ASAPH TEACHING MINISTRY
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    • Flag Day Experience
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    • From Another Angle
    • Poverty
    • Sudden Wealth
    • God Shopping
    • A Little Absurd
    • Our Enemy
    • The Three G's
    • A Pole Story
  • MUSIC for ASAPH musicians

ASAPH PICTURES

Winter 2022 - 2023

Fall 2022

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Ian goes by to the south...unnoticed.
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ASAPH work projects - providing funds for small jobs that fill bellies and beautify the community
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AAF practices while political demonstrations prevent the school year from beginning

Summer 2022

BAND CAMP

LEKOL SEMANS provides a great place of Band Camp 2022.
ASAPH Brass Band.
Almost 30 musicians!
Break time!
The drummers.
A fine performance at a band shell in Cotes-de-Fer!

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF ASAPH

Community Service
Cleaning the streets.
After the work, donuts!
AAF v. FC Lotis
WEC announces a change.
Final score: 1 - 1
Concert #1 - The B band.
Pre-game announcements.
The ASAPH Brass Band plays soccer!!!
Ambulance, Video Assisted Referee, Cameras...this game had it all!
Volleyball Champions!
Corn Hole Champions!
Smiles along the way.
Agriculture!
Bible recitation.
Playing from the heart.
AVJF
The ASAPH Brass Band...alto section.
Former students share stories.
A plaque of recognition from Restoring Lives.
Tropic-ASAPH...playing the Christian sounds of yesterday.

April 2022

A few special supplies for the garden projects
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Preparing for a few chickens...and their eggs.
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Getting trees ready for the July anniversary!

March 2022

Filling sacks with dirt...in the reconstructed "tonel".
Watering the seeds.
Water pumped from underground into a drum.
AVJF spends a day at the beach...together!
Fun in the sun!
AVJF - Asosyasyon Vwa Jenn Fi Association of Young Female Voices
Zoe and Souza enjoy the beach.
Andy prints books that help music students study on their own.
Jr. Youth watch Pilgrim's Progress.

February 2022

Mackendy evaluates students who recite Bible verses.
Working on a "tonel" (pavillion) for a tree nursery. It fell over after two days.

January 2022

A church in PONDAVI.
The road to PONDAVI.
Giving the message for Sunday worship...in PONDAVI.

Christmas 2021

Christmas Concert in Labaleine
The alto section...
The bass trombones...
The lead trumpets...
The first trumpets...
The mellophones...

DECEMBER 2021

Decorated for the big day
THE essential tool for every yard
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NOVEMBER 2021

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Jr. Youth Group enjoys some time playing together...at ASAPH Teaching Center!

OCTOBER 2021

ZOE gives birth to SOUSA....born in the sousaphone box.
WEC plants grass for his goats, promptly eaten by other goats.

 SEPTEMBER 2021

Mexican Train in Haiti

AUGUST

AAF players lead a small tournament for young players
one ball + two goals = great fun
AAF has a party to celebrate the July 31 tournament victory
ASAPH Brass Band entertains at a graduation ceremony
The parade to the ceremony...
Teddy leads the band

JULY

WORKING TO PREPARE FOR A JULY 31 TOURNAMENT
LOTS OF HOT WORK
A SHADY PLACE FOR 6 TEAMS
Tournament Director and AAF coach...JUDE
GAME DAY
LEADERSHIP LEADS TO SUCCCESS
THE BIG FINAL: AAF v. Labaleine
AAF - Champions!

JUNE

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COMING HOME: Drive AWAY from Port so that you can catch a plane that flies OVER Port, so that you can make your flight to Miami.
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The Grand Finale for the JUNE 13 ASAPH concert in Pasbwadom... Brass Band, Girls Choir, C Band making music together!
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The 2021 version of the ASAPH Brass Band
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The ASAPH Blues Band
Asaph Academy of Football does community service
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Sunday afternoon fun in the sun!

MAY

Another ASAPH smile!
New streetlights brighten little corners of our town

APRIL

EXPLAINING EASTER

MARCH

Zoe at the beach
This little part is responsible for both a mixing board and an inverter being unusable. :(
Paradise...kind of.

