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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Heading Home
We are ready to head out to the airport soon after a fabulous trip to Haiti with a fabulous group! We have been busy this past week with a number of things. Our highlights have been running medical clinics, visiting orphanages, a visit to the beach one day and sharing our life stories and faith with our Haitian brothers and sisters!
Yesterday our highlight was visiting the land in Bazen where Jovite and Mene will build their chuch. We set the stakes in the ground, and walked the property in prayer and song o cover it in Jesus' blood~~the blood of the lamb, for His hedge of protection about the property. They have been running a very successful children's ministry and now reaching the adults in the community as well.
I was able to be involved with some CHE training with Bibiana, Steve and Nancy and many other folks from various countries along with the community health workers from this area and Port au Prince. Interesting conversations about addressing the psychological effects of the earthquake along with the physical and spiritual needs.
We have learned much and do not go home the same people. I would pray that each brother and sister in Christ could join us in yearly growing ever closer to our Lord....tis was simply a means God provided for us to do so!
We leave Cap Haitien for Florida shorty. Tomorrow we will fly from West Palm Beach at 7am and return to Portland @ 1:55pm. We look forward to sharing with you soon, all the wonderful things we have seen and learned.
In our precious Saviours name,
Laura, for our Team
Yesterday our highlight was visiting the land in Bazen where Jovite and Mene will build their chuch. We set the stakes in the ground, and walked the property in prayer and song o cover it in Jesus' blood~~the blood of the lamb, for His hedge of protection about the property. They have been running a very successful children's ministry and now reaching the adults in the community as well.
I was able to be involved with some CHE training with Bibiana, Steve and Nancy and many other folks from various countries along with the community health workers from this area and Port au Prince. Interesting conversations about addressing the psychological effects of the earthquake along with the physical and spiritual needs.
We have learned much and do not go home the same people. I would pray that each brother and sister in Christ could join us in yearly growing ever closer to our Lord....tis was simply a means God provided for us to do so!
We leave Cap Haitien for Florida shorty. Tomorrow we will fly from West Palm Beach at 7am and return to Portland @ 1:55pm. We look forward to sharing with you soon, all the wonderful things we have seen and learned.
In our precious Saviours name,
Laura, for our Team
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Hello from Cap Hatien
Hello everyone,
We are fairing well in Cap Haitien. Yesterday we spent the morning at an orphanage sharing CROCs, beany babies and water balloons with the children. Lots of smiles and hugs--much joy shared. Our group is wonderful and each of us are learning new things and rising to God's challenges in our thoughts, hearts, spirits daily. God is amazing!
To share one beautiful story, before we came to Haiti, Joe Corvino had had a couple of dreams, one repeatedly. This first vision of looking from a balcony over a body of water was confirmed to be the balcony of Pat's home overlooking the bay. As Joe shared, as he stepped onto the deck, it felt like he suddenly stopped like in an elevator as he glanced out and saw God's repeated vision from his dreams. The second dream he had was with a vision from a mountain, looking down over the ocean. Yesterday we traveled over the mountain to the beach and as we reached the crest of the mountain, there were a number of boulders that fell across the road that some men were working very hard to remove. We had to stop and wait to pass. Joe and Allan Stanford walked ahead and as Joe glanced out over the side of the mountain, he saw the second vision from his dream, overlooking the ocean. God drew him to Haiti and confirmed the call this year, despite individual fear of flying. Were these confirmations in advance, of God's call of Joe to Haiti?
Kim now has a hunch for what I have been talking about as my passion for Haiti and our Haitien brothers and sisters. She has caught the fire!! You should see her holding the baby yesterday at the orphanage. We will assure Jerry that she did leave the little girl there but takes home memories and photos of her time with this little child of God.
Joan has been a joy as part of our group here, as she shares little pieces of her life with us and has already lead one of our devotionals. If you don't know Joan Kelley she is our 17yo who has joined us. Awesome young lady!!
Allan continues to share his wisdom with the group and inspires us to think beyond ourselves. Mike Wilkins, friend of Allan, has shared his interesting perspectives and has certainly been an asset to our group in thought, labor and so much more.
Mike Boutin has been smiling so much more, has also softened his heart with those little ones yesterday at the orphanage....clung to one little girl for quite a time. He will share his testimony at our afternoon missionary church service today. What a blessing he is!
Me....I am continually astounded at how God takes our simple lives, broken as they might be, and molds us into vessels that He can then use so beautifully for His glory. As we take that one step forward, albeit perhaps risky, He leads on ahead of us and gives us more of our glory!
