From The Furlough Trail

Well, we've been up in Vermont, along the Quebec border for the past few days. It's been wonderful to visit dear friends. We went out to visit with our dairy farmer friend M. Kaiser. It's amazing how computerized farming has become! Even the big John Deere tractors and combines have GPS and can actually work the fields without a driver. That's right! They drive themselves!

Pictured below is my daughter standing on the John Deere. The next photo above is a group shot of our family and M. Kaiser and his son.

Montreal

We went into Montreal the other day and we met an actor that we've seen on various TV shows and movies. His name is Victor Garber. He is best known for his portrayal of Jack Bristow, a government agent on "Alias."

Cindy's Health

My wife Cindy recently began experiencing episodes of numbness and tingling in her lips, tongue, and sometimes her cheek. She gets nauseous along with these other symptoms. We took her to the doctor in Springfield. She had an MRI done and the doctor has referred her to a neurologist. There are no available appointments to see the neurologist until about a month from now. The MRI revealed that it's possible that she had a "mini-stroke" but they aren't sure. Please pray for her. We will have our 25th wedding anniversary on June 17. I love her and covet your prayers for her health. God bless you!

Please don't forget about doing what you can to help towards Leah's Romania mission trip in June. She needs to raise $3,000 and has $250 as of today. $2,750 to go! She'll be doing evangelistic ministry among the gypsies of Romania.

Also, we still lack about 1/2 of the $4500 we need to fix a serious plumbing problem in the orphanage. They cannot flush a single toilet on the property and have to shower with the water hose outside. Pray that we can get the funds to get this fixed.

Thank you for your love, prayers, and gifts!

Help Leah Go To Romania

This summer, our daughter Leah, age 16, will be going on a mission trip to the Eastern European country of Romania. She'll be going with a team of youth from International Bible Baptist in Miami, Florida. The ministry is called T.I.M.E. We hosted a T.I.M.E. team in Cambodia last year and it was great. Leah has been asked to go and she is thrilled! She'll be working with the Collico's, missionaries to the Gypsies for the past 13 years. Among the things she'll be doing is helping to present the Gospel through Christian evangelistic skits and dramas. They'll ministry to Gypsy children, teens and adults in Gypsy churches as well as at Camp Joy.

Leah needs to raise $3000 for this trip. Please help her get the money required to go on this mission. You can send funds to us through the missions office.

Instructions:

1. Make check payable to BBFI Missions.
2. Include a note or write on the memo field of the check that it's for "Haas/Leah/Romania"
3. Send to BBFI Mission Office, P.O. Box 191, Springfield, MO 65801.

This is a great opportunity to be a big blessing to an MK (missionary kid)! God bless you!

Seeing Miami

Our friends David and Janet took us out sightseeing in Miami's South Beach district today and it was a nice time. The art deco district is really a nice place to eat, drink a Cuban coffee, and enjoy some sunshine.














Enjoyed seeing some really cool cars here and there like this nice one.














And this nice Lambourghini

Update From Florida

Cindy's in Pensacola with her mom, who is still hospitalized. She still is suffering from pneumonia. As we get more info, we'll keep you posted. Leah, Kayla, and I are in Miami for a week. We're enjoying nice weather in south Florida, but a cold front is moving in today, should hit the high 40s which is cold for Miami. Thanks for your prayers! From here we head to South Carolina next week.

Miami Power Outage

Well, we show up in Miami and the power goes out from Key West up to Daytona Beach. Sounds like Cambodia to me! Power is back on and all is well. Seems like a switch failed somewhere and then the power began going down like dominoes.