My last day!

Tomorrow is the big day.. I venture home!
Crazy!!! I feel like I should still be packing to come here and checking lists to make sure I have everything. I feel like I should be trying to get use to things here and different schedules! It is crazy for me to think that I am going home tomorrow!

My foot is healed, there is still a bump but no more pain and have been able to walk on it this week and a couple days last week! That is a blessing!

These past few days I have been on baby duty, it was fun to just be able to relax with her.. She is about 4 months old pretty content with things!

We have been getting the new girls home ready, we did find out yesterday that there will be 5 girls who are pregnant.. Ages 14-16, whether raped or on their own they have a little one inside them. Here in Haiti the mother doesn't have rights if they are a minor and since they are under IBESR the baby is considered under IBESR as well.. Once they have these little ones they will be going to the nursery here where Hal and Chris stay. Hard to imagine that you can't decide on whether or not you want to keep your child or not. Hard to imagine having to give them up. Praying for these girls, in the states we have so many resources as far as helping to keep our kids or counseling to figure what we be the best decision for both parties and here you have no say..

Pretty mellow day today.. Have been praying a lot has far as going home and trying to get back into the swing of things. Praying as I leave these kids..

Still loving the fact that God has amazing control!

Just felt like I needed to write!!!

Isaiah 41:10- 10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand....

I had an urgency to write today.. Felt like I should update you guys on some things that God has been showing me and what I am thankful for!

Thankful:

God's amazing creation.. I know I have said this before but to see so much destruction and corruption Haiti is still a beautiful place. The skies seems gorgeous here a little more blue! The sunsets have been amazing.. I have seen the sunrise on Occassion but don't want to make a habit of that ;)

God's peace: Through the struggles, sleepless nights and bickering between the kids.. there are some times I feel I should be in pain. Not just from my foot which I will talk about later but in my heart. I feel like I should be constantly tired or even depressed. Don't get me wrong I have my moments here of homesickness and wanting to fix things for these kids. But all in all God just lifts my pain for me a little so I can enjoy my time with Mahanata, or makes it so I am not tired so I can try to enjoy my day and time with the other kids!

I love how even the little one here are praising HIS name and giving Him thanks!

Thank you God for making the Man who invented:
PVC Pipe.. So I can take a shower after a sweaty day
Bug Spray
Anti-itch when I get bitten from missing a spot with the bug spray
American Hospitals: So many time I here on the news how people do not like the current situation they are in in which to a degree I agree it;s a hard battle of money and time that everyone has to go thru.. but we are so amazingly blessed with what we have. Some of the buildings her are condemmened yet they still do their lab work and have beds for people.. They are falling apart and even have emergency tents outside to help people to have a place for people to come... An American would not step foot in the hospitals here.. yet for them this is all they have
Jobs- whether it be 9-5 or a stay at home home.. Minimum wage here is $4 a day U.S, It is crazy how many people come to the gate and ask for a job because they are in need of anything to be able to provide for their families... Yet in American there are people who feel they are to good enough to go out and work.. They want more, more and more yet do not realized how blessed they are with what they already have. The verse in Hebrews always come to mind when I think about this... 5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you"
It is a hard battle in America, and I really am tryin to not become critical which I feel I have been pretty good so far.. This is just one thing that sparked my attention since I have been here.. Nannies here work 12 hour shifts some go back home to their tents then turn around and do it again the next day! Just something I want to keep in mind next time I want to complain about my job and I challenge you to do the same...

My teaching is now done: This week is a pretty free week, Can you believe I only have 8 more days left!
Still praying about my foot.. I have to do three doeses of pills instead of two now and still getting the two shots a day trying to prevent staph infection!

Calling all moms: Whether you are homescooling or public schooling your kids... The curriculum here is a little behind. If you have unwanted books or charts even if they are slightly used they could use all the help they can get.. so something to keep in mind next time you are going through things if you can!!

Loving God's Control and Peace

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 16 bejoyful always; 17pray continually; 18give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Prayer

Hello fellow readers:

Well I am not one to have many prayer requests for myself.. yeah still working on that pride issue

However I have a situation going on in my foot that I have been praying about to get better..

I had this bug bite and my shoe seemed to rub it off which with all the dirt and stuff here it has now become infected. I have gotten two shots for and am taking medicine to help fight Staph. Praying it does not spread!!

Just praying for my spirits as well.. Not really wanting to my last 8 days up in the room when I could be having fun with the girls!

Thank you for your prayers and support thru all of this! Will write agin about whats been going on later!!