1 Year

One year ago today I boarded my first airplane, and landed in a country that would change my life forever.....Haiti! A year later Chris and I are still talking about it and  praying for the country and the amazing people there. It really doesn't seem like a year. It was also a year ago today that I met WaNelson, now named Nelson. I love that sweet baby and pray for him and his new family as they wait for him to be home with them. Nelson changed my heart, I am forever thankful for God placing him in my path of life. 

I miss so many things about Haiti. I'm sure it seems strange to most, but I miss the heat, the mosquito's, the cold showers, the different foods, the smells of trash and diesel. The people that we encountered every single day and their strength, each and every child that we got to feed, hug and show love to. Haiti taught us Compassion, Love, Strength and Hope. I am thankful that for the time we spent in Haiti, not teaching them. But learning so much from the people of a country not so far from us.

I often find myself thinking of Haiti... cloud watching on the trampoline with my kids and wondering what the sky and weather is like in Haiti on that day. What some of the people I remember so clearly are doing on that particular day.

Pray with me for Haiti, the people there... the widowed, the orphaned, the sick, and the lost. Pray for each missionary and their families who have given their comfortable life elsewhere to serve and work alongside  the people of Haiti.

We hope and pray to be back in Haiti January of 2013. Please pray with us, that God guides us once again as we began to save and prepare not only supplies but our hearts for this next trip. Pray for those who are considering taking this trip and that doors are opened for this new group that goes. Pray that doors are opened and closed for myself and Chris. As I mentioned in previous posts, Haiti has been heavy on our hearts, for quite some time now. Pray that we hear and understand  God's calling for us. Whether it be giving up our lives here and going there, leading groups from here to there every few months, adoption, supporting a group already there or whatever it may be. Pray for us to follow what He wants, not what we want.