M came back to Gressier on Saturday and moved in with us yesterday!! Praise Jesus!! Please continue to pray for her. Pray that this would be a place of healing for her heart and that she would come to know her true identity in Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:3-7
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7 Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Other updates and pictures :)
First of all, huge thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to see me while I was stateside! Also, thank you so much for your donations, prayers, and words of encouragement....it means so much to me. Here are the other things that have been happening........
- Kids here are so full of joy and it continues to blow my mind. One evening we were out and about and these kids were having the times of their lives in a wheelbarrow :)
- The neighbors garden is growing!!
- The kids in tutoring are learning to read! And one of our staff members, Belo (in this picture) gave his life to Jesus this week!!!!
- Our water well on the mountain was re-drilled and the community is using it!
- I tried something new in the cafe to use the leftover cinnamon rolls. Cinnamon French Toast Squares with Maple Icing :)
- There was a tarantula that came into my bedroom last night. Scary. Yucky. Not fun. Thank goodness for Patrick who came and killed it for us! I was too scared to try to get a picture of it :)
Pray with us
I spent the first 2 weeks of August stateside with family and friends. I didn't get much time to relax, but it was so great to see everyone!! I've been back in Haiti for a week now and so much has happened.
I arrived back in country on Thursday and was greeted by my neighbors shouting in excitement that I was back and the girls from the Freedom House literally sprinting down the hill to hug me. So much joy! Then later that night we found out that our friend, S, who had breast cancer went to meet Jesus. Sharon went the next morning to try to find her daughter, M. We had been discussing with S recently what would happen to M and she told us that she didn't have any family that would take M in. We couldn't find M for most of the day so we were very worried, but in the evening she showed up at our house and we hugged on her and told her how much we love her. We also told her that she is very vulnerable right now and to be very careful because she might end up in a restavek situation. She said that she would not tell anyone that she would live with them and she would not leave Gressier without telling us. We went the next day to talk to her stepdad about the possibility of her moving into the Freedom House and he said that it was not his decision but she has an uncle who has her paperwork and it would be his decision. M said she thought he would say yes and she was very excited about the possibility of moving to the Freedom House. We went to S's funeral on Tuesday (my first Haitian funeral experience...definitely different to say the least). The next day we went to find M only to be told that the stepdad was "obligated" to send her with someone up to the Northern part of Haiti. He used words that you would use when talking about a transaction involving property. Please pray with us for M and for her safety and her return to Gressier. Megan tried to no avail to get contact information for the uncle and was only told that he would be here on Saturday so hopefully we will find out more then. In the meantime please just pray!
Psalm 147:11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
We are hoping and trusting in the Lord.
I arrived back in country on Thursday and was greeted by my neighbors shouting in excitement that I was back and the girls from the Freedom House literally sprinting down the hill to hug me. So much joy! Then later that night we found out that our friend, S, who had breast cancer went to meet Jesus. Sharon went the next morning to try to find her daughter, M. We had been discussing with S recently what would happen to M and she told us that she didn't have any family that would take M in. We couldn't find M for most of the day so we were very worried, but in the evening she showed up at our house and we hugged on her and told her how much we love her. We also told her that she is very vulnerable right now and to be very careful because she might end up in a restavek situation. She said that she would not tell anyone that she would live with them and she would not leave Gressier without telling us. We went the next day to talk to her stepdad about the possibility of her moving into the Freedom House and he said that it was not his decision but she has an uncle who has her paperwork and it would be his decision. M said she thought he would say yes and she was very excited about the possibility of moving to the Freedom House. We went to S's funeral on Tuesday (my first Haitian funeral experience...definitely different to say the least). The next day we went to find M only to be told that the stepdad was "obligated" to send her with someone up to the Northern part of Haiti. He used words that you would use when talking about a transaction involving property. Please pray with us for M and for her safety and her return to Gressier. Megan tried to no avail to get contact information for the uncle and was only told that he would be here on Saturday so hopefully we will find out more then. In the meantime please just pray!
Psalm 147:11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
We are hoping and trusting in the Lord.
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