uv filter weirdness

uv filter weirdness
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Home

We are back home safe and sound.  It was a great trip and anyone who hadn't been to Haiti fell in love with it and the children and those of us who had been fell in love all over again.

My photos are up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157617245817110/

thank you for your support and prayers!

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Lucas Simmons
619-277-5288

Re: home

it sure is weird being home and back to "regular" life after a week of irregular awesomness in Haiti.

photos from me are online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157617245817110/
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Lucas Simmons

coming back

yesterday was amazing, we got to go see the property the Manasseros are praying about.  There is this older lady with an amazing faith in Jesus there and it was really cool to spend our last day to see the vision for the ministry.  We are in the airport in Florida right now, all missing Haiti and thinking back over the last week. 

 

this has to be the hardest part of the trip for a lot of us.  Our hearts have been so changed, and we are going back to our lives with this hole in our heart.  I am excited for what's next.  Whatever that is, whatever God has.

 

thanks for all your prayers and I will have more pictures online soon.

 

 

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Lucas Simmons

bon fet!

yesterday was alicia's birthday!

 

what a great way to spend it, in haiti!

 

check out our blog for more thoughts and photos

 

http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com

 

we are coming in on spirit airlines flight 0339 at 10:45pm

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Lucas Simmons

bon fet!

yesterday was alicia's birthday (and also little clifford's) and so on wednesday I told alicia I was going out to help Bill with some stuff and went to epidor (which is kind of like haitian mcdonalds) and bought a BUNCH of food to feed all the kids and we threw a big surprise party for alicia.  boy was she surprised haha.  One person on the team described it as the craziest and funnest birthday party they had ever been to.  It was pretty loud.

 

 

today we are going to the Baptist mission and then going to see the property the Manasseros have been praying about.  it's really exciting to be able to see the next part of the vision for this ministry. 

 

God is amazing.  We brought in our suitcases a bunch of the Manasseros old pictures.  In there was a photo of me from 12 years ago before I was saved.  I used to go to their church from time to time.  I think of knowing Jesus, saying I would never move back to the South Bay from San Diego.  Then moving back, reconnecting with them, thinking they were crazy for moving to Haiti.  Meeting my wife.  Going to Mexico a lot.  Getting laid off from my job and being super excited about missions.  Being invited on a team to go to Haiti.  Falling in love with it.  Talking about it everyday to Alicia and to other people.  Bringing people here to see what God is doing in Haiti.  Wanting to move here.  Having people think I am crazy haha. 

 

New pictures at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157617245817110/

 

I have over 2000 photos, I will have more to put up when I get home.

 

Quotes taken out of context:

You should never tell a girl she looks funny, sideways - Amy

He is a beautiful man - Dave Beck

I don't feel bad - Kim

--
Lucas Simmons

God's timing is perfect

On Tuesday we went to Double Harvest which does a lot of planting in Haiti and also sells plants.  It was a bit of a drive, but it was cool to see some more of Haiti.  The weird thing was they didn't have soil, which I said already.  On our way back Susette took a wrong turn and we turned around to go the right way.  On one road I hear someone in the truck with us go "uh oh" and I see a tap tap on its side sliding toward us.  Luckily for us the tap tap stopped about 10-15 feet before us.  A crowd of Haitian people soon gathered around to help people out of the truck, and we were on our way (none of us were hurt).  Please be praying for the people that were hurt and just shaken up by this accident.  Not one of us was hurt, thank God.

¹³Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." ¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." - James 4:13-17

 

We had a nursing clinic yesterday too, I couldn't really tell you how many people were there but it seemed like a lot.  It was great to have the nurses all working together and have Brooke here who was able to stay a little bit longer than she planned.  It was also good timing because around 5:30 or so my heart started beating really fast and it was weird because I wasn't doing anything super physical, felt pretty calm and I had been drinking plenty of water.  It stopped after awhile, and the nurses gave me some pills and I slept from like 6:30pm until 7 this morning and feel much better.  We have been able to spend some quality time with the kids, teaching Bible stories and playing with them.  I am pretty sure everyone has either fallen in love with Haiti or fallen in love all over again.

 

Alicia and I taught some of the older kids the do not worry part of Luke 12 yesterday.  I really didn't know what I was going to say, but God totally used the near car accident and that verse from James 4 to give me words to speak.  We asked them if they had questions and it was really cute because like 2 of the questions were when we were coming back so we showed them james 4.  No pictures today because I am at the boys house using the internet since ours is not working.  Please be praying for our final days in Haiti.  Tomorrow we are going to the Baptist mission here and going to see the property the Manasseros are praying about.  Then I think we are all getting together at night.  I can't believe this week is almost over.

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Lucas Simmons

internet

we are without internet.  it rained really hard last night and the modem we were using seems to not be functioning.

 

we went to double harvest yesterday to get some gardening supplies.  it was really funny because we got all these plants and then they didn't have soil. 

 

i have to run out, but I wanted to send a quick update while I had internet.

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Lucas Simmons

yesterday was our first full day trying to accomplish some projects. we have narrowed it down to a few things which include: volleyball, garden, nursing clinic, computers and setting up tetherball. during the afternoon we also have skit stuff going on as well.

Yesterday we walked the kids to and from school. When we got to the school to pick the kids up, some kids we had never seen before started screaming and running towards some of us and hugging us and jumping on us. Renald, one of the guys who works here, told us later these kids don't get much love or affection at home. When they see us, they know that we will play with them, hug them, and laugh with them.

