRBDPvkwJkmIYcCgjQ-X6a2KDBgbMINubF2r8f2mdTQjcN0uuDAh5nUoOl-LaI0IB5bJwDqvXOrkJ8xc3UWVeVcHNco7ZLGC02vWsxIxsgbZM/s640/blogger-image-1315900667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n6ObOUKyLnmNPp4wSl2pWbMiGeRlt3yRBDPvkwJkmIYcCgjQ-X6a2KDBgbMINubF2r8f2mdTQjcN0uuDAh5nUoOl-LaI0IB5bJwDqvXOrkJ8xc3UWVeVcHNco7ZLGC02vWsxIxsgbZM/s640/blogger-image-1315900667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMfZWeo9YwiJGZn-3GKvWc4gfYIROh7KtGoCIRy31zyQ3JmZB6gUdFwM-9pr5Gov4UT3JyxOy5hGSmcN0_GAkhhxTtj1Cbgawp9gc-C3C8e0Ln973swPGsCesTUjACxogBtzRvj_pzyo/s640/blogger-image-2110377326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMfZWeo9YwiJGZn-3GKvWc4gfYIROh7KtGoCIRy31zyQ3JmZB6gUdFwM-9pr5Gov4UT3JyxOy5hGSmcN0_GAkhhxTtj1Cbgawp9gc-C3C8e0Ln973swPGsCesTUjACxogBtzRvj_pzyo/s640/blogger-image-2110377326.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n6ObOUKyLnmNPp4wSl2pWbMiGeRlt3yRBDPvkwJkmIYcCgjQ-X6a2KDBgbMINubF2r8f2mdTQjcN0uuDAh5nUoOl-LaI0IB5bJwDqvXOrkJ8xc3UWVeVcHNco7ZLGC02vWsxIxsgbZM/s640/blogger-image-1315900667.jpg"></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD96gV52qSoJKdFVvuSQxF_WLph7-lyFLrodz5TZnXTFz3AM6ukaRzzM0V-WYAojcDhkHkNnM8W4rIKjZgvoZiOsl2aHr0FmFbWV0xqvuOGoYo-drsKWvkz0rLnZSK5LqeQ1O78S0CxtE/s640/blogger-image--302045322.jpg"></div><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wrap Up</span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When I pause to reflect on the trip we made to Haiti the one word that comes to my mind is blessing.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was truly an adventure filled with blessings of all shapes and sizes. One blessing was that Peter asked me to write a short blog each day about the things we were doing. It has been a blessing because it has caused me to spend time thinking about the work we were doing, the mission we were on, the people we met, and most importantly the things that matter in life.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I was blessed by our accommodations. I will be the first to admit that when I first heard we were staying in a tent, all of us together, I had my doubts about how comfortable it would be. Just like a spoiled kid. As it turned out, our tent was probably 2 to 3 times larger than many of the stick and mud shacks we saw many families living in. On top of that it was air-conditioned and kept very clean by the Haitians. But the blessing of that tent for me was that our group was able to spend a lot of time together with no radio, no television, no computers, just six of us sitting in a room staring at each other. We talked and we laughed. It made it so much easier to get to know the guys. That in itself was a huge blessing for me. Each one of those guys has a heart of gold and it was great bonding with them. It is after all the relationships we build in life that matter.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I was blessed by the people of Haiti. A couple of evenings ago and older gentleman, Daniel, sat down with me and we were able to spend some time just getting to know each other. I had met Daniel before and had seen him speak and knew he was a man of God. Daniel lived over 2 1/2 hours away from the love of a child village. Quite a commute for anybody. His first wife had died and he had since remarried and cared for six children. What struck me about him is he always had a grin from ear to ear. Every time I spoke with him he would tell me that this is the day God has given us And to be thankful for it. I am certain Daniel has little to nothing of material things. Yet he was joyful every day and thankful that he had been saved. Daniel is an inspiration to me. I was truly blessed to have met him.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I think we were all blessed by the children we met in Haiti. I'm confident that each one of us has spent a fair amount of time thinking about their plight. They are precious children of God and I know we all pray for them, their well-being, and their salvation. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I could go on and on but I think you get the point. We have been blessed by builders without Borders. They have made all this possible. I know we hope that the project we completed gets put to great use and that the Haitians find value in it. But I have a sneaking suspicion that we are the ones That received a great gift.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> It is an honor and a privilege to call each of you brother. To builders and Mr. Peter Fenger, thank you for everything. Thank you so much for your work and all of your effort to make this trip a great success. Until next time</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charles<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7b_PxJ0AUFXkmSB4ABy419UK57BTBu2NtLwnWpn3OnqXd5Rzo4dTQeD6n2s4eXme-uwFhi1KRLyYCaiz1VsrQVNBj2I8DWCP_sAj4j3LHtAOq8H560j2qBXaxu2d-mJoJ2CmHNBV7mY/s640/blogger-image--540571869.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7b_PxJ0AUFXkmSB4ABy419UK57BTBu2NtLwnWpn3OnqXd5Rzo4dTQeD6n2s4eXme-uwFhi1KRLyYCaiz1VsrQVNBj2I8DWCP_sAj4j3LHtAOq8H560j2qBXaxu2d-mJoJ2CmHNBV7mY/s640/blogger-image--540571869.jpg"></a></div></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-85032138734792923132014-04-04T19:03:00.001-07:002014-04-04T19:03:32.084-07:00Haiti trip<span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXRf3msnuJCSIxhAp2VdWfsZNO2atyOPjIEyMZIsNqCuUOE3xNeBjEnR8B2XPeTumzGWO9azZg4p6x3ysLsyE2S6NMolCW1G4ISCORoIs6FRuU-iMOcQUCjz10ff5i7fXkEyfKrEJlLk/s640/blogger-image--260630139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXRf3msnuJCSIxhAp2VdWfsZNO2atyOPjIEyMZIsNqCuUOE3xNeBjEnR8B2XPeTumzGWO9azZg4p6x3ysLsyE2S6NMolCW1G4ISCORoIs6FRuU-iMOcQUCjz10ff5i7fXkEyfKrEJlLk/s640/blogger-image--260630139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQWvEFnXBobKUB3LHeGjBLx_c0E0pbjFIy2UU0peSXi7BNCAUbFZeJ3OcMGAkOBTR__9Q2jNPD1DduUOCfqixUAuId5ZzxNh5p7IxXT2p3ij7AGSYcVVEf5hPddZUYYQEpGIrEafgfPc/s640/blogger-image--587378058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQWvEFnXBobKUB3LHeGjBLx_c0E0pbjFIy2UU0peSXi7BNCAUbFZeJ3OcMGAkOBTR__9Q2jNPD1DduUOCfqixUAuId5ZzxNh5p7IxXT2p3ij7AGSYcVVEf5hPddZUYYQEpGIrEafgfPc/s640/blogger-image--587378058.