A short note

Well the weather is something else again....after the heat not letting up, the temps dropped WAY down.  Now, those of you in the northern US, and even some in the south...will think we are a bit goofy.  But the temps dropped down to the upper 60's, and everyone here was looking for heavy coats, blankets or some other way to "stay warm".   We RARELY get below 70 degrees.  For those here, that is like below freezing for those of you in the north.  Thank goodness it does warm up during the day, up to the low or mid 80's.  When you consider most people here, because of bad nutrition, have no resistance to colds and such, you can see why they get sick when the temps change so much.  Keep them all in prayer.  

I looked at the date and it surprised me.  It's  11/11/11.   THAT doesn't happen often, does it?  But then I remembered it's Veterans Day.   Thank you to all the veterans, and to those who are serving now, to defend our country.  Our prayers go out to all of them.  They put themselves in harms way to keep us safe and we appreciate their service.  Back when they started the "thing" about when you saw a service man or woman, to simply put your hand on your heart and then move it toward them, to show your thanks, I was able to do that.  I don't remember where we were, except it was in an airport...I saw a serviceman walking toward me.  When he looked up, I did that....no words, just a simple gesture.   He smiled and nodded.  It made ME feel good to have put that smile there.  Then I saw some others do the same thing.  He had been walking with his head down when he got off the plane, but with each person who made that small effort, he stood a bit straighter.  When he was about out of sight, he was walking straight up and smiling.  Remember to thank those who served for YOU!!

Well, with it being 11/11/11, it also brought to mind something else.  Tomorrow is 11/12/11....that is the 28th anniversary of our moving to Haiti.  We landed here in Cap Haitian around noon on Nov. 12th, 1983.  Don and I and our twins had been here on teams before that, but that was our "moving day" to Haiti.  And God has blessed us beyond measure for being here.  Oh, make no mistake, there have been days when we wondered what we were doing here.  But those were not the normal.  MY only drawback to all of these years here is missing our kids, grandkids and now GREAT grandkids.  But guess that is a mother's heart speaking.  I cherish our kids and their kids, etc...and miss them a LOT.  But I also know we are to be here.  So, we'll let the Lord handle it all.

I have a daily devotional book, with the entries by Max Lucado.  Today's was about our being clothed in robes of pure white when we get to heaven.  Then he said ' "Jesus is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God" (Rev. 19:13).  Why is Christ's robe not white?  Why is His cloak not spotless?  Why is His garment dipped in blood?....Paul says simply, "He changed places with us" (Gal. 3:13)...He wore our coat of sin to the cross."   WOW... I KNEW this, yet seeing it put like that really brings it home.  Have YOU thought about all that Jesus Christ did for YOU?  I hope you are in the place where you can say AMEN and Praise the Lord for all He has done for ME!!  We really do serve an AWESOME GOD!!