FEBRUARY

Arriving at the beach...6:30am.
6 candidates
Anemson about to be baptized.
First seconds of baptized life.

JANUARY 2021

MICEVA church ready for a wedding
From the pastor's point of view
Andy and the musicians at MICEVA
Ritchy and Anemson...two promising guitarists!

DECEMBER 2020

Merry Christmas!

NOVEMBER 2020

Drawing seminars continue
TGBTG - To God Be The Glory
November rains!
My favorite juice!
Bleck, Andy, Licensy, Steephenson
Shelterline & WEC

OCTOBER 2020

IGB - Improvised Goat Barrier
Birthday sunrise
Asaph Teaching Center
Church of God - Vyebou Daken
Learning about space...Psalm 19
Flower bed #2
Two ASAPH documents: The Laws of Soccer & What It Means To Be A Man
ASAPH Teaching Center
AAF works to build a coconut-branch structure for a Papaya Project
Birthday surprise...pizza at church!

SEPTEMBER 2020

Ready for Sunday worship
Beautification
Creative kids work to make the yard more attractive
Storm "Laura" knocked down this tree...but couldn't keep it from producing
Andy teaches AAF players the Big Picture of the Bible
Donald awaits a shot on goal
Andy enjoys the sea
A housekeeping injury...sustained while making my bed
AAF plants tomorrow's trees...and builds tomorrow's good citizens
AAF...preparing for 2030
The ASAPH Brass Band leads a worship service
AAF ready to play against Napoleon, Lacolline
Andy...in the big hat...sitting with the reserves.
Soccer games build bridges when they are done right.
Soccer coach Jude honors his mom with a birthday celebration. (Mom in red, grandmother in black)

AUGUST 2020

Iles de la Torture
Gonaives
new tent and new lights
new soccer ball
new neighbor (WEC's house)
This guy got better on guitar during COVID
At the beach...rock project.
Which one of these is not like the other ones?
Experiment underway.
Pour le drapeau...

JULY 2020

Jude, Asaph's soccer coach, on the radio!
WEC works on the foundation of his house.
Lots of help!
Water - required item #1.
Sand - required item #2.
cement - required item #3.
Rocks - required item #4.
Firm foundation is key for future construction.
A dream begins to appear.
Roldens is one !!!
Randall installs a Andy's new invertor. Solar panels = power!
Tire on the wagon that hauls water to my house. New tires on the way !

JUNE 2020

WEC - ASAPH Agriculture
Teddy - ASAPH Brass Band
Jude - ASAPH soccer
Anemson - ASAPH music
ASAPH teaching materials at work during COVID 19...Fraction Stax
Esprenord works with WEC on WEC's building plans
Watermelons...note the yellow and black spray paint...for security
Beans!
Cleaning the road into Pasbwadom...AAF soccer team members and others
AAF...Bonne Appetit!
Rocks for the foundation of WEC's house
Sand for the foundation of WEC's house

MAY 2020

Jude plants!
AAF cleans the field.
Herold makes masks.
WEC models a mask.
WEC's peppers...bumper crop!
ASAPH visitor.
P.L.L. injures his foot playing soccer.
Coach Jude helps the wounded player.
Note the T-shirt...an ASAPH injury. :)
C.R. cuts his foot with a machete, and ASAPH is able to help.
Jude made his own space to teach.
F.V. is teaching new artists how to draw.

April 2020

WEC is watering
Tomatoes on the way
Peppers in the basket
ASAPH helps circulate COVID information.
ASAPH teams with 2 other groups to teach COVID security.
Pastor Eris Labady teaches ASAPH soccer kids about COVID 19.
A COVID-19 checkpoint on National Road #2...not too far from PBO.
Red = ASAPH ; Orange = MICEVA Church ; Yellow = soccer field
FARMING THAT BRINGS GLORY TO GOD - in Haitian Creole - translated by Andy Stump
Kevin Schrock (with wife and baby)...still in PBO.
Jason Stoltzfus and family still in PBO.
Randall Ringler...still in PBO.

March 2020

A bird's eye view of the intersection in front of ASAPH Teaching Center.
Jean-Pierre teaches the AAF players about the FIFA rules of soccer.
WEC's plants are growing!

