Only 17 more days to go......and we'll be Haiti bound! A hundred thoughts have raced through my mind these last couple months......and a hundred times, I sat down to blog. Believe it or not, I couldn't find the words. I'm so overwhelmed to get back! I didn't realized that I could/would be MORE excited the second time than I was the first time!!! It's incredible to have this intense desire to want to be back there! I can't explain it.....I've actually had dreams about this upcoming trip. Some were good, some were not so good. But I do know that my mind is racing and my heart is pounding and it's time to get back!!
One amazing part of this journey is this time I got to watch my mom be blessed. It was wonderful to see God show up the way He has and how He has had his hand on every tiny detail so far. I have loved every single phone call and text from her sharing good news about a donation or how something just worked out so perfectly. I love watching her the way she watched me leading up to my first trip!! And now.....I get to experience her first trip with her! My mom and I are super close anyhow-----and I have a feeling that God is getting ready to take that to a whole new level we probably can't imagine on our own. I am so pumped!!! I am just giddy at this point!!! :)
On my last trip, I started reading Radical by David Platt. It was an incredible read anyhow, but to be reading it WHERE I was made it even more intense on my heart. There was one thing he said that really hit me as I read it on the plane headed back to Nashville:
“Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.”
And he is right!! It all changes! There are sweet faces and names that I can't get out of my mind or off my heart. When my screen saver on my computer is putting on a slide show, I can sit and just get lost in thought remembering my time with such amazing angels of grace!!! I am amazed that God has blessed me yet again to get to go spend time with these precious children......and I am so thrilled at the memories that will be made!!!
My journey to Haiti started in the summer of 2009......and it hasn't stopped yet. It has been an incredible ride and I have loved every single bump bruise and break and praise.......because it has shown, grown and taught me so so much more than I could've ever hoped!
