Saphira will turn 21 on October 1. She lives in Lafiteau with her four younger siblings and her mom and dad. She is an excellent student with a sweet attitude, and is involved in her local church, teaching a Bible class and singing in a worship group. This is her third year at Grace Emmanuel School.

The women who cook for Grace Emmanuel School will finally have a new kitchen this fall

Over the last four years, I have spent many hours in the kitchen at Grace Emmanuel School. Many of my fondest memories in Haiti have taken place with the 8 women that work in that kitchen.

The 2015-2016 school year has quickly come to a close at Grace Emmanuel School. While the rest of the school was studying and taking exams during the last two weeks of June, the third kindergarteners prepared for their graduation day—the big event that officially marks the end of the school year in Haiti.

There are two 8th graders at Grace Emmanuel School you will always find together: Gefftia and Joffanie. They both are new this year, and have many things in common, including similar names that I can never seem to get right. They are only eight months apart in age (Joffanie is 14 and Gefftia will turn 14 next month), both want to be nurses, and both love Jesus.

As a child growing up in the village of Cabaret, Manita would dance at voodoo ceremonies. She worshipped Satan, the same as the rest of her family. She didn’t know any differently.