February 2020

Neighbor's goat in my trash hole...every day!
This guy was in my hat one morning!
Super Bowl feast.
8 to 12 year old kids studying 1 Jan chapter 2...Jesus as our lawyer.
Sunday morning worship musicians...Andy, Anemson, WEC.
Brand new solar panels...thanks R.R. for getting me hooked up right!

January 2020

AAF kids enjoy working on the bike path.
Andy enjoys the new bike path.
Goats enjoyed my hibiscus plant...again !
Church...21 days of worship services every night! (I attended about 10)
WEC's garden project.
Tiny pepper plants.

Christmas Season 2019

Andy teaches Jr. Youth SALT program lesson...a neat financial training program.
Cleaning the drums for church
Holiday cheer
TI SOURIT...soccer under the lights...a Pasbwadom tradition
game time
Players move so fast you can't see 'em.
HA 120 Compassion International program in Flammands
Compassion program...notice two ASAPH trumpeters in the background.
ASAPH Brass Band's restaurant project for the TI SOURIT soccer games
Selling food...making the festivities more festive.
A table cloth from home...international now.
Christmas Eve
Christmas morning
Smiles everywhere. It's Christmas!
Marigolds on the way

WINTER 2019

From my roof...
WEC teaches AAF
Cleanup Saturday
Cleanup Saturday...my office
Makenndy cuts branches for my solar panels to work better
Jude teaches an algebra lesson in my kitchen
Classic Christmas decorations from home
From the 1920's !
View of ASAPH from across the new piece of ground

FALL 2019

JUDES...Asaph's Soccer Coach at work
WEC and ANDY in PA
Beach camping
Game night at Andy's house
Anemson's steady hands
Anemson's steady beat
New Stove
Clearing the land next door to ASAPH
The new optic-fiber cable that makes this website possible!

SUMMER 2019

VBS
VBS...snacktime
THE TABERNACLE
Summer of the MELON!
Back in Haiti! Malta and banana chips!
Jr. Youth at the beach
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Band Camp...scales!
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Soccer Camp...Food, Glorious Food!

SPRING 2019

Unwanted visitor. Eater of flowers. Bad.
Canado leads an activity in French...at ASAPH Teaching Center. He also speaks English. Go Canado!
ASAPH helped Wilson attend a drawing seminar...and he drew me!
Haiti can be green and lush.
Pierre-Louis Esprenord. Finished his school years at my place and is now living in Cayes...on the radio...teaching!
Church the way many congregations on the planet do it. One light. Worshiping the Light of the World!
Another sunset.
At the beach.
Emerson working to get better.
6th grade math tutoring on Thursdays after school. FRACTIONS!
ASAPH Bible Club. Kids recite. Kids get ribbons. Ribbons equal prizes! Fun. Growth.
The ASAPH Brass Band practices while Andy is away. Go Teddy (Assistant Director)!

Winter 2018-2019

Erntz in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ones and Andy at a wedding of a former student...ASAPH Brass Band brought another girl down the aisle!
New sign pointing to the ASAPH library.

Fall 2018

Waiting for our chance to play!
Church meals are great!
Worship!
AAF leaders visit a player who finished the tournament with a broken foot.
Young guys learn to referee...and lead!

Summer - Fall 2018


Fall - Winter 2017

SUMMER 2017

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first months of 2017 (Can't say winter, really)

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Having fun at ASAPH Teaching Center
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A Pharisee pays the guards to say that they fell asleep when the tomb was emptied, because... IF THAT MAN REALLY ROSE FROM THE DEAD, THEN WE SHOULD BELIEVE EVERYTHING HE SAID!
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Afterglow : Inspired by the successful concert, the Brass Band Players launch into unrehearsed songs of praise!

noel 2016

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Christmas lights @ ASAPH Teaching Center

Around the house

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asaph soccer 2016

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The ASAPH Cup and individual awards
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M.M. works the sideline
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B.C. - Most Valuable Player
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Battling for a ball.