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXRf3msnuJCSIxhAp2VdWfsZNO2atyOPjIEyMZIsNqCuUOE3xNeBjEnR8B2XPeTumzGWO9azZg4p6x3ysLsyE2S6NMolCW1G4ISCORoIs6FRuU-iMOcQUCjz10ff5i7fXkEyfKrEJlLk/s640/blogger-image--260630139.jpg"></div>Day 7</span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Day seven. Or is it day 8? </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> I have to admit it is difficult to keep it straight. Either way it was a great day. We had breakfast together as a team after a good night in the tent </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Our generator was operating at the job site so we were able to bust out a lot of work. Windows, walls, lots of great stuff to finish up the job. Warren would have been proud. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We finished up early to midafternoon and came back to the village to rest for a while and the tent. I keep saying tent but it's really more like a good-sized air-conditioned shelter. But we were able to squeeze in a tour of their medical facilities. Very impressive. All told They see over 50,000 patients and handle over 24,000 appointments per year. We had a long discussion with the nurse in charge and she explained to us all the primary medical conditions the Haitians deal with on a regular basis.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We shared a lot of good stories and good laughs about the entire trip. Then it was off to the oasis for a little relaxation with some new friends, David and his family from Delray Florida.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As usual Carlos took care of us this evening. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are heading back to the tent so we can rest up for an early morning departure out of Port-au-Prince. If we get delayed we plan on touring the parts of the city that are safe. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We came, we constructed, we bonded, and we grew in ourselves, in each other, and in Christ. We have so much to be thankful for. I think each one of us will forever remember the extreme conditions. Reggie showed up. Saying hi. Signing off</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charles<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9SlJKBX2cFkWkKtPS0VR3wUAyiDNn3-cyUkUBR_F1hKCARUx1vwfVU0JgvEyX10orDQ5fkJ7a48i2Yl-nRxbF956IxnKqLDCLEuSedXvkXagMLWXk7nzheku_MW3_fDLwwhHO9drLiE/s640/blogger-image--95338068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9SlJKBX2cFkWkKtPS0VR3wUAyiDNn3-cyUkUBR_F1hKCARUx1vwfVU0JgvEyX10orDQ5fkJ7a48i2Yl-nRxbF956IxnKqLDCLEuSedXvkXagMLWXk7nzheku_MW3_fDLwwhHO9drLiE/s640/blogger-image--95338068.jpg"></a></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-35923181498742867282014-04-04T04:23:00.001-07:002014-04-04T04:23:20.212-07:00Haiti trip<span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Day 6</span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today started with a meeting with Mark the project manager to discuss additional work at the agricultural training center. Since we were somewhat ahead of schedule they needed walls For an office and additional windows and doors for the house. Of course since Warren and Peter have a construction knowledge they are the ones who discussed all the details. We got all the tools loaded into trucks as well as some lumber from Love a child.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At the job site Wade, Bill, Jim, and I finished up soffit on the house while Warren and Peter worked on the windows. We were able to knock all of that stuff out relatively quickly. But then things came to a grinding halt because we could not get the generator to start. Like Peter said, you can have all the tools in the world but if you don't have any power it doesn't do you much good.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After lunch we went back to the site and didn't have any luck starting the generator. To make matters worse it caught fire. But we were unsuccessful and running any of the drills and equipment off the flames coming from the generator. After the Haitians put the fire out with dirt we knew we were going to be very limited in the amount of work we could get done. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bill had a interesting experience using the torch to cut holes for windows and doors in a cargo container for the ATC. One of his tanks caught fire twice. After the second Fire it was decided that it would be smartest to quit until we could get a wrench to tighten the valve on one of his tanks. Jim, Wade, and I watched from some distance and were very happy Bill was not sent into orbit. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While we had downtime Warren and Jim, not ones to sit on their hands, fabricated a fender for one of the Haitians motorcycles. Not bad for an after market accessory. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Truly the highlight of the day was a service we all went to last night over at the orphanage. The kids were absolutely beautiful. They sang songs and worshiped and showed tremendous amount of joy. Amazing Grace was as moving and powerful as I have ever heard. Peter is posting a video of itThe people running the orphanage and caring for these kids do God's work, there's just no other way of thinking about it. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The skies opened up as we were finishing at the orphanage and we ran back to our tent through a torrential downpour. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Warren left around five this morning back to the states. The rest of us leave tomorrow. The plan is to get to Port-au-Prince and see much of that city before heading to the airport. In the meantime, if we can get a generator to work today we have a lot of other things to finish at the site under the wise and steady leadership of the one and only Mr. Peter Fenger. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Please forgive any voice text errors.