Greetings to one and all,
You know the Lord is awesome, right? Well, if you know me, you know that is my favorite word to describe the Lord, AWESOME!!! He is always right there when we need Him the most, right? We've been hearing and studying more and more about mountain tops and valleys. How easy it is to be on that mountain top and be happy and thankful, but not really giving the Lord a whole lot of thought. Then, when in the valley...where do we turn, yes, THE LORD!! "Why am I here Lord, why did you allow it, help me, please." It's SO easy to turn to Him when we have needs. But He should also be right at the top of our thoughts when we are on that mountain top. He IS great, He IS awesome, ALL THE TIME!!
And here I have to thank Him for letting me go through those rough times, as well, as being right by my side when things go smoothly. I AM learning to praise and thank Him in and through all situations. I know most of you know one of my life verses is in 1 Thess. 5: 16-18. "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
I wanted to share our latest posting on email:
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In the last few weeks things were rather hectic, but the Lord knew, and He worked things out. Our visitors, April and Asher arrived safely. They did have to drive through a bit of that storm in Florida, but made it here as planned. They totally experienced what it is like to do the buckets. They filled zip lock bags, then filled buckets, then lifted and stacked buckets and then were able to load the truck and deliver most of them. They were also able to go the IDADEE Children’s Home and help us get all 41 children weighed and measured. And they were able to tour the IDADEE children’s home, hospital and clinic. Of course, they experienced a real Haitian meal, too. And they even had some down time. They left Thursday morning which started out with a few concerns. First RAINS… which thankfully calmed down, then the vehicle didn’t start, but got it moving again. And I pray they had a smooth flight back, and were able to return to family safely!! I pray they felt they had a productive and informative time here.
I’ll ask that you
keep MFI in prayer. They are doing so
much for so many and we want to keep them uplifted in prayer. They have been doing an awesome job in these
difficult times and we praise the Lord for being with them in and through it
all. Please add them to both your prayer
list and to the praise list, too.
We’ve had
frustrations and some upsetting things going on, too. We had thought our inverter was acting up,
but it seems it’s our batteries that are doing it. So, Don will have to work on that. And of course, the vehicles need work. But I think Don will have to get someone to
help with some of that.
Each night as we
gather to pray together, I’ve been realizing that I wasn’t the only one praying
for some things, and praising for other items.
Abbie has a heart of gold and she is so concerned about so many
things. But to hear her pray that the
Lord will pour out His Spirit over Haiti, then north and south America and then
the world…and to hear her heart in all of it, is such a blessing. She has been raised right, just as her mother
was. Her love for Haiti, and the people
here is amazing. She is following in her
mom’s footsteps, for sure.
One of my
devotionals last week was from David Jeremiah on having “An Attitude of
Gratitude”. At times this is so
difficult, but I know that is where the Lord wants us to be. And although he didn’t use the verse, I keep
coming back to 1 Thess. 5: 16-18. That really sums it all up. “16Rejoice
always, 17pray continually, 18give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Now, to try and live that
verse…
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Some interesting things have happened since I wrote this. But that will be in another post. Right now I'd like to share a few photos of the buckets and our team who filled and delivered them.
This is Pastor Janiel, Pastor Marcot, Vero, April and Asher. April and Asher did almost all of the work in creating these buckets. And then they were able to deliver them to Pastor Janiel's church. They blessed a lot of families with all of this work.
These first 2 pictures are of Pastor Janiel's church and congregation.
I had to laugh when Asher got excited at meal time. I couldn't grasp what was going on.... then he said, "Look at this!!! They spell it right here... Catsup!! It's spelled with a C and not a K." (We sent a bottle or two with him when he left!)
All of this, to say, "PLEASE, not just on Thanksgiving, but EVERYDAY, give thanks to the Lord for all He is, all He's done, and all He will do for you!!!" Keep praying and praising and God bless you all!!!
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