Dayton Christian School

Dayton Christian School

This team comes every year and their leader is one of our CCCD Board Members
This Team has a great focus. The first day all the Women "leaders" on the team do
a prayer walk all around the school. At breakfast we sit down and talk about current issues,
prayer requests, and prayers answered from last year. Then they walk and pray.

At the beginning of the week the memory verse is put up.

Who ever memorizes the verse gets to pick a prize out of the "prize suitcase"
As you can see here EVERYONE (including our older boys who are "to cool"
for most things) attempt to memorize the verse

The Verse of the Week
(signs included)

Every night Mark would preach (having one topic, this year the story of Lazarus,
and building on it each day), and Kim would interpret. The rest of the team would then
perform a skit and a drama for the kids before it was dorm time for all.

The Audiologist

Tuesday morning the Audiologist showed up for a few days of testing hearing
and fixing aids for the kids who already have them
The kids were brought in a few at a time and sat until they were called
to a chair

Their ears were checked
(Kelly working with Cleveland)

Tests were taken to see level of deafness
(Susie working with Micheal)

Lindsee is explaining the next step to Tissy-Ann
Getting her mold made by filling her ears with goo!

Channin getting her ears filled with pink goo
(Brett did the paper work behind the desk)

Poor Matthew (as you can see by his face) was scared
to death the entire time he was going through the process

Melissa waiting for her ear molds to dry so she could be done

Tuesday the audiologists worked with the KP students and a few from JDV.
Then Wednesday the Kingston kids came up to be examined.

The audiologist will be back down in about a month with the new ear molds
and hearing aids for the kids!!!

My Kingston Kids!

Melissa and Dephawn

Melissa, Dephawn, and a little boy whose name I don't know

Kimberly (aka sister bear:)

Dayne

Dephawn

When I was in Kingston a few weeks ago I took a bunch of pictures of the kids
the only thing was I always grabbed Josh's camera (exact same as mine) to
take the pictures. They have been randomly showing up on the Internet so I have
been able to pull a few off so I could post them.
Enjoy!
These Kids are SO great!
I just Love them!

The Princess and the Pea

This week for story/craft time we are reading The Princess and the Pea
Then all my little princes and princesses are making crowns for themselves
I love getting back into a "normal" routine with my kiddos again!

I love that I can be sitting in my house and know when there is an

AMAZING sunset by the way the light comes through my window!

Random Signs

I love the randomness I find around here. Its always good for a smile:)

Like this white board. Some one feels very Blessed...

and it seems like the blessing is coming from Chocolate Milk!
Enjoy the randomness of the day!

God is the Coolest!

One of my favorite parts (and most humbling) is being able to see God move in so many lives down here. He is Awesome! I just received another email this morning that a fourth person, from the team that was just down here in Kingston with me, has now accepted Christ and has started repenting. My heart smiles so big thinking of that week and how situations went from hearing "_________ doesn't pray...." to having them pray for the group at meal times, or with another person after a good spiritual talk, seeing as they allow God to work in their hearts, and in the end accepting Him as their personal Lord and Savior!
What a MIGHTY God we Serve!

Trishana

Yesterday I had a knock on my door and opened it to find Trishana!
I was very excited to see her and so thankful we had a few min. to catch up
and talk about life. I didn't get to see her for very long but I praise Jesus for the
time I did get. Today she is flying back to the states so I am asking for prayers on her
behalf. Please pray that she can make a smooth transition back again, and that she
is content and focused with this opportunity God has blessed her with.
Thanks so Much!

1st Team of the Year!

The First Team Picture

Breaking up concrete to put sand under the swings so
the kids have something softer to land on and are able
to use the swings again.... then Dayne flies off a swing over
the sand and still smacks his head on the concrete so the
swings are once again off limits!

Wendy, Amanda, & Derek
Sorting good wood from bad and pulling nails out of boards

Sonia and Tim re-screening windows

Josh and Jon pouring a floor

Sam and Haley painting the school

mixing concrete and passing it through the window

to pour floors

Jon and Matt demolishing a wall

Eric and Jesse building new walls


After Work...
During Work...
We had FUN!

Sarah and Julie going for a go cart ride

Josh and Blake being Josh and Blake

Then There was Time Spent with
Old Friends...And New

showing Eric it is okay to smile for a picture!

Sarah always a blessing in my life... and lots of fun too!

Amanda and Dephawn

(Praise Jesus Amanda accepted Christ last night and started repenting!!!!)

Since she was stuck with me for a week I FINALLY got to know Julie!

I was very excited about this and to have her as my prayer person
for the week!

Great Friends whom I have so many Great memories with down here!

Josh and Sarah

I am a HUGE fan of this Kid!
He is such a blessing and will one day be a GREAT tool for the Lord
(Aaron Kaeb)

I LOVE seeing the personality of the team come out through the week!
This Group was Great and SO MUCH FUN!
Thanks for BLESSING my life!

Quick Post

The day after I got home (from the states) I was back down in Kingston for a great

week with Roger Stoller's team (post soon come). I am now back home again...

this time hopefully for a while. I am happy to say we (team Jamaica) got our

paperwork saying we are good to stay on the island. Hubers, Plattners, and

I are good until 2013, Blake was okayed for a year. Don't know why he

was singled out and only given a year but God knows best. I am now ready

to unpack after a month away, My house is in desperate need of cleaning,

I have been living on toast and water since I have gotten back and I am

hoping that changes tomorrow after a run to the grocery store. Lots of

laundry needs done, and LOTS of loving on my kiddos that I have not seen

in way to long.

I am SO BLESSED!

HOME!

After an extremely long travel day (aka day of prayer) I arrived safely home.

Travels where good...

A LOUD cheer went out as the plane landed safely in Kingston

then we got off the plane...

Blake was taken by immigration and questioned for hours

because he came in on a one way ticket (a BIG NO NO without

the right stamp in your passport) and they wanted

to put him on the next plane back to the states but

they talked to long and he missed it.

While they had him I went to collect all our bags

so they would not be taken away

O WAIT....

NOT ONE of our bags made it so then I spent more time filling

out paper work to get Blake, Ionda and My bags delivered

when they showed up at the airport.

After a couple hours Blake finally got through and the paper work

for our bags was done so we could leave the airport.

PRAISE JESUS!

There are no words to describe the great feeling of being at home last night

(mostly because of what we just went through)

AND

This morning I woke up to the SUN!!!!

Not this!!!!
or this!!!!

BUT,
I really really really
Miss this

Purdue...

This probably would have not been my first choice as a night out with friends:)

but...

we watched some of this...
this....

and this for an easy Purdue win.

while I enjoyed...

Time with Tamara and Jaimie

Jaimie and Ionda

Matt and Tamara

(Thanks Matt for letting me have her so much of the night!)

Me, Tamara, Jaimie,and Ionda after playing games

at the Widmers

The group picture

(minus Katie who I think went to bed)