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charles<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3vvXAfi2GK7tRt9HeGr9Cl7XWibtQIjA21077xM47tmgfXxnYsR7HQo5tQ_sKL1QwsUI_IDiNL3HkGgIoWg56iMn6qfcoJxZWw0Vz0L9MfJavSpoPx6GR9KZ-VzRTUd64ZOdc7rqX2o/s640/blogger-image-662342800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3vvXAfi2GK7tRt9HeGr9Cl7XWibtQIjA21077xM47tmgfXxnYsR7HQo5tQ_sKL1QwsUI_IDiNL3HkGgIoWg56iMn6qfcoJxZWw0Vz0L9MfJavSpoPx6GR9KZ-VzRTUd64ZOdc7rqX2o/s640/blogger-image-662342800.jpg"></a></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-18102290841747332722014-04-02T17:27:00.001-07:002014-04-02T17:27:19.138-07:00Haiti trip<span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiSaFqgXp7AUfd7_5oYofZx1U4yp0nHd5QnONb-zPP5TsMI5ah7Pv91MIOHggRVkzH1vbk92okcCFmdOODnsN64DAQBtaw7fZwJ8Y1mvEoq9ynHtr_4OfhUgGw07qupLO3GaWZ-E_C8M/s640/blogger-image-1537513722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiSaFqgXp7AUfd7_5oYofZx1U4yp0nHd5QnONb-zPP5TsMI5ah7Pv91MIOHggRVkzH1vbk92okcCFmdOODnsN64DAQBtaw7fZwJ8Y1mvEoq9ynHtr_4OfhUgGw07qupLO3GaWZ-E_C8M/s640/blogger-image-1537513722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv2qK5eLyaAQjFVuMy-qvSFmLtYQYTlg4kaKNOtwQQH5XnVlKgu-mbq8uPv-WvvcjZnFHpubT97WwedEuLcrdEfrlwbAUoa47f1bekWYyEWw-FXs3Fnwg71taJTbs-eJMoGdQqTEooyQ/s640/blogger-image--1767747377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv2qK5eLyaAQjFVuMy-qvSFmLtYQYTlg4kaKNOtwQQH5XnVlKgu-mbq8uPv-WvvcjZnFHpubT97WwedEuLcrdEfrlwbAUoa47f1bekWYyEWw-FXs3Fnwg71taJTbs-eJMoGdQqTEooyQ/s640/blogger-image--1767747377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYkogUfrtYtpsdVQgHmQeV87ONTlCLQQ4UWi_Ig5uZntX_sUOYsN38jTXS6LXUSGyjeNMFnwhn4awgfTSkEhbMq_DuIDUwFBH_vgyXfQPcwbWMvQJHO8C80KcW45pxu-Mc-uGekJQbgM/s640/blogger-image-593726764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYkogUfrtYtpsdVQgHmQeV87ONTlCLQQ4UWi_Ig5uZntX_sUOYsN38jTXS6LXUSGyjeNMFnwhn4awgfTSkEhbMq_DuIDUwFBH_vgyXfQPcwbWMvQJHO8C80KcW45pxu-Mc-uGekJQbgM/s640/blogger-image-593726764.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv2qK5eLyaAQjFVuMy-qvSFmLtYQYTlg4kaKNOtwQQH5XnVlKgu-mbq8uPv-WvvcjZnFHpubT97WwedEuLcrdEfrlwbAUoa47f1bekWYyEWw-FXs3Fnwg71taJTbs-eJMoGdQqTEooyQ/s640/blogger-image--1767747377.jpg"></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiSaFqgXp7AUfd7_5oYofZx1U4yp0nHd5QnONb-zPP5TsMI5ah7Pv91MIOHggRVkzH1vbk92okcCFmdOODnsN64DAQBtaw7fZwJ8Y1mvEoq9ynHtr_4OfhUgGw07qupLO3GaWZ-E_C8M/s640/blogger-image-1537513722.jpg"></div>Day 5</span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today we were not on the project. We took to the different trips with love a child to distribute food. Love a child receives a great deal of food from the organization "feed our starving children". Feed our starving children has a few people here from around the US and we accompany them on both distribution runs.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">First trip was about an hour into the mountainous area. Traveled to a small village where family members from 150 families walk from miles and miles to come collect their box with 216 meals. Much of the terrain called for four drive. It was rocky and rough. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We will see the villagers were holding school for kids, at least 100 of them of all ages. It was amazing to see them all dressed in uniform place with no bathrooms and no running water. At best most of them live in nothing but tin shacks. The children were beautiful and clearly hungry. We stayed until they finished eating their first meal and then we headed out. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The second truck was back toward Port-au-Prince and then due north. At the village we arrived at 300 boxes, each with 216 meals, were distributed. The Haitians were so excited they broke down the doors of the church to get inside where Bobby and the representative from feed our starving children spoke briefly to the group before handing out the food. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We arrived back at love a child just prior to a downpour. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charles<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9srDElg-3Gt8oPpRPgTlQVlT6ES2k5GEuCUwnHrgXwF9grwMmCzreN5qk4whKMBs_wmJfx7wJSrp7ebJ3DZaoPt8am45ssPbCOdjULStznuYF5qBvfM6BKo2tj-JuNRe-4qPPrvFYwHY/s640/blogger-image-1525241773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9srDElg-3Gt8oPpRPgTlQVlT6ES2k5GEuCUwnHrgXwF9grwMmCzreN5qk4whKMBs_wmJfx7wJSrp7ebJ3DZaoPt8am45ssPbCOdjULStznuYF5qBvfM6BKo2tj-JuNRe-4qPPrvFYwHY/s640/blogger-image-1525241773.jpg"></a></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-88185762783634687032014-04-02T04:26:00.001-07:002014-04-02T04:26:08.858-07:00Haiti trip<span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Pid6Bvy4Hd5e9kZi5hILyXbAoetqyTc7KCu6BXEuqHnjuCYC5cTG8HkNWsDLsaUiP7d2Kw1ZPDWHViyU1C1LC3qeaXeGlQZvwuCx_j5soRgz6d1vHO1bt4dBfCwhJB1AADqYpoc908I/s640/blogger-image-250198319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Pid6Bvy4Hd5e9kZi5hILyXbAoetqyTc7KCu6BXEuqHnjuCYC5cTG8HkNWsDLsaUiP7d2Kw1ZPDWHViyU1C1LC3qeaXeGlQZvwuCx_j5soRgz6d1vHO1bt4dBfCwhJB1AADqYpoc908I/s640/blogger-image-250198319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqyZ8yOm_ws4P1hXuZA-WWocZCy9uSWzA4F0PkJEA4oprs7UL9zZFrYnNteYmm7Br4kGROqXn7Ndaut97Q6lnvvO9o1VJq3G1RiZ4esnznaKpmYUqGQD6_GTAoKzkBBi444_lViDE3cY/s640/blogger-image--1751665787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqyZ8yOm_ws4P1hXuZA-WWocZCy9uSWzA4F0PkJEA4oprs7UL9zZFrYnNteYmm7Br4kGROqXn7Ndaut97Q6lnvvO9o1VJq3G1RiZ4esnznaKpmYUqGQD6_GTAoKzkBBi444_lViDE3cY/s640/blogger-image--1751665787.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Pid6Bvy4Hd5e9kZi5hILyXbAoetqyTc7KCu6BXEuqHnjuCYC5cTG8HkNWsDLsaUiP7d2Kw1ZPDWHViyU1C1LC3qeaXeGlQZvwuCx_j5soRgz6d1vHO1bt4dBfCwhJB1AADqYpoc908I/s640/blogger-image-250198319.jpg"></div>Day 4</span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The job is about done. Just a few hours left. Overall things went very smoothly but an occasional breeze would make putting the insulation down a bit of a chore. Before we get back to the job we are heading for the mountains . </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We Knocked off early from the job site to try out some local Haitian food just a couple miles from our main camp. It looked like the owner is trying to make a go of it as a hotel at some point, but it will be very difficult at least by our standards as there is no indoor plumbing. Hopefully Peter will post a picture of his fish, it was a sight to behold. The picture on the website of palms in the water is taken from the location of this restaurant.