It's funny to me that half the time I am in America planning to come to Haiti I want to figure out all the projects we should do. There is nothing wrong with projects, but I have heard more people than just Renald say that giving these kids the attention and love is so huge to them.



during the afternoon yesterday we split up into two teams: some helped with the feeding program while others shared Bible stories with the kids. At the feeding (muTch) program Josh and Becca and Melissa did a skit on the lost sheep. It was really neat to see the kids at the orphanage here sharing the Gospel during the feeding program. And although I couldn't understand what they were saying, it seemed like the kids that were being fed were really interested in what was being said.




more photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157617245817110/


more quotes taken out of context
i am, half the time, embarassed
that would be the pee bowl option (instead of pi bon which is like the best)
i could stick an IV in that
i've never been to the table this sweaty
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Lucas Simmons

sunday

today we went to church at port-au-prince fellowship.  I had goodies for john and beth mchoul, a two day old whopper for john and some candy for beth.  I think it's funny how excited john gets about whoppas, especially two day old ones but if i ever moved down here i would definitely have those things that got me excited.  worship was amazing... and i am really enjoying hearing how God is changing people's hearts through what they see in Haiti.  It's also great to see all these people who in some cases haven't spent more than a few hours together come together as a team.  I hear the laughter of our team right now in fact, I must be missing out on something hilarious.

 

today we also got to surprise alicia for her birthday with lunch at a place here in Haiti.  It's really strange how you can go to one part of Haiti and see poverty and absolute squalor and in another such wealth.  But then I think it's really not very different from how we live in America.  You have Palos Verdes not too far from Compton and bad parts of LA.  There is just a more stark contrast here.

 

then we got to play with the kids for a few hours.  volleyball and soccer, mostly.  I think everyone on the team is noticing how much joy the people of Haiti have even in the midst of all the poverty.  It's definitely an interesting reminder as one person put it when you think about how many people in America are so depressed with so much wealth. 

 

tomorrow the work starts.  Please be praying for us and for God to guide us as a team.

 

I am adding a new segment to my blog, quotes from our team taken out of context:

I'll take trash pits during Jesus' time for one hundred dollars

Stop it or I will bury you alive in a box

 

New pictures are up from today:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157617245817110/
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Lucas Simmons

haiti!

Yes! We are here, in Port-Au-Prince.  We almost missed our flight to Haiti because Spirit lost one of our bags.  Then the Haiti airport was chaos as usual.  Today we got to hang out with and meet the kids, and went to the ravine and helped with a feeding.  The worship was awesome.  We are all pretty beat and are finishing up our sharing times and getting ready to go to sleep.  Excited for church in the morning!

 

I have uploaded some pics to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience!

--
Lucas Simmons

we have arrived

more to come later

 

includig pics, hopefully

we are on our way

we are headed off to Haiti once again.

 

please check out our blog at http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com for updates/pictures

 

we will be sending out periodic updates, if not daily as well...

 

please be praying for our team

 

thanks!
--
Lucas Simmons

orange you glad i didn't say banana

orange you glad i didn't say banana
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

oday we drove down to the OC to have breakfast along with some freshly squeezed orange juice from Alicia's parents. The last time I had this was in Istanbul where there was a guy in a big orange: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/3295460969/in/set-72157614164950204/

190th St

190th St
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

my wife and i went out to a play. this is as we were driving home...

spoon tied to a fence

spoon tied to a fence
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

i really don't know why this happened. or why I took a picture of it. why would someone tie a plastic spoon to a fence that is like 8 feet in the air? I really don't know. happy friday. maybe it is just lodge in there, i am going to go see if it is there still...

adore - (ah-door-ey) - how to say worship in haitian creole

adore - (ah-door-ey) - how to say worship in haitian creole
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

This was our last meeting before we leave for Haiti next week. We had a great time of worship and then mostly sharing testimonies.

things one might bring to haiti

things one might bring to haiti
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

we are getting ready to bring a team of 9 people to haiti and their are always a lot of questions centered around what to bring... especially since pretty much everyone needs to pack in their carryons. so they asked me to take a picture of some important items

from left to right:
permethrin to spray your clothes, it repels insects
campsuds, for pretty much cleaning anything
no-rinse body soap
no-rinse shampoo
a little bottle of all if you don't have camp suds
tissue
after bite, because there are a lot of mosquitoes
some wet tissue type things
more permethrin

hanging down above it all is a ultra thin towel

not pictured: sunscreen, safari shirt from REI

pen and paper

pen and paper
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

being a computer guy, it's not everyday you use pen and paper for your work. Today I just needed to get some ideas out though and sometimes typing isn't enough...

dancing machine

dancing machine
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

in case you didn't know my wife is a hip hop dance instructor. she teaches homeschoolers on wednesdays and adults on monday nights. She always uses clean music, which is a challenge in the world of hip-hop. Her classes are really cheap, and she is always looking for new students.

something i take for granted: running water

something i take for granted: running water
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience
I wasn't really thinking about the drought, but I guess we are having one. What would happen if the water ran out? Crazy to think about, I guess that's why California tells us we have droughts to prevent that from happening. Still, I can't imagine going without it and people all over the world go to great lengths to get it.

things are pretty nuts

i really shouldn't be up blogging at 1 in the morning, but here I am.

I am pretty much done with my current job, I guess I can just come out and say that. I don't really know what is going on fully nor do I care to elaborate more other than to say things aren't working out for me on a full-time basis anymore. I still care deeply for all the people there, but things have got to the point where it is beyond acceptable for me.

So now I am working 10 hours a week, on a website called edivvy.com. It's a group gifting site and I am pretty excited about working on it and the people seem really cool.

I also have 4 or 5 other possibilites that could turn into something I do full time.

When I got laid off in 2006 I remember being so scared about how I was going to make money and live. God provided. You can read my blog from when I got laid off if you want: http://lucastheexperience.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-got-laid-off.html Looking back I am glad I got laid off. I ended up going to Mexico, Mississippi and then Haiti. It was definitely a time where God worked in my life and He definitely has in the past year and a half in this job. I'm not really sure what I am looking for, but I am sure God will let me know when I find it. I am just excited to see what He has in store, looking at what happened the last time. I went to Haiti for 4 days and have not been the same since. My whole world was turned upside down. Now Alicia and I lead teams there, in fact we are leading a team shortly. Who knows what is next? Only God does.

I think this is an exciting time and am doing my best not to worry about how things are going to work out.

Christmas in Haiti Book

Here it is!

 

http://www.mypublisher.com/bookshelf/bookviewer.py?d=tq%3Ey-cppl%60je%3E3679279

Lucas

Address

Hello!

