Hi from Ohio,

I left Haiti Thursday morning, taking 3 planes to finally arrive in Cincy at 7:30 p.m. The flight from Haiti to Miami was nice but wow, from Miami to Charlotte I thought I was going to die. The turbulence was horrible, the whole flight. One rather large man got up to go to the bathroom and the flight attendant yelled "sit down, this is dangerous," he said "fine, but let me warn you, I am going to wet myself." I was happy to land. My face to face will have to wait.
I haven't done much but rest and enjoy my 3 grand kids, and Marco and DeAnna. Marco is working at a brand new Wal-Mart, as the produce guy, and DeAnna is working 6-7 nights per week as a nurse in a nursing home, 3rd shift. They have recently moved and are very happy with everything. The big news is that they have child number 4 coming in March. He is a boy and I suggested the name "Taj" but they haven't loved that one.
I am always really excited to come to the states and to see such wonderful friends but, with all that’s going on in Haiti at our new property, I was a tad nervous about leaving. I challenged my staff to step up and replace my hours while I was gone. I know they will.
Thursday at leadership, without me, 120 young adults showed up and Jony had 260 kids at youth group on Friday. Jony was supposed to travel with me but was turned down for his visa attempt. I thought he would be really depressed but he said "now I get to see why God kept me in Haiti, and for what purpose."
The boys were sad to see me go, as I was sad to leave them. Towards the end of the week I will be going to Washington to share the ministry, and then on to Minnesota for a couple church visits, home presentations and much, much more.
The main reason I made this trip is to raise funds for our church/school building. Things have been really tight the past couple months with the move to the new property and all the new expenses that added. We were even a tad short in October. If you are able at all to help us get caught up and get ahead so we can keep moving forward, please do so. I don't know of a better investment you could make. Please pray about this, maybe a year end gift, like a Christmas present to Haiti, how's that? tominohio

Question of the day: I was at a church in Cincy today and they did a play onstage. In the play one of the "unsaved men" cursed. Is this acceptable to you or should this never happen inside the walls of a church? Just curious if your take matches my take.