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The trip to the mountains will be for food distribution to some incredibly poor villages that have little to nothing. Sun is coming up and it looks like it's going to be another hot one. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charles<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKYBHuD4sFA8o0OTOsw8tTKVuTw6O1eUMtp4Q5pIJQ3zFe4mfgLKhgsoC9jEeSWR8DmM7wJkE3-wm2Zkuh-yMT6Ox09IuNV3nhLPjh-IfSnbEfVW3GtJeebW4_RpoWwqJFGyf1Dm0KUA/s640/blogger-image--1219611968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKYBHuD4sFA8o0OTOsw8tTKVuTw6O1eUMtp4Q5pIJQ3zFe4mfgLKhgsoC9jEeSWR8DmM7wJkE3-wm2Zkuh-yMT6Ox09IuNV3nhLPjh-IfSnbEfVW3GtJeebW4_RpoWwqJFGyf1Dm0KUA/s640/blogger-image--1219611968.jpg"></a></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-4831636367918025142014-04-01T00:15:00.001-07:002014-04-01T00:15:15.017-07:00BWB in Haiti<span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFKrPhqUUkvzAzSQeSfGpp2S0Hus71yfX9UiddgjkLlx6sD0udBqztKuODT8gQMwWpK3dLMAgtOXRg1tCoPZInhR01XwUgTuhkp7_kHRuLv45bLt2nrBeNVahERwVetK8tmj-9ZH4sJw/s640/blogger-image--832388937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFKrPhqUUkvzAzSQeSfGpp2S0Hus71yfX9UiddgjkLlx6sD0udBqztKuODT8gQMwWpK3dLMAgtOXRg1tCoPZInhR01XwUgTuhkp7_kHRuLv45bLt2nrBeNVahERwVetK8tmj-9ZH4sJw/s640/blogger-image--832388937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrldT5TaOCTjqv9pADzAgPjMLEam9Te-EyM1Ft1SKQisFo_fh0o091Cjs0p5ULuWsY-Vg459acKB80cbVKgevcbs_j9bmRDSaDhJlobe7x9H3un7bbgoBUbfQJx5OOulmIzCRwYIWtpfk/s640/blogger-image--1871067054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrldT5TaOCTjqv9pADzAgPjMLEam9Te-EyM1Ft1SKQisFo_fh0o091Cjs0p5ULuWsY-Vg459acKB80cbVKgevcbs_j9bmRDSaDhJlobe7x9H3un7bbgoBUbfQJx5OOulmIzCRwYIWtpfk/s640/blogger-image--1871067054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpRbiR73czBe6cXO0_xs2fr8A2SPRXKT_UcdsGWT-c5X4kBij41IhHz7zM1K3_OlQBjNY1MYj2cjbkYoGuXMcyybEb0-yOcFjpEHrCUgsncXJ7d2KxYEnj2XN0xyN2CeCDvvZq0aOmHI/s640/blogger-image--468901049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpRbiR73czBe6cXO0_xs2fr8A2SPRXKT_UcdsGWT-c5X4kBij41IhHz7zM1K3_OlQBjNY1MYj2cjbkYoGuXMcyybEb0-yOcFjpEHrCUgsncXJ7d2KxYEnj2XN0xyN2CeCDvvZq0aOmHI/s640/blogger-image--468901049.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrldT5TaOCTjqv9pADzAgPjMLEam9Te-EyM1Ft1SKQisFo_fh0o091Cjs0p5ULuWsY-Vg459acKB80cbVKgevcbs_j9bmRDSaDhJlobe7x9H3un7bbgoBUbfQJx5OOulmIzCRwYIWtpfk/s640/blogger-image--1871067054.jpg"></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFKrPhqUUkvzAzSQeSfGpp2S0Hus71yfX9UiddgjkLlx6sD0udBqztKuODT8gQMwWpK3dLMAgtOXRg1tCoPZInhR01XwUgTuhkp7_kHRuLv45bLt2nrBeNVahERwVetK8tmj-9ZH4sJw/s640/blogger-image--832388937.jpg"></div>Day 3</span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well as it turns out Haiti is very similar to Rwanda. At least as far as the work ethic Warren and Peter bring to the job site. Today was the day we got down to brass tacks.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After a downpour last night we got together for breakfast <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">at 6:30 AM</a>. Speaking of the downpour we did manage to stay fairly dry although we had small puddle near the front door of the tent. As I write this rains have started again. Talk about relief. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Scott started us off with a devotional before our meal. It's always a great way to be inspired and start the days work. After a great breakfast of oatmeal and hot dogs, yes I said hot dogs, we loaded into the Pinzgauer 6 Wheel Drive vehicle and headed out. As a total aside for those of you that have not tried it, hot dogs do go pretty well with oatmeal. I am sure Warren squeezed in a peanut butter pita in there at some point. It looks like he survives on peanut butter. Without a doubt he loves the stuff. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Haitian men who helped us out made several trips back-and-forth from the village to the job site, bringing all the trusses and some of the hardware that we needed. We got off to a bit of a slow start because our first generator had a dead battery. But eventually we got it replaced with a semi functioning generator, at least enough to power couple of drills. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The morning went great over all and we were brought back to the village for lunch. The afternoon was a introduction to the Haitian heat. The good news is we don't think it ever got over 130°. Okay, I exaggerate, but we were all on the verge of getting overheated. Jim did need to catch the ride on the back of a small motorcycle with one of the Haitians to come back to the village to put on some clothing to protect him from the sun. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Even in the oppressive heat we were able to knock out an incredible amount of work today. By the time we called it quits for the day all the trusses were up and the roof frame was on the house. The C channel is going on and we will start with that in the morning. We ended today with some cold refreshments by the lake which has a spectacular view. It is really a beautiful place to take the day in and relax out of the sun for a little while before heading back to the village. ( Love A Child Village). Scott and Emily have to leave on Wednesday so I think we're going to call it quits around <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">4 o'clock tomorrow</a> to grab a quick bite to eat with them. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One overriding thought for all of us as we worked on this project is the the great need the Haitians have for this agricultural training center. We pray they put it to use. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Time to walk back to the tent, looks like I'll have to dodge a bunch of raindrops! As always please forgive the voice dictation errors</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charles<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiXV9ca6mVTCw9IjlkVB09FKivCMCo6D4mjG8KON3GqNZc00wOJc5ZaqC2pKXL35riaLhVBCG16YnLzGMqacFlCe_w31pwilqBN1iMpdcp5OxYYSZnvidISop9BGYHG286wvevb7PinQ/s640/blogger-image-127314835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiXV9ca6mVTCw9IjlkVB09FKivCMCo6D4mjG8KON3GqNZc00wOJc5ZaqC2pKXL35riaLhVBCG16YnLzGMqacFlCe_w31pwilqBN1iMpdcp5OxYYSZnvidISop9BGYHG286wvevb7PinQ/s640/blogger-image-127314835.jpg"></a></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-85144532618427409192014-03-31T15:48:00.001-07:002014-03-31T15:48:01.288-07:00How BWB started up many years ago.<h1 class="title" style="font: -apple-system-headline; font-weight: normal; -webkit-hyphens: manual; max-width: 100%;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNqravC66Yen0oH0CLmk9xodCIXYYPNYykpJwq0g2C1sqxyLJE40C1ZLfovDMM_Uj9ZdmUXt5pXHdg0vhMYFKgV2gHf9dkOfYdpWWjFw4tXU88KCMhlfm5QtHd0ZVt9qGJYfXifeO5vM/s640/blogger-image--1745656878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNqravC66Yen0oH0CLmk9xodCIXYYPNYykpJwq0g2C1sqxyLJE40C1ZLfovDMM_Uj9ZdmUXt5pXHdg0vhMYFKgV2gHf9dkOfYdpWWjFw4tXU88KCMhlfm5QtHd0ZVt9qGJYfXifeO5vM/s640/blogger-image--1745656878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiOkuaO8_gHak-j3kYPjKTnM5Ctd4cbILnRWWnVLIB2gEfbKDJdkWFXhhr76hIGorMi61w2jvFFLDOAGIASSyUMs9yHqQrWUcRgV6rBeasbYtCCXy090pfDCDytf_7XWvTt1ZRHH7JXo/s640/blogger-image--1594805768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiOkuaO8_gHak-j3kYPjKTnM5Ctd4cbILnRWWnVLIB2gEfbKDJdkWFXhhr76hIGorMi61w2jvFFLDOAGIASSyUMs9yHqQrWUcRgV6rBeasbYtCCXy090pfDCDytf_7XWvTt1ZRHH7JXo/s640/blogger-image--1594805768.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNqravC66Yen0oH0CLmk9xodCIXYYPNYykpJwq0g2C1sqxyLJE40C1ZLfovDMM_Uj9ZdmUXt5pXHdg0vhMYFKgV2gHf9dkOfYdpWWjFw4tXU88KCMhlfm5QtHd0ZVt9qGJYfXifeO5vM/s640/blogger-image--1745656878.jpg"></div>Builders Without Borders: Southwest Floridians making a difference a world away</span></font></h1><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>Dan Dodrill is a builder who goes way beyond the borders of Southwest Florida. He’s a builder who has no border at all. As a founder and president of Builders Without Borders, Dodrill heads up teams of local builders and residents who journey to Africa to build schools for children who desperately need a safe, clean place to learn.</span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>It all began more than a decade ago when Dodrill, president of Daniel Wayne Homes, met Jean Baptiste, the national director of Rwanda Youth for Christ.<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>“He had a contract to purchase 1,500 acres, but had no money. It was kind of a daunting thing. He needed about $150,000. He felt that to help the country he needed to establish education. To prevent future genocides, he needed to start with the children.”<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>Baptiste had been in Colorado attending a general assembly. When Dodrill heard this story he had Baptiste fly to Florida to see how he could help.<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>“I probably could have given him $500, but he was in a country that needed help, so we donated money personally and we shared him around, and in two weeks he left and had the whole $150,000,” Dodrill said.<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>Dodrill thought that was the end of the Rwanda relationship. But he was wrong.<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>“A year later he closed on the property and I got a call from Jean and he needed money to build on the property. Jean asked if I would come over and build. My first response was ‘absolutely not.’”<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>Dodrill spent about nine months trying to get out of helping any further. Then he decided a little long-distance help would suffice.<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>“In Wauchula we found steel products. We thought we would send a building kit to Rwanda. But that did not work because they needed someone to show them how to do it. He (Baptiste) said, ‘That won't work, we don’t have any skilled people.’ We could not just send over a kit with instructions.”<span style="max-width: 100%;"></span></span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="max-width: 100%;"></span>That was the turning point in Dodrill’s volunteering. He realized for a school to materialize, he had to make it happen. Dodrill helped raise $100,000 for materials for the first building. Then he rounded up volunteers and in 2003 headed over to Kigali, Rwanda to help build a 7,000-square-foot multipurpose building. Locals poured the slabs before he arrived. Volunteers came over in two one-week shifts. The project was complete in about two weeks.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsp2SH4Cyb7p7m0Ifsnrmosl0JI0ywmOeAZZMftPgFBtNRC_2bywA6mReURrf-tBzIC-TeQwz6DTxHKeX9OtKpToiwkDKiYMd1NfOkiMhSMv8sHw-wQxhTLC39AgvN1AIyZ_tTj1PyVCA/s640/blogger-image--1819889443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsp2SH4Cyb7p7m0Ifsnrmosl0JI0ywmOeAZZMftPgFBtNRC_2bywA6mReURrf-tBzIC-TeQwz6DTxHKeX9OtKpToiwkDKiYMd1NfOkiMhSMv8sHw-wQxhTLC39AgvN1AIyZ_tTj1PyVCA/s640/blogger-image--1819889443.jpg"></a></div><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-48356274036925954702014-03-31T03:33:00.001-07:002014-03-31T03:33:15.495-07:00Haiti trip<div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcffWx0QhtkX2LTG4sk1ZkBsUGpKziISwPeoSASEYlm-KRPQO-BGj22xussxzc_BkkNqDHVhgrvzbcKjcR6CtwxqskpzeYEVhtnRNmtulRsEBJkp9wVSG7WCXTwnQ_1QwxU1ZcASBWIGM/s640/blogger-image--1531593420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcffWx0QhtkX2LTG4sk1ZkBsUGpKziISwPeoSASEYlm-KRPQO-BGj22xussxzc_BkkNqDHVhgrvzbcKjcR6CtwxqskpzeYEVhtnRNmtulRsEBJkp9wVSG7WCXTwnQ_1QwxU1ZcASBWIGM/s640/blogger-image--1531593420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcy_nKM66eZZ2n6_ZUSRtzHMME5W-A8JNL-gyeE_CnEuB0VTet-U-Mb8KCAnmUyeM26tPCge7vKFIc0yV_as1SEPOiTXQdPK6GoIZzPwd5TxjXrhLVv8dz-dngMhcSajD-O0WJSX8AO9c/s640/blogger-image-1717525002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcy_nKM66eZZ2n6_ZUSRtzHMME5W-A8JNL-gyeE_CnEuB0VTet-U-Mb8KCAnmUyeM26tPCge7vKFIc0yV_as1SEPOiTXQdPK6GoIZzPwd5TxjXrhLVv8dz-dngMhcSajD-O0WJSX8AO9c/s640/blogger-image-1717525002.