Thanks for the prayers. Roxanne has boarded the flight - scheduled to depart in 20 minutes.

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Pray for roxanne clement. Stuck in pap traffic and flight departs in 1 hour. John

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Joyful Weddings

Over the past several months, several people involved with Joy House Ministries have had a burden to see couples in the local Haitian churches who are living together to be able to get married. Most churches will allow unwed couples to attend services but are not allowed to be baptized or join the church.

As a result of a lot of prayer, donations of accessories (wedding dresses, men's suits, rings, etc.) and many hours of volunteer work under Norma's leadership, the Joyful Wedding project was born. Tomorrow, Saturday, September 18th, the first 4 couples will be married in a ceremony at Jesus Church at Santos. Following the wedding, each couple and 50 of their invited guests will be attending a reception hosted by Norma, Roxanne and Cheryl at Joy House.

Roxanne Clement, who was a member of our Grace Point Team in early August is in Haiti preparing for the wedding and sent the following message this morning: "Good Morning! Just a little update, the Joyful Wedding project is going great. I've spent the last 3 days doing dress fittings, decorating, and building relationships. Cheryl came yesterday and brought more wedding stuff, exactly what we needed. We're seeing God's hand all over this project already. Thanks for all your prayers!!"

Helping couples to be able to get married is a huge need in Haiti. Their culture requires them to spend a significant amount of money on their weddings and an elaborate meal for the reception. With Haiti being the poorest country in the western hemisphere, saving enough money for a proper wedding is virtually impossible. Therefore, most couples never get married. Please pray this ministry will be a huge blessing to the people of the Gressier area and beyond.

John & Kay Rodgers

Back in NWA

We arrived back in NWA Friday evening. Even though we are glad to be home with Tim, we miss our friends and family in Haiti. We were able to follow-up on ministry done by the Grace Point Team in early August and explore new opportunities for teams in the future.

Kay and I will be updating the blog as we have time to get our thoughts together over the next few days.

Thanks for your prayers,
John & Kay Rodgers

Leave dfw for xna in 10 min.

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Boarded fll to dfw flight. Depart in 15 min.

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Just landed in fort lauderdale ... Early. Waiting for ground crew to park us @ gate.

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Just now boarded flight from pap to fll for 8:50 departure - too close for comfort !!

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Just now passing the "recycle" pit. "We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there."

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Traveling thru pap - very heavy traffic. Flight leaves in just over 2 hours!

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Kay @ gran savon with daniel & team. Working with local mothers as part of the daniel project.

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Back @ joy house. Very heavy rain storm in progress. Begin wrapping up to leave friday morn.

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Traveling back to gressier. 2 hours to go. Great experience in l'azile w/ roland & benito's families.

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Making 3 hour trip to remote mountain village of l'azile. Roland, benito, & samuel's hometown.

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Watching lightning storm over the bay from roof of joy house ... Incredible!

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House finished this morning. Plan to work on daniel project this afternoon.

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Team working on second house. Kay and i are going to prepare donated items for distribution.

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Team finished house this p.m. Kay and i worked on articles for joy house newsletter

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Two people baptized identifying themselves with christ. Team now building a transitional house.

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Cool night - great sleep. Headed to beach for baptism @ 9.

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Revival service in progress @ jesus church @ santos. Praise and worship service is awesome!

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Reginald's last day @ jesus church @ santos. Leaving to study in france for 1 to 2 years.

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Gran savon church in midst of 2 week prayer vigil ... 6 a.m. To noon daily! Dedication.

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Uninhibited Worship with 150 believers @gran savon church ... Priceless!

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Safe and sound @ joy house. Just finished dinner ... Off to bed soon. Plan to attend benito's church tomorrow a.m.

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Sitting in traffic in a very familiar spot ... In a thunder storm! More to come ...

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All luggage made it. Now driving thru port-au-prince on way to joy house. Al is well.

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30 minutes past departure time. Waiting for maintenance paperwork before we can leave gate.

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Arrived in miami. Board port-au-prince flight in 10 min. Looking forward to seeing our friends in haiti.

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Travel Day - Saturday

Please pray for us as we travel to Haiti tomorrow, Saturday, September 4. Joe Patterson and a team of 5 people from a church in Fayetteville will also be traveling on the same flights. We will be sending updates to the blog from via text messages from my phone and hope to be able to send more detailed updates once we arrive at Joy House.

John & Kay