SUMMER AT ASAPH

They call Summer the hot season. There's "hot", and then there's "tropical hot". Haiti in the summer is "super tropical hot". 

This year, I am enjoying summer in Pennsylvania. After being stuck in Haiti for  a couple of months due to the closing of the main airport, my Spring trip turned into a Summer trip.

I arrived home in PA on July 4th. I have been enjoying time with family. I have been here for 7 weeks now, and I have visited 7 different churches. It's a joy to connect with many of those who support ASAPH Teaching Ministry and share news with them.

Ministry continues while I am away. WEC (Erntz) and his wife (Shelterline) are keeping everything moving this summer. When I do a video call, I hear musicians practicing their instruments in the ASAPH Teaching Center. Long summer days allow for morning lessons and rehearsals. We take advantage of the free time to push students along in their development. Among those teaching music are : Anemson'n, Ritchy, Johanna, and Stanley. 

As Americans head back to school next week (mid-August), Haitian students have just learned that the opening of school across Haiti has been delayed. Due to a late finish last year, the new school year will not begin until October. Sadly, this has happened many times in my years in Haiti. For an educational system that is already behind, an extra month of summer vacation is not what students need. 

Pray for Haitian students. Their continued suffering is one of the harsh realities when gangs are allowed to do as they please.

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