 

We would like to get your updated contact information if you have moved lately or if we don't have it... so we can mail you a letter... If you haven't got a letter from us in the past 6 months it means we don't have your contact info!  You can either just email it to me or go to http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p8fnnp0avRjUEX-x6ykpAeA and submit it there. 

 

On a somewhat related note, Alicia and I just got back from a 12 day adventure in Turkey.  If you'd like to see pictures go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157614164950204/

 

Thanks!
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Lucas Simmons

ha

our last day in turkey was interesting to say the least.  in every place you go you will find one or two strange people who can really ruin your day.  we found one such guy who introduced himself as reliable charlie to us and was trying to sell us some turkish tea.  we really wanted to see if he was giving us a good price so we were trying to shop around a bit more but he followed us everytime we tried to get away.  then he got not nice and we walked off and he did not follow.  we bought a lot of cool souvenirs and every once else we dealt with was great.  weird how the one guy can make you eager to leave a place like that even though there are probably a hundred other nice guys for that one guy.  hrmph

 

well also I must say our hotel in istanbul was amazing.  it is called the stone hotel. it wasn't really the rooms but the service and the friendliness of the staff that won me over.  i highly highly recommend it.  selim, i think he is like the manager, is absolutely hilarious!  we stayed there three nights total... the last night we found out they had a cafe and they opened it up and we were the only ones in there.  they jokingly called it the dungeon, but it was really pretty nice and they even gave us some free delicious candy from America too!  when we were leaving selim said "i am quitting, coming to america with you" or something like that haha.

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Lucas

cappadocia in the snow

today was awesome.  we were going to take a bus to explore underground cities but the sun came out and we decided to stay where we were.  the snow seriously did not stop at all yesterday which made for a beautiful day today!  we explored a little more the direction we went yesterday but today we went in a new direction and saw many caves and old paintings in there.  we also found a cave with multıple levels toward the end of our hike which was quite tricky to get to the other levels but ended up being really cool.  i had to stop alicia from going up to the fourth level.  then on our way down the hill we were walking back and alicia hears a guy yell CUT!  and all of the sudden we realize we are on a movie set and they are waving us to go a different directıon so we finally get down the mountain and start talking to them and we found out we were interrupting the filming of a swedish space movie haha.  tonight we head back to istanbul on a twelve hour bus.  and then on thursday home.  that is when i will be able to upload pictures...

cappadoccıa

today we are in our last new city of our adventure called goreme which is in cappadocia we already got up early and went exploring... but there is a lot more to see and do.  we are staying in a cave hotel which is awesome and we are the only people at the hotel because no one comes here during the winter time really.  this is the smallest town we have been in so far so it is the easiest to navigate.  anyways off to explore!

ankara

yesterday we arrived in ankara.  what an adventure to find an apartment on a bunch of streets with numbers that don't make any sense.  we must have asked 10 people and had our first person flat out ignore us and walk by as we asked for directions.  first we looked at google maps to see where our friends lived and then compared that to the map we had in our turkey book and took a bus to the general area and walked from there.  it felt really good when we finally found the house.  we got to do laundry too which was cool.  and we saw a castle and the attaturk mausoleum which is really huge.  really huge.  really really huge.  i must admit after all this walking my feet and myself are very tired.  we are heading out for another ankara adventure today i don't know where... tomorrow afternoon we will head to cappodoccia!  we are also meeting some friends of friends this afternoon so i guess we'd better get going

bergama

we went to bergama today.  that is what used to be known as pergamum back in the Biblical times.  we didnt really know where we were going and didnt have much luck finding a map.  so we started walking in the general direction of where we thought things were.  alicia saw a john deere tractor and wanted to take a picture.  the owner of the store motioned that she should take a picture on it.  then we started communicating with him and he told us to go across the street where a dolmuş which is something in between a bus and a taxi would pıck us up.  we went to the red basilica which was pretty deserted but still a cool site.  then we met a carpet maker who started talking to us on our way to our next site he said this other place, the acropolis was way better and it was a few kilometers away but gave us a short cut because we did not want to pay for a taxi.  it was a few kilometers away but all uphıll! so on our walk up two turkish guys in leather jackets pull up and ask if we are going to acropolis which we were so we hopped in their car.  i guess this means we hitchhiked haha.  they were very friendly, as are most people here.  acropolıs was so amazing... you could see the whole cıty and the ruıns look SO cool and it was very crowded.  winter is definitely the time to be in turkey haha.  so then we headed back (photos of acropolis to come when we return) and on the way a guy yells at us merhaba! hello! and we stood and talked to him for a bit and found out his name was İsa which is what Jesus name is in Arabic.  so that was pretty cool.  now we are at the bus station awaiting our 11 o clock bus

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Lucas

ephesus

i have to say here the overnıght buses in turkey are the way to go.  if there was an overnıght bus to america from turkey i would take it haha.  they come through like 3 times to give you snacks and drinks and its about the same cost as a hotel and it is comfortable, for a bus.  we got to izmir yesterday morning at lıke 5am or so and really didnt know what to do with ourselves.  i am reluctant to take taxis just because of the cost associated with them and the bus or metro is just sooo cool.  so we got to the otogar which is what the bus station is called.  we didnt even know what bus station we were at.  i tried to ask some guys for a map but that didnt work out so alicia asked this lady who spoke very little english to help us out.  she took us to where the buses where and a security guard got us on the bus to basmane, which is where our hotel is.  we chilled at a pastry place and played cards and then searched for our hotel for about an hour... a lot of the streets here are lıke numbers and then they say Sokak.  i still havent fıgured out how it works.  yesterday we just spent exploring izmir and went to this cafe that we took an elevator up four storıes to get to and had a cheeseburger and pizza.  big anniversary date huh?  we were supposed to go to the fancy place across the way but it was closed so we went there.  our server told us we should wonder in turkey and we had no clue what he was saying. i think he just meant explore turkey but i dont know.  today we had an adventure going to the otogar and finding the bus to ephesus... we finally got there after waiting on the wrong side of the street and then the guy said it was goıng to be 70 lira to go to efes.  no way.  then another turkish guy asked where we were going and he found out it was 7 lira... that is like 60 dollars vs 5 dollars haha.  then we met people on the little bus and they told us how to walk to ephesus whıch was a long walk but better than paying the 15 dollar cab fair for about a mile and a half walk lol.  ephesus was really cool and we read ephesians in the coliseum.  on our way back some kids were cutting some plants and gave us whatever it was and it tasted like celery haha.  they were funny and tried to speak turkish to us but we are so bad with it.  i asked them where i could put the chemicals for the toilet because ı wanted to ask them something funny.  i wish i had pictures to put up but that will have to wait a little bit or until we get home..

