A quick update from Georgia

This was what I had typed on March 8th, while we had no internet.  More after it.
 

Greetings,

Just a quick update to let you know what is happening in our lives.  We were invited to a missions conference in northern Alabama.  So the couple of weeks prior to it, I spent trying to get ready… well in a lot of ways.

Vero is going with us, so we got pictures of all her orphans, the IDADEE orphanage and all it’s projects.  Then made a display board for it all.  The first set of photos of the kids were not great, by any means.  I asked Vero if she could do them for me (someone else had done them).  She did a fantastic job with them.  And we found a lot of our photos and made another board for ourselves.  But since then have found out we probably won’t need it since the ones in charge of the conference are REALLY organized and have things ready for us.  But it is done anyway.  

We were not sure what we were going to do with Savanah and Abbie while we were gone.  When I had mentioned it to Savanah adoptive mom, she made arrangements to come and stay.  She, Guerline, and her youngest daughter Lexi (8 months younger than Savanah) flew down from Canada to be in Haiti.  When they arrived, Savanah and Lexi (her new sister) hugged and held hands and were great.  Savanah wasn’t sure about Guerline, but she warmed up to her after a bit.  This will be a great bonding time for them in the 2 weeks we are away. 

 

So, we flew out on Thursday the 6^th.  Poor Abbie was convinced that Vero would not come back to her.  So we will be trying to call and assure her we will be back.  Our flight was pretty uneventful until we found out a bad storm was headed toward our flight path, just as we were to be landing.  We had a little turbulence, but nothing bad at all.  And we didn’t get the storm.  

We were able to spend a day and part of an evening with Carolyn and Rodney, our good friends in West Palm Beach.  We went to a resale place and Vero was able to get a lot of needed clothing items for the orphanage.  Not all she needed, but lots at a good price.  Today Vero and I went searching for places to get some inexpensive items to try and get close to what she needs.  She is definitely NOT used to shopping in the states.  But she’ll get used to it soon.  Just trying to find inexpensive things is a real challenge.  But we had fun trying to find things anyway.

But the one thing that is a bit hard is the weather here.  We sure aren’t used to the cold.  It was down in the low 50’s.  Now I know for a LOT of you, that would be nice and warm, but to us “Haitians”, this is REALLY cold.  And we’ve seen the Floridians here all wrapped up and trying to keep warm.  Had Dick, from MFI stop this morning (when on the way to see his brand new granddaughter), to see if he could get the heater working.   But no idea why it’s not working.  So, we’ll just put on more and more layers to keep warm tonight.  Just a small thing to deal with.  Actually sort of funny, too.  We heard we will be heading into cold weather for the conference, so this is just a “get used to cold” time.  Yes, we will do fine, it’s just an added thing to the trip. 

That was our time two days ago....

We left Fort Pierce this morning (the 10th) and headed north.  We are now about 20 miles south of Macon, GA.  A little chilly, but not bad yet.  We left a lot behind, that we decided we didn't need.  Good thing we did, the car is FULL!  Been having a great time though.  Vero rides in front with me and Don is in back, studying.  So our 8 hours today was not bad at all.  We stopped at a rest area and there were two police vehicles with lights going, and they had a fellow sitting on the curb.  When we came back out they were trying to get him to walk a straight line...he just had a dazed look on his face.  Guess he was a bit out of it all.  Had to go around the police car to get out of the rest area.  Other than that, we've been doing good.  Prayerfully we'll be in Fort Payne, Alabama tomorrow afternoon, or evening some time.  Looking forward to see some friends who had been to Haiti several times.  

So, until we find internet again, keep praying for us.  God's been good and He keeps His hands on us all the time.  Keep smiling and keep trusting the Lord in all you do!!

Blessings to you all!