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Our June 6 Facebook post read: Degaje (Creole for “make do”). That’s what we’re doing here at the RMI office. Board meetings are tomorrow, Thursday & Friday. A local church usually kindly lets us use one of their meeting rooms & their cafeteria provides the coffee, snacks & food. However, this week is their VBS & every single room is booked. So…our landlord is allowing us to use one of the empty office suites in the complex (thankfully the water & power are still on!). After some needed cleaning, we carted over tables, chairs and other items we need to set up a meeting area and food service area. This may work out after all! It was cozy, but it did indeed work. RMI’s Semi-Annual Board Meeting took place June 7 and 8 here at the RMI Office in Lehigh Acres, FL. Since Rob & Becky had arrived in the

Our June 6 Facebook post read: Degaje (Creole for “make do”). That’s what we’re doing here at the RMI office. Board meetings are tomorrow, Thursday & Friday. A local church usually kindly lets us use one of their meeting rooms & their cafeteria provides the coffee, snacks & food. However, this week is their VBS & every single room is booked. So…our landlord is allowing us to use one of the empty office suites in the complex (thankfully the water & power are still on!). After some needed cleaning, we carted over tables, chairs and other items we need to set up a meeting area and food service area. This may work out after all! It was cozy, but it did indeed work. RMI’s Semi-Annual Board Meeting took place June 7 and 8 here at the RMI Office in Lehigh Acres, FL. Since Rob & Becky had arrived in the

Wednesday night, three of Gary and Marilyn’s favorite people, Ludna, Ludne, and Madoniu came over to their house for one last game of Farkle before the McLaughlin’s headed off for three months in the US. Here Ludne holds the score sheet. Gary said he let her win. Gary and Marilyn left EARLY Thursday morning (2:30 to be exact) and headed to Port au Prince, along with Benson who will spending almost three weeks in the States with them. Gary and Marilyn will spend most of their time at their cabin in Seattle and they will also be visiting some of their sponsoring churches along the way. They look forward to visits with lots of family and friends and are hopeful they will get to meet the newest addition to their family, Mirabai Grace McLaughlin, who was born on March 13 of this year. Joe and Elizabeth McLaughlin (Mirabai’s mom and

Wednesday night, three of Gary and Marilyn’s favorite people, Ludna, Ludne, and Madoniu came over to their house for one last game of Farkle before the McLaughlin’s headed off for three months in the US. Here Ludne holds the score sheet. Gary said he let her win. Gary and Marilyn left EARLY Thursday morning (2:30 to be exact) and headed to Port au Prince, along with Benson who will spending almost three weeks in the States with them. Gary and Marilyn will spend most of their time at their cabin in Seattle and they will also be visiting some of their sponsoring churches along the way. They look forward to visits with lots of family and friends and are hopeful they will get to meet the newest addition to their family, Mirabai Grace McLaughlin, who was born on March 13 of this year. Joe and Elizabeth McLaughlin (Mirabai’s mom and

Wednesday night, three of Gary and Marilyn’s favorite people, Ludna, Ludne, and Madoniu came over to their house for one last game of Farkle before the McLaughlin’s headed off for three months in the US. Here Ludne holds the score sheet. Gary said he let her win. Gary and Marilyn left EARLY Thursday morning (2:30 to be exact) and headed to Port au Prince, along with Benson who will spending almost three weeks in the States with them. Gary and Marilyn will spend most of their time at their cabin in Seattle and they will also be visiting some of their sponsoring churches along the way. They look forward to visits with lots of family and friends and are hopeful they will get to meet the newest addition to their family, Mirabai Grace McLaughlin, who was born on March 13 of this year. Joe and Elizabeth McLaughlin (Mirabai’s mom and

Heading to the ‘outer states’ as Braden (almost 4) calls the United States… Here is a picture of the family on the airplane waiting to leave Port au Prince for Miami (taken from Rob’s Facebook Page). Early Monday morning Rob, Becky and the kids headed off to Port au Prince to the Airport. Leaving Haiti for three months, they are on furlough (known in RMI as Home Assignment) and will be traveling across much of the eastern part of the US. While furlough means three months away from daily life and ministry in Haiti it is not simply a time of vacationing and relaxation. While there will be some time to relax and rest, they will also be visiting supporters, visiting a few churches, spending some time in the Florida office, and taking care of personal business, visiting doctors and shopping to restock on clothes and household items. It will

