Thankful

Thankful for so much....

The rains... oh the ground looks so good.  It's been saturated and things are growing again.  Gardens will be looking good now, too.  We've had some heavy, thunderboomers but that's fine.  

Savanah's birthday... Can't believe she is one already.  She's a smart little bugger, too.  She doesn't want to use words... just gestures for what she wants.  Like goofy people, we give her what she wants, too.  When she is hungry, she points to your mouth, then to hers, and then whines just a little.  She knows a lot though.  You ask her where things are and she will point to them.  Her and Abbie love to dance.  Put in any DVD with music and they start in.  I think she learned all she knows from Abbie on that score.  We got her an umbrella stroller, and the top looks like a princess hat.  Abbie thinks that the neatest thing ever.  We walk her over to get Abbie from school in the stroller now.  She really does think she's a princess.  All the kids there come to talk to her and want to touch her.  She is VERY partial to kids, especially babies.  I thought I'd put a couple of pictures here and let you see what her first birthday was like.  I didn't realize I did not have the makings for frosting here.  So, Abbie (all by herself) made the chocolate cake.  And I whipped up some cream to top it off.  Savanah was not thrilled with the candle on the cake...doesn't like fire, which is good.  And she really isn't into cake that much, but oh the whipped cream...now there was something she could relate to.  The problem was Abbie and Hyadley (Abbie's friend).  Once Savanah got into the cream, they yelled "Yeah, Savanah!!"  When you do that, she claps.  Clapping and whipped cream... well, here's the results....

 

 MFI...  I am not sure what we could do without Missionary Flights being there for us.  Our pump in the well is in REALLY bad shape.  Don needed parts to try to do a "patch job" until he can get the new pump in.  Al, the purchasing agent at MFI, got the parts and sent them in on the next plane.  And needless to say, MFI brings all our cargo and mail, too.  They really do go the extra mile for the missionaries.  They are "Standing In The Gap" for a whole lot of people.  In excess of 800 now.  Pray for them as they continue to serve us.

Family...  I am so happy to have what little electric we do have so we can keep in touch with our families back home.  I (Karen) especially appreciate the fact that we can have daily touch with them.  It's so much easier to share prayers, praises and simply talk to them.  Mom misses the kids (and grandkids, and great-grandkids) a lot.  Well, Dad does too, but won't express it like Mom does.

Friends... What would we do without our precious friends?  They all mean so much to us.  God has blessed us with some pretty awesome people who stand with us in prayer, praise and fellowship.  These are friends both stateside and in Haiti.  

And last, but very definitely NOT least is the Lord Jesus Christ....  Where would we be without Him?  He's the author and finisher of our faith.  The rock of our salvation.  Well, most of you know all He is.... if you don't, guess you need to get into a daily Bible study and find out what you are missing.  He is the most important person in our lives.  He picks us up when we are down.  He walks through trials with us.  And He puts the joy in our lives that for the first 32 years of our lives we missed.  If you know Him personally, rejoice with us in all He has done for us.  If you don't know Him on a personal level.... you are missing out on blessings beyond measure.  Write us, or talk to a Christian friend... walking with the Lord will change your life like nothing else can.

Till next time... blessings on you.  May your walk with the Lord bring joy beyond measure!!!