lucas

istanbul

last night was really cool the mosques here look amazing at night.  ıt stopped raınıng so ıt was so clear and we had a great tıme eatıng out at thıs restaurant called doy doy where ı had some good turkısh pızza and alıcıa had lentıl soup and a salad.  they have thıs really cool lookıng bread that ı have pıctures of.  ıt looked lıke an ınflated balloon

 

then we went to thıs tea garden and had çaı and apple tea and trıed to play backgammon.  we found out we dıdnit know how to play and our server guy rıdıculed us and looked at us ın dıgust for the way we were playıng.  ı found ıt amusıng but am curıous as to the rıght way to play.  we hope to fınd a nıcer person to teach us today.

 

today we have already been to the blue mosque and are just checkıng out of our hotel to go to the grand bazaar rıght now.  the tonıght we head to ızmır on an overnıght bus where we wıll vısıt old bıblıcal towns around there.

 

anyways, that ıs all

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We are here!

we made It to Istanbul.  they have funny keyboardsç weırd çs are where ı thınk the perıod should be and the ıs dont have dots

 

ıt ıs very wındy and raıny but everyone ıs really nıce and our hotel ıs pretty cool and centrally located.  luckıly we have clothes that can handle the raın and cold - somewhat

 

tomorrow wıll be our sıghtseeıng day here and then at nıght we wıll head off to ızmır!

Lucas

we are headed to turkey

keep checking back here or to our flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience for updates

tomorrow new york
sunday istanbul!

doorstep

doorstep
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

smile

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Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

:)

npr

i was listening to npr the other day and whoever was on was taking calls on whether or not we should legalization prostitution or marijuana in order to clear up the budget deficit by taxing these "industries". I thought it was interesting that he grouped the two into the same category, though I don't like either I would definitely say that prositution is the one I would want legalized the least. I think one smart idea would probably be to not spend so much, but apparently that is not an option.

His other arguments were:

1. Do you see these two things go away anytime soon?
2. He compared it to prohibition and said that during prohibition the government was "making criminals" out of ordinary citizens, and was comparing it to what the government is doing now with laws against prostitution/marijuana.

So I don't see murder going away anytime soon, maybe we should tax that because it's not going away and the government is just making criminals out of people by making laws against murder. haha.

ok. i just had to rant somewhere.

Next stop: Istanbul

Istanbul: Post apocalyptic
Originally uploaded by orgutcayli

We are going in February!

getting the band (Nancy Distributor) back together

getting the band (Nancy Distributor) back together
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

it was a good weekend, I had a Haiti meeting on Thursday. Then I went to San Diego and saw a bunch of people that it had been far too long since I had seen. I also had two plates of the best Carne asada fries ever at Cotixan which is always amazing. John and I got the band back together Saturday night and recorded a new song at http://www.myspace.com/nancydistributor (ok it is a cover, but it's funny). Then Sunday morning I went to Flood with kooker and his gf - Flood is where I started going before I got saved so I kind of just sat back and thought all that God has done in almost 6 years. I also realized I am turning 30 this year, which is kind of shocking. Oh well. We are still deciding whether or not to go to Turkey next month, but I am really hoping we do go. Life is so short and in the time I was driving all around this weekend I realized how life as we define it in America often conflicts with what God may have planned for our lives. But God can definitely and does work in and through even the silly things we do with our lives to bring us close and closer to Him. Sometimes I think man if I wouldn't have gone to college I wouldn't be in debt, but then I think of how I got saved in college and what a great experience it was and how I have made some really lasting friendships and I don't know that I would trade those experiences to be out of debt. God has me in the boring south bay for a reason, and I'm still working on exactly what that is. But right now here I am and I am just going to follow where He wants me to go and try to not let the business of my life get in the way of what is truly important.

a few new pics

DSC_8229
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

I was going through my Haiti pics from December and found a few new ones to add. Check them out at my flickr.

Vision Night

visionnight-8994
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

Check out my pics from vision night at my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience

haiti november 08 slideshow

mel's drive-in

mel's drive-in
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

good times

very interesting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28393718/

the new year

this year

i got married
alicia and i went to haiti 3 times
we paid off over 12k in debt

i'm sure there's a lot more that i am forgetting about. but those were probably the highlights.

i think it's funny how we get a day off because the year is ending. who decided that december 31st is the last day in the year? there are 365 perfectly other good days that could be the end of the year. It would be weird though if the end of the year was like in the middle of a month though. It probably wouldn't be weird if that's the way it had always been, it would just be normal. But thinking about it from how we have it now, yes it would be weird.

Why do people get all wasted to celebrate the new year? The first thing they have the next day is a hangover. What a great way to start the new year haha. The first day, we don't work. We just do nothing. We are so weird.

what is more scary

someplace where you body could be physically harmed, but you feel connected with God

or

someplace where you and your body is safe, but you are definitely lacking spiritually?

this is what i am thinking. i wish i could have the best of both worlds haha. maybe i just need to work more on being fulfilled where i am at.