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcffWx0QhtkX2LTG4sk1ZkBsUGpKziISwPeoSASEYlm-KRPQO-BGj22xussxzc_BkkNqDHVhgrvzbcKjcR6CtwxqskpzeYEVhtnRNmtulRsEBJkp9wVSG7WCXTwnQ_1QwxU1ZcASBWIGM/s640/blogger-image--1531593420.jpg"></div>Day 2</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Voodoo Spirits. Papa Doc cast his spell through the artful use of voodoo, which in effect is Haiti's national religion. Duvalier affected the staring gaze, whispered speech and hyperslow movements recognized by Haitians as signs that a person is close to the voodoo spirits. He solicited the allegiance of voo doo priests in the countryside, often bringing them to Port-au-Prince for a presidential audience, and he encouraged rumors that he possessed supernatural powers. "My enemies cannot get me!" he used to exult to his followers. "I am already an immaterial being."</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">François Duvalier (14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, was the President of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He opposed a military coup d'état in 1950, and was elected president in 1957 on a populist and black nationalist platform. His rule, based on a purged military, a rural militia known as the Tonton Macoute and the use of a personality cult and voodoo, resulted in the murder of an estimated 30,000 Haitians and the exile of many more. Ruling as President for Life from 1964 until his death in 1971, Duvalier was initially known for successfully fighting diseases, gaining him the nickname 'Papa Doc' ("Daddy Doc[tor]" in French). </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Day 2</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What a day. I really don't know where to start so maybe the beginning is best. Been about 18 hours since my last blog. We all thought last night would be relatively uneventful and for the most part it was. But I must say I felt really bad for the guys from Florida. Because even Wade and I froze last night with the superpowered air-conditioning unit freezing up the inside of our tent. I don't know that any of us expected to see a snowstorm in Haiti but it around <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5">3 AM</a> nine of us would not have been surprised to see snowflakes coming down inside the tent. All of us at one point or another had to make trips outside the tent to the facilities. Each of us commented on the security guard that spent the entire night outside of our tent. Haiti isn't the safest place and love a child goes to great lengths to make sure we are all safe. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bill made sure we had early-morning beef jerky snacks before breakfast. So much for losing weight on this trip. Breakfast was great, pancakes and coffee. It really doesn't get much better than that. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Because it was Sunday none of the Haitians work and we had the day off. We knew we were going to go to church down at miracle village, the community and church built by love a child. The residents of miracle village are earthquake victims that have been relocated by love a child. The earthquake demolished over 250,000 residences in the Port-au-Prince area. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While we were eating breakfast Sherry, with love a child, introduced us to a former witch doctor. Quite a fascinating story. He once worked with and was consulted by François Duvalier (14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. He was the President of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. His rule, based on a purged military, a rural militia known as the Tonton Macoute and the use of a personality cult and voodoo, resulted in the murder of an estimated 30,000 Haitians. A desperate horrible time without a doubt </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The witch doctor,whose name escapes me, was converted to Christianity and is now an evangelist. His stories, through an interpreter, where pretty amazing to say the least. After we talked with him for a while we all piled in the vehicles and drove to the church service. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I think what struck everyone was the great joy expressed by those that are in such despair. The service was great, but in Creole, which a couple of us had some difficulty understanding. Haha. The former witch doctor, now an evangelist did give a sermon toward the end which was translated for us. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since we had Sunday off we wanted to see some of the surrounding areas so Carlos, one of love the child's terrific employees, took us around in a <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7">6 Wheel Dr.</a>, German made vehicle. It was like riding a mountain goat, it could climb straight up hillsides. Yes the flatlanders from Florida were a little bit afraid, and Wade and I needed to calm them assuring them that any American-made four-wheel-drive vehicle would be able to accomplish the same feat. I think the poor guys from Florida are still shaking. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We ended up at a village that for most or all of us represented the greatest poverty we have ever seen. Truly these people lived in mud and stick 6 x 6 shacks . A couple of dozen kids ran to meet us, All dirty, many unclothed, and all clearly hungry. We did not have food to give them, but handed out would toy cars that Fuzz and his group donated for the trip. All of these people were clearly in great need . </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After the stop at this village Carlos drove us to Fonds-Parisean. Yes I am sure I messed up that spelling. All of us had a chance to relax for a little while and have a cold refreshment. Jim and I talked a lot about what it would take to get Haiti on the road to recovery and prosperity. Peter, shared his heart for others all across the world. He is truly driven to help humankind whenever and wherever he possibly can Scott, Wade, Warren, Carlos, Emily, and Bill didn't sit near me so you'll have to ask them what they talked about. I know we all thought a lot about what we witnessed. