There were a number of pictures of the group doing work, running the kids club and more. Enjoy.

Work today was harder, temps were hotter, and the team is loving it all and doing well. Learning a lot about the tension between relationship focus and task focus. Both are needed. Key word: both. Making great progress on projects while meeting and loving lots of people. Hard to believe we're almost half way--we're just getting started!

Great first day of work; all doing well. God seems to show up in many different ways to people on the team. Makes us excited for tomorrow.

Update: Travel went well. Facility in Petit Goave is good, the people in Haiti are great. Work starts tomorrow (later today cause I just got this update this morning :)). We will help build a school and part of a health clinic. All on team are well – and eager to get to work!

4:30 am - Grand Rapids airport. Let's do this!

The team is packing and prepping for our adventure June 30-July 6.

My dad and I leave this Saturday and we’re very excited to serve God as we work alongside the Haitian people. It would be awesome if you could take a few minutes every day to pray for a few things while my dad and I are in Haiti:

• For our safety and health in a foreign country. That God would help all the details come together, knowing that He is already working down in Haiti right now.
• For strength. That we would be able to work hard and give God all the glory as we work alongside Haitians. That despite the heat, our attitudes would be a reflection of Christ.
• For our relationships with the Haitians. That our team, as well as the Haitians, would have open hearts to one another. That God would be in our conversations and use our team from Grand Haven, Michigan to remind the Haitian people how much God loves them.
• That my dad and I would grow in our relationship with each other and in both of our relationships with God. That we would be open to what God wants to do through us and in us while we are down in Haiti and when we come back.

Thanks for your prayers. Feel free to look at our Facebook page with updates during our week in Haiti.

God Bless,

Scott Staal