49 and counting...

Nope, not my age, not by a long shot.  Today was our 49th wedding anniversary.  Yup, to the same man, all these years.  Nothing big happening today.  We took Vero and Savanah and went out to lunch... Abbie will be upset, but she was in school, and we needed to get back here for a meeting Vero had.  We were celebrating Vero's 41st birthday, along with our anniversary.  We had a good time.  I really like the picture of Savanah and Vero... the flash glanced off her head band and onto Vero's forehead.  

 

But let's backtrack to this last week.  Last Sunday morning, when Savanah woke up, I told Don we had terrible mosquitoes in the house, look at her face.  Well, then I realized it was her face, neck and a few on the body.  By that afternoon I came to the conclusion it was measles.  Yup, our little 6 month old cutie has measles.  Thankfully not a real bad case.  But the poor little tyke had no idea why she was itching so bad.  I immediately contacted some medical personnel here.  Got advice on what to do, what to look for and how to take care of her.  Then I contacted Grandma Bibiana (Yup, DOCTOR Bibiana).  She gave me the same advice I had gotten, but I wanted to make sure with her.  And she added, "she may not want to eat... or maybe she will."   She had held Savanah at the Easter sunrise service breakfast... and she was amazed how much the kiddo ate.  Well, she was right on the "or maybe she will".  Her appetite increased.  All she wanted to do was EAT...yes, with capitol letters.  But the up side to that was that she would sleep for 8 hours at night.  (But it was from 7:30 PM to 3:30 AM)  So, she was up and ready to go by 3:30 in the morning.  She spent time playing with toys in our bed for a while.

So, my week was spent trying to keep the little one contented.  Don's was busy doing a lot of things.  One of those was delivering some Christmas bags and t-shirts to a man's school in the area.  He has been teaching kids who cannot go to school for lack of funds.  He is doing basic reading, writing and math.  He also helps older people with the same things, since he does not want them cheated by some unsavory merchants.  And by others who would take advantage of them.  These kids in the school are in rough shape.  Some don't have parents, and live with whoever will take them in.  Sad situations like this are all over Haiti.  The t-shirts came from our home town.  The kids will wear them each Friday to school, since they have no uniforms, and this makes them feel important.  They were thrilled with the bags, and with the shirts.  We are so thankful Kito has taken it upon himself to help these kids (and adults) out.  His teachers are volunteers and we had helped him give them some money each month.  We are praying to be able to start doing that again, as the Lord provides.  He uses a school building once the official school there is finished. 

 

 

 

 Prayerfully the rains have come to an end for a while... just wait, soon we'll be concerned because of the dry weather.

Well, just wanted to do a quick update and let everyone know what's happening here.  Have a great Christ centered day.  And remember to praise the Lord for all He has done for you.  The Haitians rejoice, and they have nothing, but they are thankful for their salvation and that the Lord walks with them. 

A friend posted something on facebook and it's worth repeating... (Thanks Kim).  From Joyce Meyers... "Let God turn your MESS into MESSAGE!!"  Amen to that!

 Blessings!!