Base & Vehicle!

It has become more and more apparent as time goes by that we really need a base for Hearts United as well as our vehicle.  Right now we have the truck (donated) for sale in Colorado but we still need about $3,000 to get a good vehicle down here even if/when that sells and we get the funds.  Also, this past trip we had a large group and we had to relocate which meant packing ALL of my suitcases into a tap tap and hauling them up to the second floor of a house, unpacking them all, setting up "camp" only to do the reverse a week later.  Now that Jean Bernard needs surgery I need to purchase supplies that I HAVE on hand at the Arris house (where they graciously let me store all these suitcases and things) but it will cost me about $50 in transportation to get there (at least) and then I have to dig through packed/stacked suitcases to find what I need.  I will probably just buy some of it in Port au Prince rather than go to the trouble.  This is sad because so much of our time and money between trips is spent on things we wouldn't need to spend it on if we had supplies organized at our OWN base and had our own transportation.  Yes, we would still use Peterson for teams- he's the BEST as many of you know, but for those little errands we could use our vehicle.  

Not to mention how nice it would be to have an organized space for teams- one where we can play worship music, where we can begin to develop an inventory of items left/donated from group to group, where we can build bunk beds for sleeping, etc.... 

PLEASE consider giving toward our vehicle fund or base fund.  BOTH are so worthwhile and would bless many!  They are not the most exciting things to give toward (not like helping little JB get his surgery) but they would really really help down here in Haiti- just ask anyone who has been on a trip with us!  God bless!  :)

SOME of our suitcases full of things.... we have SEVEN suitcases, three duffle bags and a water cooler (along with two basins, a bucket and other misc. things).... crazy!