ASAPH BIBLE ACADEMY KIDS

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The ASAPH Brass Band

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BEL PEYI / Beautiful country

Water cooler...for thirsty ASAPH students!
A sea treasure.
No soccer for a while. :(

Scooby on duty

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thanks JASON S. For the work space!

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M.E.B.L.H. in Flammands celebrates flag day may 18th!  Asaph is there!

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Emmanuel. Safety first. Or is it second? Or...

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - "PRAYER"

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Teaching Bible stories...about prayer.
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Teaching the FINGER prayer.
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Teaching the story of Amy Carmichael.
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Fun!
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Games.
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Laughter and Learning...two good friends.

SUMMEr 2014:

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ASAPH Soccer Academy - We'll be playing small tournaments each month...using soccer to teach good sportsmanship, leadership, and cooperation. And we'll have fun! GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!
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A brass band in Haiti is called a FANFARE. The number of instruments available to the ASAPH FANFARE just doubled! Thanks to friends in PA, we received three more trombones and five more trumpets. (THANKS WFL for shipping them here!)
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This is how I roll in Passe-bois-d'ormes these days. My single speed Schwinn Cruiser is equipped with lights (not shown)!
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Jason Stoltzfus is building this office space for me. This is the 'brain' of the ASAPH Teaching Ministry. It's where I write, translate, compose, communicate...and watch World Cup games.
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FOOD FOR THE POOR is building houses by the dozens here in our area. This one is right next door to me. The go from start to finish in about 2 weeks. Equipped with toilet (no running water) and solar powered lighting system.
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The 20' x 36' roof of the Teaching Center is now part of a water collection system. We used PVC to make our own spouting, and connected it to a 200 gallon tank. Now all we need is rain. Maybe October.
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World Cup Soccer. I bought a TV and an antenna to follow the games here at my house. The picture was fuzzy. For the first game we couldn't see the ball, only the players. Then we got it a bit clearer. Not HD quality, but we could 'live' the excitement.

SPRING 2014:

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130 people attend the ASAPH Concert on April 6th @ St. John's Blymire's church in Dallastown. That's Dom and me up front!
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Carl, Carol, Rob and Ryan. Part of the ASAPH team.

Winter 2013-2014:

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Pastor Cunnings teaching about humility...followed by removal of tie and washing of feet. Powerful stuff.
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Paul (guitar), Erntz (bass), Andy (keys), Dom (lead), Steephenson (drums), Johnny and Makenndy (vocal). UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS!
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Christmas lights at ASAPH
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ASAPH's buildings from the back.
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This hill used to be something you drove around. Not anymore. Up and over.
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A neighbor church is in the new street...notice the DEMOLISH red line.
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Notice the new shelving...paid for by ASAPH sponsors. With equipment up off the floor, there is more room for students!
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Emmauella...one of three young ladies who have recited 5 levels of the ASAPH Bible Academy memorization program. Brand new Bible!
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Early morning @ ASAPH.
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Andy with the Jr. Youth group
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The Old Testament books...history, poetry, and prophesy...all prepare us for Christ!
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Leading the growing pack of young people.
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Scooby does an Egyptian dog poze on the porch.
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Orange mountain majesty.
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Guitars and guitarists.
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Worship.
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Pastor Cunnings preaches about humility.
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Pastor Cunnings REALLY preaches about humility...washing feet of others.
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A powerful message...complete with taking off the robe (symbol of status) in order to be the servant.

Fall 2013:

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Beats a pool in back yard.
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Sand. Sea. Sky.
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Couple of coconut trees.
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Walking home from the beach.
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The surf!
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MP3 player. Another way to help ASAPH music students to be acquainted with great music.
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Pilgrim's Progress. A classic. We're reading it with the Jr. Youth group. If you haven't read this book, you should...an English copy obviously.
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Water Filter. Thanks, Pastor Don!
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Future shade. It's so hot here in Haiti, the trees go looking for shade. Really!
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"Running Water" 15-20 gallons per trip. It's about 150 yards to the hand-pump well from here.
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The shower stall. No dripping faucet here. No faucet at all. Bring your bucket with you.
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Lights! Trusty generator is used about 8 hours per week.
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The stove. Hot tea and oatmeal in the morning!

