This is just a quick update. We were able to spend an amazing week in Florida with Shane's parents and my parents. It was the best vacation I have ever taken with our little family. We were able to have so much fun, enjoy each others company, and truly rest. What a blessing!
This week we have missionary training with Global Outreach in Tupelo, MS. This training is one of the ways that God has already started to open up the doors for us to serve at Global. Global requires that the missionaries they support go to this training before they serve with Global. These trainings are held 3 or 4 times a year and fill up quickly so we thought that we would not be able to attend one until February at the earliest. Then we found out that the training this week happens to be a fast track training (only 2 days instead of 5) for people that are already on the field and there just happened to be some cancelations so we can attend. This allows us to speed up the usual process of a 1 year preparation to go out into the field where we feel called. We are praying for a 3 month process, knowing God can do anything and trusting that His time table is perfect. And it doesn't hurt to ask. :)
After that, it is time to get to work fundraising. We know that many of you are already financially supporting some sort of organization. We know that it can get tiring to be constantly asked to fund yet another missionary, organization, need. The needs are big and there are many good places to donate your money. We want you to know, that regardless of whether you are able to help us financially or not, we value you and your prayer support.
That being said, there are some of our readers that know in their spirit that it is time to step in. We know that God has called us to Haiti and we trust completely that He will bring the funds in. And we know that God uses people to do His work. So if you are one of those that feels the nudge to help, we need you. We need monthly commitments so that we will be able to plan for the next year. No donation is too small.
Pleasse consider it. Pray over it.
If you don't want to pay for your taptap ride, just hop on the back.
This group of people sat in the back of this truck for 5 hours. We followed them the entire way back from Port Salute.
This pole is in the center of a very busy road. It made me smile to see this man using the shade. Why not?
I'm not sure if this is how a truck bed liner should be used.
My young friend's siblings.
The pictures below were borrowed from a short term missionary's fb post. :)
One of Global's water pumps. They drill them and then maintain them. Very cool.
Chris Brumley, the director of Global Outreach Haiti.
Shane and Nicky 'working' in the shop.
A beautiful long term missionary that we have the pleasure of serving with.
If you have made it to the end of my blog, I have been making a list of things that are better/different/now feel strange (not in order of importance);
-So many options
-the roads (every one follows the rules)
-soft water in the shower
-pressure to look a certain way
-family and friends
-worshiping at our home church
-freedom to drive with relative safety
-easily accessible grocery store
-when I walk I now look at my feet (trying to make sure I don't trip on loose rocks..not really needed in MN)
-remembering to pray (in Haiti before we do anything we always pray, ie driving. Its harder to remember in America)
-quote from Landen when asked why he was eating so much, "There is so much to eat I'm trying to make sure none of it gets wasted".
-sleeping with lots of blankets on
-leaves changing colors
-being clean all day long
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