April brought rain, and May is the rainy month.  We'll see how much more we get.  Rain brings mosquitoes, and I'm dealing with them as I type.  Ouch!  Mosquitoes bring malaria.  Times like these make you want to take that chloriquin (?) tablet.  Mmmm.  :)

The cement house is all blocked up and getting ready for the roof.  We're right on schedule and right on budget.  The head mason is doing a great job.  I like to sit in the new house and imagine how it'll be when finished.  This is a fun stage. 

I taught English to school teachers last week.  We worked on pronunciation especially.  There's a moment when you're teaching sounds that people start to get it right, and the class of Haitians sounds all-of-a-sudden like a group of americans.  It can catch you off guard.  That happened a couple of times last week.  I'm teaching English more lately.  I'd like our town to export English teachers...good ones.

I had to do a rapid intervention yesterday evening...domestic squabble.  There was a machete involved, and a drunk man.  Those episodes can go bad quickly.  This one ended fairly well.  I was glad to see several young men come and get involved.  Sometimes people tend to watch.  I always feel so bad when people are acting irrationaly when I figure how much they will regret it when they're done.  I just feel like I have to jump in and help diffuse the situation.

Had a great Sunday.  Led worship, taught Sunday school, helped kids present a sketch, played a trumpet duet, and led worship and taught a bit in the evening.  On days like those I'm so glad that I can be here.  Teaching is feeling better and better lately.  Looking forward so much to July and ASAPH Teaching Ministry full time.

OH!  We got word today that the container (my buildings and supplies) may be on its way soon.  Perfect timing!  God is soooooo good. 

A couple of Sunday's ago I listened in as a teacher in our church worked with a few adolescents who had gathered to rehearse some Bible sketches.  He asked them what they knew about God.  Two young gentlemen rattled off a list of attributes:  omnipresent, omnipotent, all-knowing, holy...   I smiled because I knew those boys learned about God when they were children in our Sunday morning kids program.   Teaching is all about seeing people grow.

I've been teaching Creole to a couple of new WFL missionaries.  And I've been teaching English to our teaching staff  also.  It's neat being in the middle where you're able to help people on both sides.  

We read a couple of the minor prophets here at my house in devotions lately.  I didn't know that there are songs there, too.  The Bible has music all through it.  Amos sang.  And Habakuk sang.  

I also ran into Asaph Music School...or somthing like that.  I found it on-line.  It's a church musician apparently inspired (like me) by the story of Asaph.  He does on-line courses for church musicians.  

The building they are building for me is taller than I am now.  Everyday it goes higher.  I'll have photos
 

Construction.  Putting pieces together to create something bigger and better than the individual parts.  We're busy constructing in two different areas.  The ASAPH board of directors is busy working on tax-exempt status.  Lots of forms, lots of calculations, lots of arranging and planning.  We're well on our way and may be able to actually send our application to the IRS this week.  We have our own EIN number, we have the ASAPH name approved by the state department of PA.  Big steps on the way to building a ministry. 

Physically, we're constructing as well.  The shed is up and in use.  It'll house my 'extra stuff' plus all of the construction equipment and supplies that we'll use to build the cement room and two steel buildings.  Thanks to Jason Stoltzfus and his team for setting up the shed.  It's great!  And right on time. 

The masons are (right now) wiring together the steel poles that will be the inner strength of the 16 x 16 cement room that will be my office and bedroom.  It's building number 1 on the construction list.  If all goes will, it may be up sometime in May.   Three dumptruck loads of sand are here, and the foundation is dug. 

Yesterday I had the priviledge of listening to a teacher working with our adolescent group that does little theatre sketches from time to time.  He was asking them about God.  Two of the young people rattled off a fine list of things they new about God...He's holy, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient...and what all of that means for us.   I smiled.  They learned those things when they participated in our children's program.  It's a great program that step by step introduces kids to God and the relation between God and man.   

Keep praying for ASAPH Teaching Ministry.  OH!  We had a meeting last week...we're planning the first academic competition among four area schools.  It'