It has been awhile since we have written to you all(except for
quick notes to ask you to pray).  The time just seems to slip by here—We can’t
believe it is May already. We only have 5 weeks before we come home for the
summer!!  Bev’s  mother used to say as you get older time goes quicker –she may
have been right after all.

We praise God for each one of you!  It is so encouraging to us
to know people care and are praying back home.  We are reminded often that we
can do nothing of eternal value if we are not in prayer and covered with the
prayers of others. Also, we praise God for those who faithfully give financially
to our ministry.  We know it is tough times for everyone and yet you continue to
sacrificially give to help us and the children.  We serve a faithful God and you
all will receive a reward and blessing for your faithfulness to do what he has
called you to do for this work in Haiti.

To be perfectly honest we can’t remember exactly what we have
told you about these last couple of months and what we have not wrote to you
about.  Therefore, we will do a quick recap of some of the major things that
have happened.

**  We were blessed with a special donation so that we could
go home in February for two of our granddaughters birthdays.  We were home for
two weeks and had a wonderful time with our family!

** We returned to Haiti on March 6th with a first time visitor
to Haiti, Chris Diedrick, accompanying us.  Chris stayed with us and the Walkers
for a total of 5 weeks. He worked at the Walkers school most of the time and was
a real asset to the school staff.  He was a blessing here as well –he was
willing to do whatever we needed help with. We pray that God used
his time in Haiti not only to bless those he came in contact with
but also to encourage Chris in his walk with the Lord.

**On Easter weekend, we had to let one of our staff go, Madame
Carol.  She was up for her 6 month probation review and we had several problems
with her work performance. It is always very difficult to fire people here
because we know it will be very hard for them to find another job.  Please
continue to pray for God to provide new work for that may suit her
better.

**  On April 18th, we hired a new nanny, Madame Roseline.  She
is 45 years old has two older children who live up north in Gonaives.  She loves
the Lord with all her heart.  So far she is very quiet and seems timid but that
could change as she get used to us.  The children all have taken to her very
quickly, even Djouna. She has a gentle but firm way with the children and they
obey and respect her. We are very happy to have her on our staff and praise God
for her!!

** We think most of you probably heard about Joe’s (one of our
staff) sons almost drowning in the ocean.  God did an awesome miracle in saving
both the boys lives and we continue to praise and worship him for this miracle. 
Both of the boys are doing fine now.  Joe has now built a proper outside gate
for his yard so that the kids can’t leave the yard without one of the parents. 
He is so happy and relieved about having the gate!!!

**  Last week was a very tough week for all of us.  Slyvanna
(our oldest girl) went back to her Uncle’s home in Port Au Prince.  Please pray
for God to guide and protect her.  The uncle is a Christian so we are relieved
that she won’t be going back into voodoo.

This year has been one of great joys and great disappointments
as well.  We know God is faithful and using both the good and the bad to bring
glory to his name and to perfect our faith. God has been teaching us that we
can’t live to please man but we must always be obedient to what God has told us
to do(which can be very hard at times). We are looking forward to a break this
summer—we trusting God for renewal on all levels emotional, physical and
spiritual.  Please pray for us as we begin to make all the preparations before
our departure on June 5th so things run smoothly while we are gone.  Please
continue to pray  for all the children and staff that God will provide, protect
and teach them all His ways.  We continue to pray that the children will grow up
to be lights and love warriors for God wherever they go in Haiti.

Thanks again for all your prayers, words of encouragement and
financial gifts.

May God Bless each of you richly!