An early update, or late depending on how you look at it

Hi Team!

 

I was having some trouble with the link earlier, once again here is our team schedule for while we are in Haiti: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=poELT_GTh5RgnmBUImoYpZQ 

 

We are going to repeat a previous day's version because I think Alicia brought a good point to me tonight:

13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lords will, we will live and do this or that." - James 4:13-15

 

We really need to be willing to give up our agenda and our plans to what God has for us on this trip.  Be willing to give up DOING things and be willing to spend time with the people around us.  We have this nice little excel spreadsheet schedule of how we are going to spend our day that I am pretty sure will get all messed up by the time we hit the ground in Haiti.  Even the time we are arriving is already not right haha.  Sometimes I feel like we need to do "stuff" and build things to show people who supported us that we are really out there making the most of their money.  That's just our culture, we put a high value on things and material items.  Please, please please concentrate on building relationships whether it is with the staff or the kids or team members or whoever.  We have a lot of projects to do.  Too many.  Twop.  Don't be afraid to say, I am going to go pray or play with that kid instead of doing whatever assignment you have for the day.  Please just make sure to let the person in charge of the project know.  If you are in charge of the project, well you will just have to figure that out yourself haha.  If we don't get all the projects done, we will just have to stay longer or go back soon :)

 

2 weeks and about another 19 hours we will be on a plane for Haiti.  I am so looking forward to it!  And looking forward to seeing you all this weekend at the Sunday commissioning service and all the other activities.  Dave Wilson will be with us again!  Woo hoo!

 

Here are your kids for today!  This is the last girl, but there are still quite a few more boys. 

 

Walgens is a very nice boy who likes to work, play basketball and go to school. He is very eager to learn English, and and is learning the language well. He likes hanging out with his friends who are also from Cap Haitian he loves making new friends every day.

 

Oline is one of the neighborhood children whose mother recently died. She was alone and had no one to care for her so we took her in to the girls home. Oline was immediately welcomed by the other children at the orphanage.. Today, she is doing wonderfully. She is healthy and very bright, being one of the better students at her school. She loves having so many new sisters and a real home where she can see and feel the overwhelming power of Jesus every day. Please keep Oline in your prayers as she adjusts to her new life at MDL and grows in her faith in Christ.