Good bye Ray

I take this opportunity to thank Ray for his (almost) two years of voluntary service. Ray is loved very much by the Americans and Haitians alike. Ray added a lot of life to the staff here at IFM. Ray loved to drive on the Haitian roads, and spent many days in traffic jams. He bought most of the medicines for the clinic, food for the school, supplies, hardware, and building materials for here at the mission.

Sadly Ray had to return home a few months before schedule due to an accident. Ray had spent the week working on the rebuilding project with a work team that included some of his friends. Ray slept with the team on the flat concrete roof of the SLM house in Santo. They preferred sleeping on the roof because it was cooler up there. On Saturday night while they were sleeping it started to rain. There was no steps going up onto the roof, so they used the F450 as a steps. As Ray was sleepily getting off the roof in the middle of the night, he slipped and knocked his head on the concrete. We thought Ray was gone as he was bleeding profusely from his left ear. But God had not determined that it was Ray's time to go. He saved his life. After spending a month recovering here at the mission, Ray was strong enough to make the long trip back to Montana. Please pray for a speedy recovery for Ray. You are welcome to send Ray notes of encouragement at rainman_9@juno.com

Ray, thank you for being my friend. Thank you for the motorcycle. We are praying God's blessing on you. We are praying for your full recovery.

Staff picture on the morning Ray left. (L-R) Tiboutson, Wismith, Joanna holding Caleb, Gesnert, Mike holding Nicolas, Sheila, Ellen, Julia, Ray, Michelle, Daphka, Reynald, Shea, Josiah.

Single Staff Picture with Ray (L-R) Ellen, Tiboutson, Sheila, Michelle, Julia, Ray, Daphka, Reynald, Shea.

A recent picture of our family.