What a great week we had in Haiti. As I write this, Michael is still there finishing up on the details of this trip. One of the things we did was set up two businesses. JB's Superwash is a car wash business in Sourcematla. The name of the village stands for "source of water". So we were able to take a gasoline powered pressure washer, washing tools and signage to get him started. The concrete pad for cars to be pulled up on will be completed before my return on July 28. Hopefully we can have a big grand opening for him. Jean Benard has a large extended family and this will help all of them to live and continue in ministry.
Our second business was for Sonel, my main interpreter from a village called St. Gerard. He has a great talent for cooking, so we set up Johnetels Bakery. We spent a day in Port-Au-Prince finding a stove and propane tank. I was able to take mixing supplies, cookie sheets and towels to him to help get things started. His first project will be cookies and breads to sell at market day. Then after much brainstorming we decided to try pizza when I go back in July. Finding cheese will be easy but there is no pizza sauce in Haiti. So my plan is to take a few cans, and hopefully a few recipes, of pizza sauce and spices. Everyone agrees that there is nobody selling pizza slices and we think it will be a great success. He has a beautiful wife who can make the best salted peanuts in the world. So I am pushing for that to be made too...if only just for me! Yum!
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