SUMMEr 2013:

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Scooby...the new security dog.
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Kids at a soccer game. (fun mirror setting on new camera!)
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Ladies soccer.
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The 'bones'.
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A fuzzy picture of what was hopefully a very clear message! :) Bassin Caiman ("Basin of the Crocodile") September 27, 2013
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This is what we call 'the gardens'. Every banana on the tree is money in the bank, so to speak.
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Taking care of the new steel buildings...now almost one year old!
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Learning from the masters! A group of musicians watches Dizzy Gillespie at the ASAPH Teaching Center. Every Wednesday and Thursday night in September was a concert on DVD.
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Working with beginner trumpeters. Do do dooooo. Re re reeee. Mi mi miiiiii. Fa fa faaaaa.
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My front gate complete with tiny solar lights from the US and a moon from Almighty God.
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THE BOARD OF HONOR - here we display the exams of those who have successfully passed an ASAPH MUSIC ACADEMY exam. Honoree's so far include folks who have tested successfully in solfege, music theory (chords and scales), and electric bass.
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Game night at ASAPH Teaching Center. "Up and down the river"
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Beginner Brass Class at ASAPH Teaching Center...bring your ear protection!
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"Down came the rain and WASHED the spider out...along with the road." The company that was fixing the road was fired. The road has been deteriorating...including this washout right here in PBO.
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New drum set. Pieces purchased in Lancaster, and other pieces purchases here in Aquin.
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Students at the TABERNACLE seminar.
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Learning about the messages God put into the Hebrew Tabernacle...all the way back in the time of Moses!
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Materials purchased at the Hebrew Tabernacle in Lancaster, PA. (THANKS, MOM!)
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GOD: Come to me. Come closer. I know I am Holy and you aren't. I've taken care of that. Step in and enjoy the warm light of my presence. Come on!
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A fun game that shows how a mirror helps you to better evaluate yourself, and our 'mirror' in this life is THE HOLY BIBLE, represented by the copper basin in the Tabernacle.

IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE MONTH OF JULY:

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ASAPH Concert at St. Paul Lutheran Church in West York. Thanks to musicians, pastors, sound crew and attendees!
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Talking about life in Haiti to the great kids at Christ Lutheran Church VBS.
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VBS with the great kids of Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Dallastown.

A VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT's HOME TOWN...COTES-de-FER!

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Coby Beach Resort...where the president comes to 'play' every Spring.
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A new park in the center of town...Cotes-de-Fer, home of president Martelly.
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Beautiful fountain in the park at Cotes-de-Fer.
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That's me...in front of the beautiful Catholic church in Cotes-de-Fer.
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Coby Beach. You can see in on Google Earth...sweep along the southern coast of Haiti and look for tennis courts!

SPRING 2013

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Sunday morning worship @ Evangelical Chapel in Pas-bwa-dom.
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Road construction continues...June 2013.
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RUBY Really Useful Barking Y-unit.
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Rehearsing the Jr. Youth group.
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RUBY
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A beginner guitar lesson in the ASAPH Teaching Center.

2012 THE LAUNCH OF ASAPH TEACHING MINISTRY

Dreaming...land clear.
Step #1...the shed.
Step #2...the cement office/bedroom.
Step #3...kitchen.
Step #4...Teaching Center
Ready for ministry!!!

Photos from the WFL years...

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  • ABOUT US
    • The name ASAPH
    • ASAPH Teaching Activities
    • ASAPH Statement of Faith
    • Biography of Andy Stump
    • ASAPH Board of Directors
  • Pictures
  • Movies
  • Maps
  • Support ASAPH
  • HEADLINES
  • Contact Us
  • ASAPH The Documentary
  • Fun Animal Stories
  • Pray for ASAPH
  • A Tribute To PAUL MAIGNAN CEMARC
  • DREAMS
  • Newsletters
  • Special Writings
    • Flag Day Experience
    • Mozarts Clarinet Concerto
    • A Day in the Life of a Young Rural Haitian
    • From Another Angle
    • Poverty
    • Sudden Wealth
    • God Shopping
    • A Little Absurd
    • Our Enemy
    • The Three G's
    • A Pole Story
  • MUSIC for ASAPH musicians