Update

Hi All -

 

We are back from Haiti and had an awesome Christmas there.  We were updating the blog at http://lucastheexperience.blogspot.com  I also just finished uploading all the pictures.  You can take a look at them at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157611333604717/

 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

--
Lucas

tragedy

“I will tell you what a tragedy is, I will show you how to waste your life. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader’s Digest: A couple took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda, Florida, where they cruise on their 30-foot trawler, play softball and collect shells. … Picture them before Christ at the great day of judgment: ‘Look, Lord. See my shells.’ That is a tragedy.” - John Piper

I have to say Christmas in Haiti was unlike anything I have experienced. In a good way, first we went to Christmas Eve service which I thought we were going to miss out on because of our rule about being out after dark (which was to not be out after dark). It was a really great time with the kids and we had a candle lighting and everything. Then we went back to the guesthouse where we had everybody on the roof - oh my gosh God please let that roof never collapse - and shot off fireworks. Now in California, they ban you from buying even the little piddly fireworks in most places. These were like the bigtime fireworks you see in professional shows, but probably a little less safe haha. So that was a great time. Then we went to watch a movie at the boys house which skipped so much I couldn't tell if it was in English or not. Then the younger boys all were excited because I was staying over that night. These kids are crazy, they were up until 3am playing video games and when I tried to fall asleep they stuck a cat in my face so I decided I had to stay up with them to avoid the torture haha. The other weird thing was that that night there was a party going on next door until 3am. There was also people welding throughout the night, which is great for them because they have no form of real eye protection. The guys on the street were a little bit nuts and a couple gunshots went off which I thought were just more fireworks haha. God is in control and no one was hurt as far as I know. That happens in America too, I am just never around it.

Christmas in Haiti is much like Christmas in America. When I was out in the city, you saw Christmas lights and images of Santa Claus. As Christmas day got closer, the streets got more crowded. As impoverished as this country is, it seems like consumerism has attached itself to Christmas just like in America.


I have been thinking about this guy Alicia and I met at Delmas 2000 which is like a lame version of Big Lots or Pic-N-Save. He was from Palestine, and was kind of managing this store which had seemingly thousands of Haitians coming through it to buy anything from dirty fabric to fake potted plants that lit up and moved when you plugged them in. We started talking to him because I am fascinated what brings people from Syria or Middle Eastern countries to Haiti because a lot of people managing stores like this or grocery stores seem to be from Middle Eastern countries. Alicia and I found out he had no family here, he had only been in Haiti for two years and he was from Palestine. So we asked, "Why Haiti? What brings you here?" He said, "Just my luck!" Just my luck?! That's it?!!? That's what I wanted to ask, but I smirked and moved on to other questions... I pray and hope to God I am following God's will and not just being blown around by the wind and following my luck or collecting seashells.

jodia

we had a great time of worship in the morning and prayer for aaron and katie too. then we went to the ravine and handed out toys and candy and stopped by fritznel's house to see his mom. then it was lunch time and then we went shopping at delmas 2000 again for the kids. to end the night we watched a jackie chan movie in french at the boys home and i slept over there. i put some pictures up last night...

a day out on the town

yesterday i got to go out of the orphanage a lot which was really interesting. there was a businessman who came to speak to the kids last week and he runs a computer store on one of the main streets here in Port-Au-Prince. I wanted to go check it out and plus I wanted to buy a memory card. It was pretty nice and I was surprised with all the stuff they had there. The prices were a bit high, but that's the way everything is here. I bought something anyways.

Then Bill & I went to epidor which is like Haitian McDonald's after that...

Then soon after I got back the kids got 10 dollars a piece from an american donor to buy something for someone else. We went to this place called Delmas 2000, which just has all sorts of random stuff to buy. Toys, fake flowers, furniture... I went out with them and I did not realize it was going to take 4 HOURS to shop for 15 kids haha. I was mostly helping Keso who could not make up his mind at all. He and Alicia must be related lol. I was excited to see Keso wanting to buy stuff for his mom and sister, since I never really see them talk... Anyways, we finally got out and it was about 5:30, but then we had to wait in line to get the presents wrapped. I think we got back at like 7:30. While we were there there was a kid begging for money and I of course being the one white guy in the sea of Haitians was his target for getting "just one dollar" I prayed for him, the kids said they already gave him something and I would rather pray for a kid than give him a dollar. I can give people dollars all day and it won't do anything real for them and I will be out of dollars pretty soon. I can't run out of prayers. The kid said thank you after that but then proceeded to go back to his begging me for one dollar... I wished i had some candy or something to give him too... maybe i should keep candy on me or something. On the way home another kid asked us for money and Keso asked if he could give one of his presents to this kid on the street. I was so proud of him for doing that!

New pictures are up

today

we went to church. the pastor, when he saw us was like you guys should just move here haha. I told him we are bringing people to Haiti right now and he said "one day you will be receiving people" lol

Another interesting fact I came across while looking at my Haitian Creole book this morning is that the phrase that sounds like Yahweh in Creole means they will see.

After church we went to lunch for Carolyn's birthday and had an amazing time. I got to ride standing up in the back of truck, holding on real tight to the bars that run around the truck for blancs like me to stand up with. It was fun and almost like a ride at disneyland some of the time.

then we came back and played with the kids some more.

pictures are uploaded

christmas outreach

most of the day today was taken up by the christmas outreach. There was practice in the morning and just general preparation like making costumes. Others worked on construction projects. We started the program at 3pm. It was so cool to see all the different talents the kids had, and we had a LOT of kids from the neighborhood. In fact there were so many, there were some that couldn't be let in... There was an altar call and a bunch of kids came up which was the whole point we were doing this!

I am uploading 60 pictures tonight, there were just so many good ones. Dancing, singing, skits, that lifehouse sketch thingie. Wow. What a day.

christmas

We are gearing up for the Christmas outreach tomorrow. Most of the day was spent practicing for it. I went to the airport to get our two lost bags and it amazingly only took me 5 minutes. The people in this country, are so curious to me. I had five guys helping me to get my 2 bags. I guess I should have shook the other ones off or carried the bags myself. When we went to give them a tip... I didn't know what to do and they refused the amount we offered. Weird. I would think that they would rather take something than nothing but all 5 of them agreed not to take what we wanted to give them. Anyways, after a little bit of hassle with the customs guy I got all my bags out of there and EVERYTHING even my two flat panel monitors were in there. Thank you God!

