We thought we should post one last blog to let everyone know we are home safe and sound. Noah and Anica are so happy to see the snow. We arrived in Calgary on Thursday at 10:00 PM. Friday morning at 8:00 am the kids had the snow suits on and were out playing in the snow. They are true Albertans. After five weeks in the sun and heat we all welcomed the snow and cold air.
Now that we are back we are trying hard not to get caught up in the business of the western life, but we have realized that pace in Haiti versus Canada is quite different. We found that we had more time to read, listen to God's word and pray, much more often than we do here. Our plan is to make sure this fits into our lives here. When we asked Anica what she most wanted to do back in Canada, she said I want to read my Bible everyday like we do here in Haiti.
We are very thankful that we have so many friends and family that were praying for us and are eager to hear our stories. We are all trying to process the whole experience and should have it refined over the next few weeks as we tell and re-tell these stories.
Please be patient as we tranistion back to our lives here in Red Deer. We look forward to sharing with all of you our experiences in Haiti.
God Bless!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Last Day in Haiti!
We finished taking pictures of all the 0 to grade 2 kids. They have preschool here and there are many very cute 2 year olds. We must have taken close to 100 photos this morning.
The picture taking took most of the morning, so we had lunch and started to get organized to go to the beach after lunch. Nicole became the interpreter for Mme Luciano in the gift shop, so we didn't start for the beach until 2:30pm. While I was waiting I took 15 minutes to sit in the sun to get a tan. I wanted to make sure I could tell people when I get back that I took time to suntan. I actually timed it and it was very difficult - smoking hot. As I sat there I had three different Haitian come ask me why I was punishing myself.
The last trip to the beach was good. We bought 3 pepsi and shared them as we sat on the beach and watched to water wash up. We will miss this part of Haiti.
Tonight and actually the last few evenings Nicole and I have spent some time thinking about re-entering back to our life in Canada. We already have our weekend booked and Noah's Birthday is the following weekend. Then Christmas blessings!
Please pray for patience, guidance and discernment as we make our way home. We both want our time here in Haiti to renew our minds and our spirits and our lives. We look forward to all God has for our family!
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
See you soon!!!
The picture taking took most of the morning, so we had lunch and started to get organized to go to the beach after lunch. Nicole became the interpreter for Mme Luciano in the gift shop, so we didn't start for the beach until 2:30pm. While I was waiting I took 15 minutes to sit in the sun to get a tan. I wanted to make sure I could tell people when I get back that I took time to suntan. I actually timed it and it was very difficult - smoking hot. As I sat there I had three different Haitian come ask me why I was punishing myself.
The last trip to the beach was good. We bought 3 pepsi and shared them as we sat on the beach and watched to water wash up. We will miss this part of Haiti.
Tonight and actually the last few evenings Nicole and I have spent some time thinking about re-entering back to our life in Canada. We already have our weekend booked and Noah's Birthday is the following weekend. Then Christmas blessings!
Please pray for patience, guidance and discernment as we make our way home. We both want our time here in Haiti to renew our minds and our spirits and our lives. We look forward to all God has for our family!
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
See you soon!!!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Day 28 in Haiti
Yesterday was our last Sunday to celebrate and worship with the full congregation. After a very passionate sermon on Praise, Pastor Marc called us up to the front to pray for us. They prayed for being here for five weeks and that we would have a safe journey home. They also prayed for when we will come back? It was a powerful and emotional experience to say the least.
We are going to try and process as best we can our first trip here before we commit to a return trip. As we start to say good-bye to some of the people it is difficult to think how we could not come back. We will leave this to prayer at a later time and listen to God for his guidance once again.
Today we spent the morning taking pictures and recording information of the 210 children at the school. We are working on getting sponsorship cards for each of the kids. This year the school admission and teachers salary was 90% covered by earthquake relief money, but next year each of the kids will need to pay for their own school fees. Any of you that may be interested in getting involved in Haiti Arise (the ones we don't convince to come visit for themselves) we will have all the information shortly and will be glad to help you get set up to sponsor 1 or 2 or 10 kids for next year.
Tomorrow we will be going to the beach one last time. We will miss this part of Haiti for sure.
1 John 4:7 - Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
Time to start packing!!
We are going to try and process as best we can our first trip here before we commit to a return trip. As we start to say good-bye to some of the people it is difficult to think how we could not come back. We will leave this to prayer at a later time and listen to God for his guidance once again.
Today we spent the morning taking pictures and recording information of the 210 children at the school. We are working on getting sponsorship cards for each of the kids. This year the school admission and teachers salary was 90% covered by earthquake relief money, but next year each of the kids will need to pay for their own school fees. Any of you that may be interested in getting involved in Haiti Arise (the ones we don't convince to come visit for themselves) we will have all the information shortly and will be glad to help you get set up to sponsor 1 or 2 or 10 kids for next year.
Tomorrow we will be going to the beach one last time. We will miss this part of Haiti for sure.
1 John 4:7 - Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
Time to start packing!!
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