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Before dinner we wrapped things up with a visit to the love a child orphanage. Beautiful children everywhere. And really a spectacular orphanage. Love a child has just done an incredible job for these kids. After our visit to the village earlier today, the orphanage really raise our spirits to see all the love that was being poured out on these kids. They were playing and loving on us as much as possible. I know we all wanted to stay and just love on them. I have to tell you the hugs I got will stay with me for a very, very long time. God bless all of those babies.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pardon the voice dictation errors.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charles<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXnHYNNMhPcaBHwdjGtuBd68Xsu-VSoNxL8Bdd5BWEK_QUC9zwgKoWCZO_v3EQxZUfe_B3Lo7Ud2kLYjonXzP2sFWybPsBle0HvX82_Vh2SJJRZcw1voWP0fbHQF7cPEV0D8xHL4jU30/s640/blogger-image--1607871885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXnHYNNMhPcaBHwdjGtuBd68Xsu-VSoNxL8Bdd5BWEK_QUC9zwgKoWCZO_v3EQxZUfe_B3Lo7Ud2kLYjonXzP2sFWybPsBle0HvX82_Vh2SJJRZcw1voWP0fbHQF7cPEV0D8xHL4jU30/s640/blogger-image--1607871885.jpg"></a></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-75320087890507861472014-03-29T17:00:00.001-07:002014-03-29T17:00:46.599-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zrjoayKMSl20fUapytLeqAT6TnoRzxlku7v9qNTl0KLCIZYT3J1xh9Sp4cuLPbV08857g4hsQGu-fcFx15CW-RLHYFLQcLSOAhUJMaPfXkrZcQGKHaFMGzNJ6PE5QIJkRuvUMcB9ox0/s640/blogger-image-846688339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zrjoayKMSl20fUapytLeqAT6TnoRzxlku7v9qNTl0KLCIZYT3J1xh9Sp4cuLPbV08857g4hsQGu-fcFx15CW-RLHYFLQcLSOAhUJMaPfXkrZcQGKHaFMGzNJ6PE5QIJkRuvUMcB9ox0/s640/blogger-image-846688339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMnqjHdOSZWi7Cm9e5QEXy6GljwQEPwmeij-8YiRurLf-2y33du_l00-44qtNhsvktTuNRh8U5_rOx26ojUtB5y1wRtSnNILEZEYewUuQZr_pv0BHAUwv2O-qLHcvHhHQRBwcoemDhro/s640/blogger-image--1203866136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMnqjHdOSZWi7Cm9e5QEXy6GljwQEPwmeij-8YiRurLf-2y33du_l00-44qtNhsvktTuNRh8U5_rOx26ojUtB5y1wRtSnNILEZEYewUuQZr_pv0BHAUwv2O-qLHcvHhHQRBwcoemDhro/s640/blogger-image--1203866136.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zrjoayKMSl20fUapytLeqAT6TnoRzxlku7v9qNTl0KLCIZYT3J1xh9Sp4cuLPbV08857g4hsQGu-fcFx15CW-RLHYFLQcLSOAhUJMaPfXkrZcQGKHaFMGzNJ6PE5QIJkRuvUMcB9ox0/s640/blogger-image-846688339.jpg"></div>Builders without Borders blog</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8P6CPCq6IJMOr8ZdoVdh7U7q8sFWnWMjF3dWoURSp7Gb0lldGY9ZP9PjfsdSad2GBqm3iiXd6esg6FdGxCu4G7CD_KkT8tKWQi9FD7H2lRL_G9iiPWdPY1YkRQx6ukUNmFv9QA9yfXRc/s640/blogger-image-2002580413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8P6CPCq6IJMOr8ZdoVdh7U7q8sFWnWMjF3dWoURSp7Gb0lldGY9ZP9PjfsdSad2GBqm3iiXd6esg6FdGxCu4G7CD_KkT8tKWQi9FD7H2lRL_G9iiPWdPY1YkRQx6ukUNmFv9QA9yfXRc/s640/blogger-image-2002580413.jpg"></a></div><br></b></span><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Haiti trip </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Day one. Wade and I were up <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">at 1:15 AM</a> Denver time to meet the guys out front of the hotel in Fort Lauderdale to drive to the airport for our <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">6 AM</a> flight. The flight to Port-au-Prince was uneventful and I know Wade and I tried to get some shut eye. Peter looked wide-awake and ready to go as usual. He is definitely the energizer bunny in disguise.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A couple of gentleman from love a child met us at the airport and shepherded us out to a truck for the 45 minute drive to love a child village. Bill thought the truck looked more like something to transport prisoners. We were literally in a cage in the back of a flatbed. It actually worked pretty well for us. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Everybody took in the sites and there were plenty on the bumpy drive. Scott and Warren we're definitely unfazed by the significant poverty we witnessed, surely as a result of their many trips for builders without Borders . Jim made some comparisons to his mission trip to El Salvador but I think was struck by the lack of infrastructure that surrounded us.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Once we arrived at the love a child village we were shown our accommodations. We are all in military style tents. And while that may sound rustic they are actually quite nice and even air-conditioned. The trailer is 50 yards from Martin serves as a bathroom and shower and actually does a very nice job of it. </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Warren and Peter whipped us into shape pretty quickly after our arrival and we begun to unload the shipping container . We were all somewhat surprised about how little material there was for this project, certainly in comparison to our last adventure to Rwanda in September 2013. <br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We got all of the trusses built and roofing beams put together which should be installed sometime <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">tomorrow afternoon</a> and Monday.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">Breakfast at 8 AM tomorrow</a> followed by church, and then probably some lunch. We will get a slow start tomorrow but I think everyone is looking forward to the service and enjoying it with the Haitians. As always please forgive any voice dictation errors. </span></font></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419446800143538691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443731981178765098.post-46179529980460441242014-03-23T17:55:00.001-07:002014-03-23T17:55:41.022-07:00Next trip to Rwanda is January 2015<center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="backgroundTable" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templatePreheader"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="preheaderContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div></div></td><td valign="top" width="190" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Is this email not displaying correctly?