Back at the ranch, Some of us went to the ravine to gather some grass for a skit tomorrow. Then it was back to practicing, which lasted most of the rest of the day and I am pretty excited about how it will all turn out.

There are a lot of other things going on including making costumes for the play, fixing sinks and probably other things I haven't heard about or taken pictures of. I am also working on getting a little computer lab set up now that I have most of the supplies. A Haitian businessman came by to speak to the boys about his business, which sells computers... Unfortunately I was not there because I had to go retrieve my bags but Alicia told me all about it and I hope to stop by his shop sometime this week.

It has been a great time so far this past 24 hours. I love the peace God gives me here in the midst of everything that is going on. I am laughing at how stressed I was before I came here with work and packing and just going to Haiti. I always imagine it a lot worse than it actually is and I am really having a great time hanging out with the kids and all the people here. I love going out of the orphanage and seeing Haiti too, which I got to do a little of today when going to the airport.

I have so much more to say probably but I am going to sign off to work on other computer stuff now. Thank you for your prayers and pray for the outreach tomorrow...

New pics are up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience

here we are

we are finally in haiti. LAX was, as expected, insane but we arrived well ahead of time to get everything through even in the insaneness. we thought we would have to pay for our bags, but apparently on int'l flights you don't have to. after a flight to texas, a plane change there and then a flight to ft. lauderdale. we deplaned and found the airport empty and ourselves with 6 bags and 12 hours to kill. Alicia used her powers of persuasion to get Pizza Hut to deliver to the airport, we discovered her Bible was left on the plane to Texas (please pray for that as it is sentimental to her) and we slept on some funky looking carpet that was not very comfortable.

We got to Port-Au-Prince on time and were eager to get out the door. Unfortunately, half our bags - including the bag with two flat panel monitors - are delayed a day. I am not asking for prayer on that one unless you feel so inclined. We can live without them and I have travel insurance so it is really not a big concern. Pray that the bags are going to come because there are shoes and items that would probably be of more use to the kids here...

Anyways we had a great first day even though we can barely think straight. Everybody from the US is here now, about ten of us total. Some of us went to watch the kids perform a Christmas show which included songs about Christmas trees, which I have yet to see here (although i did see a tree made out of pinecones), Santa Claus and other seemingly American traditions. It seems our ways have seeped over here somehow... but it's still exciting to see a different culture and all the different things they do compared to us. I believe I heard "Here comes Santa Claus" today sung in haitian creole.

I am updating pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience

Ayiti

Hi everyone,

 

We are going back to Haiti tomorrow until the day after Christmas.  We actually get there Thursday because of crazy holiday flights... I don't know how much we will be in touch as we are not bringing a computer but when we can we will be updating the blog at

 

http://lucastheexperience.blogspot.com

 

and pictures at

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience

 

or if you have facebook... when i update one of the above two my facebook automatically updates.  :)

 

Alicia is going to be teaching a dance for the Christmas outreach and I'm sure we will have a LOT of hang out time with the kids as they are not in school...

 

We are so excited that God is taking us back to spend our first married Christmas in Ayiti!

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Lucas and Alicia
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Lucas Simmonswww.lucasyalicia.com

Like Robinson Crusoe, It's Primitive as can be

I am sometimes not a fan of technology.

I plan to escape, mostly. For a period of about 8 days. Call it a fast, or what you will. I need a break. All this connectedness, I can't get away from it. Remember when you didn't have a cell phone, a computer?

I am over it.

Forgotten shot: View from a ravine in Port-Au-Prince

Forgotten shot: View from a ravine in Port-Au-Prince
Originally uploaded by LucasTheExperience

wow

1 Timothy 6 3-16
Love of Money
3If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 5and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Paul's Charge to Timothy
11But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.

There are certain things in life that make me so frustrated I want to scream. But I'd rather just be content that I have food and clothing. Life is pretty crazy when you think about it. I am constantly amazed by the things everybody takes for granted. All our technology, just being ALIVE oh my gosh. Being alive to me is such a miracle I wish that I would dwell more on what a miracle is everyday... I am so blessed but I let these stupid things get me all worked up that in the long run have really very little if any consequences from an eternal perspective.

6 days to Ayiti.

Wow

I just ate my fourth steak of the day and the plate was supposedly 500 degrees. I am so full. I am talking about haiti at the church in shandon tomorrow!
Lucas Simmons
www.lucasyalicia.com
619-277-5288

Haiti - One more update for now

Hi everyone!

I have a few items I wanted to share with you:

1. We are having a share time at King's Harbor Church on December 13th from 1-3pm in the Fellowship Hall. The address is 23915 Garnier St. Torrance, CA 90505. We'd love for you to come and hear all the stories we have to share about what God is doing in Haiti!
2. We have a new photobook from the last trip, I just ordered my first copy yesterday. If you want to see it, it's at: http://www.mypublisher.com/bookshelf/bookviewer.py?d=tq%3Ey-cppl%60je%3E3553249 If that link doesn't work and you want to see it, just email me or come to the share time.
3. Alicia and I are going back for Christmas! We will be helping out with the Christmas program, hopefully helping out more with the garden. You can keep up to date with us at http://lucastheexperience.blogspot.com/ We will be leaving on Dec 17th and returning Dec 26th.

I think that's it for now...

Hmm

I did not write this. But I thought it was pretty funny.

I stare at you from across the room.
I know you are watching.
I sit, still, wondering.
Will you be the One?

You've been watching me for sometime.
Debating how to make your move.
Part of me has forgotten you
But I question again, will you be the One?

You want to rest your hand on mine. You try.
But I do not want you.
You ignore my rejections, which come even violently.
And I have to wonder, will you be the One?

I wish you would just go away
I know what you want, but I cannot be that for you.
Nevertheless you stay, and I wonder
Will you be the mosquito that gives me malaria?

And here is a good information Disney video on that same subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4lYtSEkiLc&feature=related

horrible

Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis

haiti for christmas!

