Lindsey is in Haiti

Lindsey left early Monday morning for Haiti! She is assisting on a medical mission trip at a clinic outside of Port Au Prince, with a church/orphanage that our church partners with. It's called Mountain Top Ministries. She is traveling with a nurse from our congregation, who serves there once or twice a year.

Here is Lindsey's first message to us: We've been pretty busy here but the evenings have been good down time. I did intake at the clinic today - just blood pressure and weight. Last night on the way to the house from the airport it took us about 2 hours just to get through the city. I don't think I've ever seen so many people in the same place before. It was worse than Chicago during rush hour. The sidewalks were jam packed, I have no clue how anyone got anywhere because it was so crowded. And there were very few stoplights so the drivers were really aggressive. Willem had to pretty much just go and if someone else wanted the same spot he made it pretty obvious that they were going to have to back down because he certainly wasn't going to. It was pretty scary. Anna and I took a four wheeler up to the clinic this morning and it was such a bouncy ride because it's so rocky. I was flying all over the place because I'm so little. But it was so fun and the landscape is beautiful. Also the food here is pretty weird. Apparently what we call soup is only called soup if you put pumpkin in it, otherwise it's boulion, pronounced with a French accent.

The two photos are of Lindsey and her boyfriend, Brandon, and of Anna (sorry it's blurry). More photos to come through the week. The camera's batteries were dead when they arrived, so none were taken the first day.


Prayers and praises: Thank God for a safe trip. Pray for their time with the Haitians and that their love for Christ will shine through and make an impact on the people they interact with.

Hayley performs w/ youth band Amp'd

Hayley is in a Youth Band called Amp'd at Hope and they perform monthly. There are 3 guitarists, a drummer, and lead male vocal/guitarist who is also the band leader. She is the pianist for all the songs, but was the lead female vocalist for one of the songs (attached below). They perform monthly, next on Dec 10, and should be the 2nd Saturday of the month thereafter. They will actually begin leading weekend worship for the church on occasion too. Let me know if you want to attend one of the performances -- you won't be disappointed!

Click below to play the videos.. this clip is just her solo portion. The next one has the whole song. Sorry, but the sound quality isn't the best. Not sure if you can play the video from the email you get.... you might have to go to the actual blog to watch. thedaveclarke5.blogspot.com

Hayley's performance (part 2)

I had to load the 2 videos separately, but still couldn't get the whole song on there.... had to cut it down, but this is most of it.

Luc & Logan build a hut

What can 2 boys do with some tomato cages, some sticks, some grass piles, and a straw bale???

Saw a great movie today....

To all the awesome dads out there..... yes, you are awesome.... Do you know you are loved and valued in your families??? http://www.courageousthemovie.com/

Sneak peek of Lindsey's senior pictures

Lindsey had her senior pictures taken. We won't have them all back for another 3 weeks, but they did give us a sneak peek. Check out the photographer's page - click here.

Fishin' in the rain

I just have to add that Logan love, love, loves fishing!!! At every possible opportunity to get someone to accompany him to the docks, he would go. Even in the pouring rain! He was happy to put his own worms and grubs on, but hasn't quite graduated to taking his own fish off the hooks yet - they're a little too squirmy.