PLEASE PRAY
The tears just stream down my face as I hear the screams of a mother who just lost her little son – less than 2 years old. He came in – he was burnt all over his body. We tried everything – but his sugar shot-up and he […]
Castillo
We are missionaries with Northwest Haiti Christian Mission. We have devoted our lives to serving His kingdom in the country of Haiti. We have 7 children and a thirst for an intimate relationship with our Creator. There may be a lot of drama on the battlefield but one thing is for sure.....There's Never A Dull Moment!
Never Too Young for a Mango….
Often in the afternoon the girls will sit outside and eat mangos. It’s become part of their “daily” routine. After mangos it’s time for a nap – so they really like to drag out the snack as long as they can! Today was a little interesting. As I […]
1st Summer Group – Almost finished!
It seems like we’ve been preparing for the summer for months now and the first group has come and now is ready to go. We send out their luggage tomorrow. I’m always amazed at how God works from the time a group arrives until the time they leave. […]
Govt. Building Update
The emails of prayers that poured in today were beautiful. Thank you all so much. I’ve been a little overwhelmed as the group is here – their first full day or work – and i had another group I had to book tickets for today. Then I was […]
It’s All Good…..
So today Dr. Joseph called me and said that he found TWO papers that said the building we were worried about was ours. He doesn’t want me to tell the Haitians so he can surprise the govt. with the papers at our meeting next week. Your prayers are […]
Gabriel Crawling
Okay mom – I know you’re not here but now you and everyone else can see little Gabriel finally crawling! We were worried he was being carried around too much and would never move on his own- but we’re finding things to keep him motivated! Nothing like bongo […]
Happy Birthday to Rosie….
Okay – so Rosie’s birthday is really in January!! What can I say?? It’s been a busy year. Today we had a TEA PARTY with Rosie’s sisters and 5 of her school friends. Now I had told the teacher at her school that this was a party for […]
CASTILLO SUMMER NEWSLETTER
Several have emailed about the govt. building. Everything is on hold until the June meeting. So we won’t have anything new to report until then. They’re preparing their case as we prepare ours. So just keep us all in your prayers. We have also just posted our family […]
HAITI CELEBRATION – FLAG DAY!
WHAT A GOOD DAY! What a wonderful celebration! Yesterday was full of parades and dances – all honoring their country. They marched down the streets and up to the soccer field. Then every organization and school had their own performers who sang/danced for the town. Everyone was dressed in reds, blues, […]
Update on Govt. Problems
I truly appreciate your prayers and I ask that you do not cease praying for our problems. One of the things I left out from before was that they were also trying to tell us that the property we just bought next to the mission – where our […]