Alicia and I are going to Haiti for Christmas! WOO HOO! Dec 17th - December 26th

i really don't understand our economy

It's based on people spending
So people spend
They spend more than they have
And then they can't pay for things
Then the economy goes into recession
And the government comes in and says wait we'll help, here is a bunch of money and we'll help you spend money you don't have again.
But that money is the money taken from taxes. Which was the people's to being with

so confusing.

Photos are up

I just put my photos online from the Haiti trip.  See them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157608896015769/

--
Lucas Simmons

One final update

I have posted a new blog at http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com a link to new pictures are there

Saturday

Please see http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com

This is either the last or next to last update I will be sending out... 

Lucas

Update

I'm sure a lot of you have heard a school collapsed in Haiti... some of our team went to go help at like noon today.  5 of us stayed behind... 

Read more at http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com  I will be updating it when I can as I hear more.  

pray

a school collapsed in the city here.  a bunch of our team is going to see if they can help.  the situation doesn't sound good and it was a lot of little kids.  

i will try to update more tonight.

Thursday Update

I have a post at http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com

and more pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience

Another Update

Please see http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com/ 

Thanks!

Lucas

We have landed in miami

Lucas Simmons
www.lucasyalicia.com
619-277-5288

-----Original Message-----
From: loomtronic@gmail.com

Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:03:37
To: Haiti blog 1<loomtronic.khcteamoct08@blogger.com>
Subject: We have landed in miami

Unfortunately will smith was not here to sing to us.

I read an entire 170 page book called touching the void

And we made a haitian friend from orange county on the plane. Yay for new haitian friends!
Lucas Simmons
www.lucasyalicia.com
619-277-5288

1 Week until we leave for Haiti!

Thank you for all your support.  In case you have forgotten or haven't got an email there is a team of 10 of us from King's Harbor Church going to Haiti leaving October 31st and returning November 10th.

 

http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com/

 

Check it out!  We are updating it daily.  We just had our last team meeting Thursday... There still is a LOT to do (like pack), but we are all very excited and God is good, all of the time.  We are all SUPER excited.  

We found out this week that we will be staying at guest house where we are not sure if there is electricity haha!  And other amenities, like water I hear are questionable as well... I haven't quite experienced anything like that before, except when I am camping.  So I am thinking of it like 3rd world camping.  Should make for an interesting time, and interesting is bound to be exciting. 

 

Pictures and more to follow when we are on the ground.  I will be sending daily updates, hopefully.

--
Lucas Simmons

i am confused

so I saw this movie tonight call + response about how there is a horrid amount of slavery going on in the world. like enough to make any sane person sick to their stomach. so I liked the movie and I totally agree with the message. Ok, but so I was looking at the people that they were showing with the people being trafficked were Westerners... our society sells ludeness, immorality and relativism. we can combat slavery all we want, and I think it is a good fight to fight no matter your background - but I think it is a losing battle without Jesus. and I think there is more than one direction to fight this battle in. Yes, stop the human traffickers. But also rid ourselves of the immorality that has taken over our culture. you should definitely see the movie and go here http://chainstorereaction.com/ i am kind of tired so my thoughts aren't all meshing together. take from it what you will.

Short Haiti Update

Hi Everybody!

 

We are 21 days away from leaving for Haiti

 

I just wanted to send you a couple of quick updates:

 

We are updating our team blog daily.  You can subscribe via email or RSS feed: http://khchaititeams.blogspot.com/

 

We are having a booth at the Lomita Art Fair tomorrow in front of the Lomita City Hall. It runs from 9am to 3pm.  The address for the City Hall is 24300 Narbonne Ave Lomita CA 90717

 

On Sunday October 19th we are having a Haiti Hunger Dinner to raise money for the neighborhood kids to go to school and also just Haiti in general.  You will get a real glimpse of how the rest of the world lives and survives on so little.  Doors open at 6, and we are asking for a donation of 10 dollars.  The address is 23915 Garnier St. Torrance, CA 90505. 

 

Please feel free to forward this email along to anyone who you think would be interested.

 

Thanks!

Lucas

Our country is ridiculous

Yes. I am about ready to drop everything and I don't know what. So, our American greed has finally come back to get us. We are whining because our houses we couldn't afford are getting foreclosed on. Yes, I admit the banks weren't all in the right but somehow we have this idea that we can get whatever we want and just charge it or refinance and pay it off later. Then, something bad happens and we can't afford it. We couldn't really afford it to begin with. The government is scrambling to spend 700 billion dollars to fix the situation, because of course government has to do something. What would happen if government didn't... and we actually said yes I spent too much money, money I didn't have. Wow. Owning up for our mistakes, that's something new. Admitting we are wrong. As Steve Martin once said "I'm sorry but I am pissed" That's not really what gets to me. I am sorry if I offended anyone, if you want to write a blog about how I am wrong, then go ahead. What gets to me is these politicians. I am a Republican but when John McCain says one day we will not spend money on researching bear DNA and weeks later votes FOR 112 billion dollars in pork barrel spending, well that is just plain ridiculous and downright idiotic. We are worried about our economy and our houses being foreclosed on and meanwhile there are people in other countries starving. Take Haiti for example. The country is on the brink of famine and donations and aid is down because of the bad economy.

Well let's see how the math works out here:112 billion dollars divided by the population of Haiti which I will overestimate at 9 million. That's about 12 thousand dollars. Most people in Haiti couldn't imagine that much money. Most people live off a dollar a day. A dollar a day. At 12 thousand dollars a person you could feed a person in Haiti for over 30 years at a dollar a day. But instead that money went to making movies or credits for energy efficient appliances or hurricane disaster relief for Americans. Not that that is a bad thing, but I don't get why we are touting this as a bank bailout when a huge portion of it isn't doing what we are saying it is doing. Some people might think well this is what we need to get a bill passed. That is a bunch of a malarky, you don't need 100 billion dollars in extra spending for a bill to be passed.

Just think about the whole 30 years thing if nothing else. Haiti is on the brink of famine and we are worried about our nice cars, our houses. People can't even eat there. 30 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My gosh people.

