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Victorian
Tea Benefit
May 10th
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St.
James' West Bend
hosts its annual
Victorian Tea on
Saturday, May 10
from 2:00 pm until
4:00 pm. Tickets
are $15.00 and
are sold in advance.
Call Nina
1-262-689-6320
to
reserve your
ticket. Bring
your hat &
gloves in this
fun event! Part
of the proceeds
benefit the Haiti
Project.
148 South 8th
Ave.
West Bend, WI
53095
Map
with Directions
Father / Pere
By
Nancy Frana
We all know Pere
Amirold Lazard
has a big heart,
but we saw it
close and personal.
A few weeks before
our travels to
Haiti, Pere had
been driving
in the community
and found an
elderly couple
cold and wet
in their very
“worn out”
stick hut.
He could’t
turn away knowing
this, so he gently
took them into
his truck and
set them up in
a small apartment
room at the Presbytery
where he lives
in Jeannette.
There he provided
them with warm,
dry clothes and
food to eat.
What to do next?
Over several
weeks he used
his own money
to have a concrete
block home built
for them, very
close to where
their home had
been. During
our recent trip,
the house was
completed. Pere
took the elderly
couple, and a
“load of
other people”
in his truck,
to their new
home.
Pere Blessing
the New Home
Both the man
and his wife
wept in joy and
thanks for what
he had done.
It was very emotional.
In our world
we see people
give from their
excess; in Haiti
we see people
give when sometimes
they have little
left for themselves.
What a blessing
to see…and
a lesson to learn.
If you're like
Pere and YOU
can't say no,
help him out
by making a donation
to Pere
Lazard "Can't
Say No"
discretionary
Fund.
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Bishop
Miller Requests
Help during Food
Crisis
With months of
no rain, food
prices rising,
Haiti's poorest
can't afford
even a daily
plate of rice.
On Bishop Miller's
first trip to
Haiti last January,
he saw first-hand
the pervasive
hunger and has
initiated a dioceses-wide
emergency food
drive. Because
of the hunger,
the Haiti Project
has begun a temporary
lunch program
at St. Marc's
School. For just
10 cents, a child
can eat a healthy
lunch of mamba
-- a peanut butter
sandwich with
juice. The bread
comes from the
local bakery
in Jeannette.
We need
your help:
for just $60
you can feed
ALL the school
children for
a day. You can
make your donation
at:
Bishop's Emergency
FOOD Drive
February
Trip Report
By
Nancy Frana
A group of 7
traveled to Haiti
at the end of
February this
year: Mark, Nancy
and Marcus Frana,
Patti, John and
Tyler Brusky
and Steven Vuckovich.
It was Tyler’s
and Steven’s
first trip to
Haiti. For this
reason, we planned
for them to see
and do many things
to experience
the culture and
learn about the
people. In Port
au Prince we
stayed in a Boy’s
Home, visited
a home for disabled
children and
an orphanage.
In Jeannette,
photos of school
children were
taken for sponsors
to receive at
renewal time.
The children,
like adults in
Haiti, often
do not smile
for pictures!
However as soon
as the picture
was taken, off
they went grinning
ear to ear!
Work was done
on rodent-proofing
the medical clinic
and other carpentry
projects for
the presbyter
completed. Dr.
John Brusky traveled
to Mirogoane
to explore the
local public
hospital and
its services.
We also had time
for fun showing
Jeannette’s
first “outdoor
movie”,
and then having
2 more movie
nights in the
church! We enjoyed
walking in the
community visiting
friends and checking
on the water
purification
project being
used in most
of the homes
in Jeannette.
Not a trip goes
by without learning
new lessons about
how God works
in the world.
For this we are
always grateful.
Mark
your calendars
now:
Strawberry
Fest
at
St. Mary's, Dousman
WI
Sunday
June 22
Noon-4:30
Strawberries,
whipped cream
& crafts.
All proceeds
go to the Haiti
Project
Mary's Episcopal
Church
36014 Sunset
Drive
Dousman, WI
Corner of Hwy
67 & Hwy
18 -3 miles S
of I-94
Map
with Directions
April,
2008
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