Time moves so fast

I guess when you are busy and don't have time to stop and think, time rushes on.  There has been a lot going on around here and we sure have been busy.  

In case you haven't heard, we have changed our email address.  It is now:  Davis2Haiti@gmail.com    We had some major problems with Starband, and ended up paying for service for 6 months with NO service.  So, we are finally off of that server and using a Haitian server now.  They seem to be a really great company and we are happy to have them.  We had a glitch for a couple of days, and when contacted, they were right on it and corrected the problem.  We sure couldn't ask for more.  

I just helped Vero post an update to the IDADEE blog.  If you'd like to get a glimpse of the children there, go to:  www.IDADEEchildrenshome.blogspot.com   I was finally able to post pictures of all 32 children.  They sure are an awesome bunch of kiddos.  Vero works so hard out there and you can see how much the children love her.

Tomorrow we leave Haiti for a couple of months of rest and quality family time.  Sad to say we won't get to see all of our kids.  We are flying from Florida to Wisconsin, and we'll miss two of the kids and their families.  But with all we have had going on this year, and since I do all the stateside driving, I didn't think I was up for that long drive this year.  Still having some repercussions from that Chikungunya Virus, so need to take it a little easier this year.  

We really do hope to get to at least talk to most of you while we are stateside.  We will spend our first week in Florida, since the flights were a bit messed up.  But that will be good, too.  We'll get to spend some time with friends there and rest up a bit before flying north.  

Our weather has sort of calmed down a bit and we are back to "normal" temperatures of upper 80's and low 90's now.  We still have some upper 90's but not often.  It feel SO MUCH cooler that when we were over the hundred degree mark.  And the humidity has sort of come down some too, so that helps a lot.

Vero and Abbie have moved into their home.  Still need to add the bathroom and a bedroom, but it's livable right now.  Once the addition is finished, the room they now use as a bedroom will be a dining room.  The ground is marked off for the foundation of the rooms, and Vero will have some of the fellows get that in soon.  Then when we return, Don will get the plumbing in and work on the walls.  I'll be looking for curtains and some extras for the house while we are out.  I will also be searching for new curtains and rods for the dorm.  The ones in there now are VERY, VERY old and falling apart.  It will be a challenge to get the things we need, but the Lord knows what we need.  

We are all packed up and ready to leave on Missionary Flights, tomorrow.  Savanah will be staying with Abbie and Vero here at our house.  Please continue to pray for the adoption to be finalized.  I'm not sure if we will need to be here for it to be completed, but if we need to, we will be here.  The kiddo was sick for a few days, but thanks to the nurse that is now living at the IDADEE orphanage, she is doing great.  She loves being out there and with all the children.  And it does free me to get some work done here.  

So, for now, I'll close and ask you to keep us in prayer as we travel.   And also pray for a safe return to Haiti when our time is over in the states.  And we are praying for you, too, that the Lord is working mightily in your life and in ways that other can see HIM in you.  Blessing and prayers... from Haiti to you!!