Haiti!

Hi Everybody!

 

You may already know all this but Alicia and I are excited to let you know that we will be returning to Haiti, leaving on October 31st and returning November 10th.  Alicia and I will be leading a team of 8 people (10 including us) from our church to the same place we have gone the previous 2 times.  We have purchased our tickets and are so eager to get there.  There is so much going on there right now, the country is on the brink of famine.  This crisis has received little attention in the news compared to the economic crisis in our country, the people are literally starving there.  There is a desperation beyond there beyond our imagination.  In America if there is a natural disaster the government normally responds and other aid agencies come alongside them.  Haiti really doesn't have an infrastructure like this.  The government does little to help and aid agencies aren't prepared or don't have enough funding to help get the people out of the situation.  If you want to read more, go to: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=haiti

 

There is only so much 10 of us can do for 10 days, but we hope to help build up the ministry that is there in whatever way we can so they can continue to do the work down there in new and exciting ways. 

 

We will also be arriving on a Voodoo holiday in Haiti and are planning to just pray and worship with the kids that first day. 

 

We have quite a list of projects, more than we probably can accomplish:

1. Prayer
2. Garden
3. Painting/Organizing/Fixing-Up New Guest House
4. Medical Clinics
5. Bible teaching for the kids
6. Dance
7. Computer Lab & Guest House computer repairs/upgrades
8. Arts and crafts
9. Baking
10. Picnic benches
11. Village Outreach
12. Photo/Video
13. Visiting

 

We are so excited to share this experience with you!  We will be sending e-mail updates and updating our blog which can be found at www.khchaititeams.blogspot.com

 

We also have a couple of events coming up which you can support our team at.  If you want to help with either, please do let us know:

 

Lomita Art Fair - Oct. 11 - 9am to 3pm.  We will have a booth set up selling plants and donated art.  It will be in front of Lomita City Hall. 

 

Haiti Hunger Dinner - Oct. 19 - 6:00pm - Experience a taste of the economic divide between one country to the next. We are having a hunger dinner!! Come and support the work God is doing in Haiti through the Manasseros at Maison de Lumiere and the team that will be traveling there while you participate in a community centered event that will raise your awareness about poverty in our world today. A $10.00 donation is requested.

 

There is still so much to be done before we leave, but we are confident God will work out all the details.  Please be praying for us.

 

Thanks!

Lucas and Alicia

 

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Here is our support letter for those of you have not received it:

                                                                                                                                                                                                Dear Friends and Family,

Haiti is on our near horizon!  Lucas and I will be leading a team of 8 from our church Kings Harbor.  October 31 – November 10.  We are in great need of your prayers on our behalf.  This will be our first time in a leadership role of this proportion.  Last October Lucas and I had the opportunity to lead a trip to Mexico.  This was an amazing experience for us.  We learned most of all what a great responsibility you carry as leaders for the direction, encouragement, and safety of your team. 

Please pray for:

Haiti.  Hurricanes Gustov and Hellen, have killed 200 people.  40,000 are in shelters.  Many towns are still under 10ft. of water.  And Ike is storming through Haiti as I type this now.  Please pray for God's mercy.  Pray that the people would turn to Jesus in their time of need.  Pray that He would rescue them.   Pray for the food crisis.  The WFP has delivered water.  Pray that efforts like this will continue.  Pray for Maison de Lumiere and God's protection of the children, staff, and missionaries. 

Team unity and unity between Lucas and I is our essential need.  It is crucial that we each are fine tuned to one another and firstly to Christ.  In the heat, the insecurity, the spiritual battle ground of Haiti, our team and our leadership will be quite tested, and your prayers for us in this regard will aid us to fulfill the work God has called us to do.

Team and trip development.  As we are getting to know our team, talking with them and serving with them, each individual team member's gifts and qualities are coming to the surface.  Pray that our team will be able to put our talents and gifts to work meeting the needs at Masion de Lumiere.  Pray that we would be able to use our team's multiple gifts of: gardening, painting, art, service, organization, leadership, prayer, computers, photography, and dance.

Learning the language makes such a profound difference when ministering to the Haitian people.  It impacts them in an unspeakable way showing them a intimate care for their nation.  Pray for God to give us the gift of the Haitian tongue!

The developing relationships with the kids and staff at Maison de Lumiere and with other Haitian people we meet.  We hope to be a part of the healing process these kids are going though.  We want to be the hands and feet of Jesus, not only to help on a practical level, but also on the emotional and spiritual.  Pray that those we touch would feel Jesus' love streaming through us – that we would be empty vessels of His everlasting love.  Pray for lasting relationships, ones that remain past our 10 day trip into eternity.

Provision for each of our team members to reach their support raising goals.  The first goal for each member is to raise $575 by Sept 18^th to cover airfare.  The second goal will be the remainder of the trip costs including our projects, food, and lodging.  We are estimating that this will be an additional $625 for each member.  Anything above the need that we raise will go straight to the ministry of Maison de Lumiere wherever they have the most need.  Lucas and I will be partially financially supported by our church.  Any you give to us over what we need will go to our other team members.

To support our team: 

Send your check made out to Kings Harbor Church with Haiti Oct Trip – Simmons in the memo to:

Lucas and Alicia Simmons

24369 ½ Pennsylvania Ave.

Lomita, CA 90717

 

Please keep updated with our team via our blog: www.khchaititeams.blogspot.com

 

Thank you in advance for all of your support and time praying for us!!

 

Lucas and Alicia Simmons

Fwd: Photobook!

here is the photobook alicia and I made from our latest haiti trip.  Feel free to order copies.  I think they come out to about 45 for the 30 page book.

 

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one last update, for now

we are home.

 

I put a blog up of the last few days at http://haiticampinabox.blogspot.com

 

photos are online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157605133107968/

 

lucas

one last update, for now

we are home.

 

I put a blog up of the last few days at http://haiticampinabox.blogspot.com

 

photos are online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucastheexperience/sets/72157605133107968/

 

lucas