<br><a href="http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f&id=cfcfac6f34&e=5b00656151" target="_blank">View it in your browser</a>.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateContainer" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateHeader" style="border-bottom-width: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td class="headerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://builderswithoutborders.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f&id=3a6ca05ab0&e=5b00656151" target="_blank" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f/images/masthead.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="600" height="116" style="border: 0px none; height: 116px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 600px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></font></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateBody"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="bodyContent" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr mc:repeatable="repeat_1" mc:repeatindex="0" mc:hideable="hideable_repeat_1_1" mchideable="hideable_repeat_1_1"><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div><h1 class="h1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Builders Without Borders News</span></h1></div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/7c74d06e2408a34f18ee6a09f/images/containers0f4d24.JPG" alt="" border="0" width="240" height="320" style="border: 0px none; height: 320px; outline: none; display: inline; width: 240px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><div><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rwanda 2015<br><br>We have received some good news regarding our next trip to Rwanda.<br><br>After confirming with the Rwandan gang we have settled for the first group to leave <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">on Thursday the 8th of January 2015</a> and will be back in the States <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">on Sunday the 18th.</a> The second group will leave <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">on Thursday the 15th</a> and will be back in the States <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">on Sunday the 25th of January 2015</a>. The cost for 11 days will be $ 2600,00 and if you stay for the full 18 days the cost is $ 3000,00. This price is based on double occupancy. If you would like to have a single room the price will most likely go up, how much we don't know yet. <br><br>Included in this price is, flight, hotel, meals, health insurance ,transportation and an excursion in Rwanda.<br>There is a chance we might be flying through Europe or Qatar due to cost, but more to come about that.<br>We will be building three 120' x 32' buildings, 9' tall in the province of Rwamagona, about one hour from Kigali. The interior of the buildings will be a material called " smartside" and it comes in 9'x4' sheets so no cutting for top piece. The exterior will still be vinyl siding, because it will keep maintenance costs down. We will most likely ship the containers in early September of 2014.<br> <br>We will also be doing things a little differently this time when it comes to the planning of the work. We learned from our last trip that we need to be more structured and organized in the way we do things. This year we will have one superintendent who will oversee the project. We will have a daily meeting where people are assigned their task for the day so we all can work more as a team.<br> <br>We will also, again, take Wednesday off , and make a day out of it like we did on our last trip. This trip is not just about building, but also about experiencing a little bit of how the people of Rwanda live and see the country side of this beautiful country.<br> <br>In the coming weeks and months the planning of this trip will continue and of course you will be kept up to date with information and updates. We will have a couple of orientation meetings to discuss the progress of the trip and to get input from you. Any ideas or suggestion you might have we want to hear about it.<br>We are hoping for at least between 35-50 people coming on this trip, the more the merrier, women or men, young or mature, tall or short, construction experience or not, it does not matter, we want you.<br> <br>Please tell your family, friends and business acquaintances about Builders Without Borders, share this on your Facebook page or email this to everyone you know.<br>This is an experience you don't want to miss, so mark your calendar, start saving and start looking forward to the trip of your life.<br> <br>If you have any questions please contact:<br> <br>Tom Ashwill @ <a href="mailto:tashwill57@aol.com">tashwill57@aol.com</a><br>Dan Dodrill @ <a href="mailto:dan@builderswithoutborders.net">dan@builderswithoutborders.net</a><br>Peter Fenger @ <a href="mailto:peterfenger@comcast.net">peterfenger@comcast.net</a><br> <br>It is not to early to sign up, so if you know for sure you are going, please write a check for a deposit for $200.00 and send it to:<br> <br>Builders Without Borders<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10">5961 Northland Road</a>, suite 1<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://11" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="11">Fort Myers, FL 33905</a><br> <br>Also for your information, we have a 1 woman and 7 man team traveling to Haiti <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://12" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12">on Saturday the 29th of March</a> for one week to help construct two roofs for Love A Child at their campus. 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