Heading to the ‘outer states’ as Braden (almost 4) calls the United States… Here is a picture of the family on the airplane waiting to leave Port au Prince for Miami (taken from Rob’s Facebook Page). Early Monday morning Rob, Becky and the kids headed off to Port au Prince to the Airport. Leaving Haiti for three months, they are on furlough (known in RMI as Home Assignment) and will be traveling across much of the eastern part of the US. While furlough means three months away from daily life and ministry in Haiti it is not simply a time of vacationing and relaxation. While there will be some time to relax and rest, they will also be visiting supporters, visiting a few churches, spending some time in the Florida office, and taking care of personal business, visiting doctors and shopping to restock on clothes and household items. It will

Heading to the ‘outer states’ as Braden (almost 4) calls the United States… Here is a picture of the family on the airplane waiting to leave Port au Prince for Miami (taken from Rob’s Facebook Page). Early Monday morning Rob, Becky and the kids headed off to Port au Prince to the Airport. Leaving Haiti for three months, they are on furlough (known in RMI as Home Assignment) and will be traveling across much of the eastern part of the US. While furlough means three months away from daily life and ministry in Haiti it is not simply a time of vacationing and relaxation. While there will be some time to relax and rest, they will also be visiting supporters, visiting a few churches, spending some time in the Florida office, and taking care of personal business, visiting doctors and shopping to restock on clothes and household items. It will

Every year, RMI “puts on” a retreat for all the missionary ladies at our Retreat Center. This was the second year in a row that RMI missionary, Amy Long and I, planned RMI’s Ladies Retreat. This year was more special for both of us: it felt more relaxed and we really got to enjoy the retreat a lot more. I think it’s because it was the second time we’ve planned it, we had a better feel for how our responsibilities were going to be divided up in preparation. Overall, it just went smoother! And that made it a lot more enjoyable for both of us. The weather was great and you can’t get a better location than the RMI Retreat Center! This year we had 34 Missionary Ladies attend the retreat. It was a great turnout and really encouraging as we had a good representation of many different ages, many

Every year, RMI “puts on” a retreat for all the missionary ladies at our Retreat Center. This was the second year in a row that RMI missionary, Amy Long and I, planned RMI’s Ladies Retreat. This year was more special for both of us: it felt more relaxed and we really got to enjoy the retreat a lot more. I think it’s because it was the second time we’ve planned it, we had a better feel for how our responsibilities were going to be divided up in preparation. Overall, it just went smoother! And that made it a lot more enjoyable for both of us. The weather was great and you can’t get a better location than the RMI Retreat Center! This year we had 34 Missionary Ladies attend the retreat. It was a great turnout and really encouraging as we had a good representation of many different ages, many

Every year, RMI “puts on” a retreat for all the missionary ladies at our Retreat Center. This was the second year in a row that RMI missionary, Amy Long and I, planned RMI’s Ladies Retreat. This year was more special for both of us: it felt more relaxed and we really got to enjoy the retreat a lot more. I think it’s because it was the second time we’ve planned it, we had a better feel for how our responsibilities were going to be divided up in preparation. Overall, it just went smoother! And that made it a lot more enjoyable for both of us. The weather was great and you can’t get a better location than the RMI Retreat Center! This year we had 34 Missionary Ladies attend the retreat. It was a great turnout and really encouraging as we had a good representation of many different ages, many

To a man I have learned much from. To a man who loves the Haitian people. To a man who loves to serve… Happy Birthday Gary. Here is Gary, right where he loves to be… with the Haitian people… Let’s be honest, he does like to sit around and do nothing(if you know Gary, you will know that this couldn’t be further from the truth)…

To a man I have learned much from. To a man who loves the Haitian people. To a man who loves to serve… Happy Birthday Gary. Here is Gary, right where he loves to be… with the Haitian people… Let’s be honest, he does like to sit around and do nothing(if you know Gary, you will know that this couldn’t be further from the truth)…