Haiti Countdown: 5 days
In my Mission Journal tonight, it had a very inspiring verse from Genesis. And it was in the translation from The Message, which I love!
God told Abram: "Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you. I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I will curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."
Amazing to read that and to pray over it!! And then it went on to Luke 6:8 and says "Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back---given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."
I love how it says "Give away your life". Give it away. God gave us so much!! He gave us His ONLY son!!! What do we give Him in return?? What do we do to show him our gratitude and thanks for such a sacrifice? We need to bless and be blessed....because God blessed us and He is blessed.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be your name!!!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
9 more days.......
I can count on my fingers how many days until THE day!!! THE DAY that it will ALL change! All of our lives will forever be changed......I believe that with all my heart. God is going to be working in all of us! I already see Him working in Maekayla with each day that passes. Her questions about my shots and what all I need to pack. And I love that everytime we see a map, she wants to know if it has where she can see where we are now and where I am going in Haiti. She is clued in and on track with it all. I just pray that there are no tears at the airport.....but really?? Who am I kidding. We will probably all cry like babies. I am so crazy in love with all 3 of them and it's going to be hard being away from them for so long. But I know that it's all part of God's plan......otherwise it would have been a family trip. Instead, momma is leaving out on a plane and daddy has to be the boss for awhile.
So learned some new things about our trip tonight. One is that the guest house at the orphanage isn't done, SO we will be staying at a hotel in Jeremie. We also will stay in a hotel in Port Au Prince on the final night there. Some details of the trip are already unimaginable to comprehend simply based on what we live day to day. For example, the kids tend to take the crayons and such and bury them. They are treasures to them......so they hoard them in fear of losing them and bury or hide them. BREAKS MY HEART!!! Also, I alreay figured we'd take suckers to the kids but turns out they LOVE stickers!!! They say we can't take enough stickers!!! I love this! I'm so overwhelmed with knowing that it's coming, it's here, it's TIME!!! It's almost HAITI DAY!!! There honestly aren't words. I keep trying to think how to explain the excitement and the nervousness and the thrill and the joy and the heartbreak.......but I don't want to ruin it with words. Words just won't do it justice......not a moment like this!
Please be in prayer for the entire group as we are listening to God's call by going. By going to a place where Black Magic and Voo-Doo are prominent. By going to a place with such poverty and famine. By going to a place with disease and sickness. By leaving our families behind and trusting in God. Pray for what God will use us for.....for where God will have us deliver the good news.......for what has already been layed out by Christ to do a work in this place!!!
Did I say I was EXCITED!!!!
So learned some new things about our trip tonight. One is that the guest house at the orphanage isn't done, SO we will be staying at a hotel in Jeremie. We also will stay in a hotel in Port Au Prince on the final night there. Some details of the trip are already unimaginable to comprehend simply based on what we live day to day. For example, the kids tend to take the crayons and such and bury them. They are treasures to them......so they hoard them in fear of losing them and bury or hide them. BREAKS MY HEART!!! Also, I alreay figured we'd take suckers to the kids but turns out they LOVE stickers!!! They say we can't take enough stickers!!! I love this! I'm so overwhelmed with knowing that it's coming, it's here, it's TIME!!! It's almost HAITI DAY!!! There honestly aren't words. I keep trying to think how to explain the excitement and the nervousness and the thrill and the joy and the heartbreak.......but I don't want to ruin it with words. Words just won't do it justice......not a moment like this!
Please be in prayer for the entire group as we are listening to God's call by going. By going to a place where Black Magic and Voo-Doo are prominent. By going to a place with such poverty and famine. By going to a place with disease and sickness. By leaving our families behind and trusting in God. Pray for what God will use us for.....for where God will have us deliver the good news.......for what has already been layed out by Christ to do a work in this place!!!
Did I say I was EXCITED!!!!
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