Amazing Grace!!! How sweet the sound and smell and song that He places on our hearts!
Blessings to our family and friends at home!
Laura
We are fairing well in Cap Haitien. Yesterday we spent the morning at an orphanage sharing CROCs, beany babies and water balloons with the children. Lots of smiles and hugs--much joy shared. Our group is wonderful and each of us are learning new things and rising to God's challenges in our thoughts, hearts, spirits daily. God is amazing!
To share one beautiful story, before we came to Haiti, Joe Corvino had had a couple of dreams, one repeatedly. This first vision of looking from a balcony over a body of water was confirmed to be the balcony of Pat's home overlooking the bay. As Joe shared, as he stepped onto the deck, it felt like he suddenly stopped like in an elevator as he glanced out and saw God's repeated vision from his dreams. The second dream he had was with a vision from a mountain, looking down over the ocean. Yesterday we traveled over the mountain to the beach and as we reached the crest of the mountain, there were a number of boulders that fell across the road that some men were working very hard to remove. We had to stop and wait to pass. Joe and Allan Stanford walked ahead and as Joe glanced out over the side of the mountain, he saw the second vision from his dream, overlooking the ocean. God drew him to Haiti and confirmed the call this year, despite individual fear of flying. Were these confirmations in advance, of God's call of Joe to Haiti?
Kim now has a hunch for what I have been talking about as my passion for Haiti and our Haitien brothers and sisters. She has caught the fire!! You should see her holding the baby yesterday at the orphanage. We will assure Jerry that she did leave the little girl there but takes home memories and photos of her time with this little child of God.
Joan has been a joy as part of our group here, as she shares little pieces of her life with us and has already lead one of our devotionals. If you don't know Joan Kelley she is our 17yo who has joined us. Awesome young lady!!
Allan continues to share his wisdom with the group and inspires us to think beyond ourselves. Mike Wilkins, friend of Allan, has shared his interesting perspectives and has certainly been an asset to our group in thought, labor and so much more.
Mike Boutin has been smiling so much more, has also softened his heart with those little ones yesterday at the orphanage....clung to one little girl for quite a time. He will share his testimony at our afternoon missionary church service today. What a blessing he is!
Me....I am continually astounded at how God takes our simple lives, broken as they might be, and molds us into vessels that He can then use so beautifully for His glory. As we take that one step forward, albeit perhaps risky, He leads on ahead of us and gives us more of our glory!
Amazing Grace!!! How sweet the sound and smell and song that He places on our hearts!
Blessings to our family and friends at home!
Laura
Update from Haiti
Hello Everyone,
We all arrived safely in Cap Haitien at about 11:30 this morning. We had some "bumps" along our way getting here that smoothed out with our MFI flight...Joe Corvino could be seen standing up with his thumb in the air at one point on this flight!! We have a great team and as we each try to figure out why God has us hear, He begins to speak to each heart! We had a great two days getting to know each other, between our traveling to get here and time spent this evening with Pat and Clark Moore, our missionaries.
We've had a great time catching up with Jovite and Mene with their new little boy, Samuel. Valery and Alain are also doing great. Enoch arrived at the airport today to load up our "tap-tap" of Mainers (and one Ohio-an) and luggage and a few of us got home with Pat's vehicle. Always an experience traveling the roads of Cap Haitien. Pat and Clark have been gracious hosts and good to put us to work after our meal on arrival!
Please pray for our time here, that our Lord will see to it to put His Hands and Feet to work through us. Pray that we will keep our eyes and heart on Him and remember that anything and all things we "do" are really for His glory and not the job to be done. Pray for Joan as she adjusts to this new environment as the only teen (albeit a very special one) on our team.
Blessings from Haiti to all at home! His blessings are new every day.
Thank you for your prayer support!
Laura (on behalf of the team)
We all arrived safely in Cap Haitien at about 11:30 this morning. We had some "bumps" along our way getting here that smoothed out with our MFI flight...Joe Corvino could be seen standing up with his thumb in the air at one point on this flight!! We have a great team and as we each try to figure out why God has us hear, He begins to speak to each heart! We had a great two days getting to know each other, between our traveling to get here and time spent this evening with Pat and Clark Moore, our missionaries.
We've had a great time catching up with Jovite and Mene with their new little boy, Samuel. Valery and Alain are also doing great. Enoch arrived at the airport today to load up our "tap-tap" of Mainers (and one Ohio-an) and luggage and a few of us got home with Pat's vehicle. Always an experience traveling the roads of Cap Haitien. Pat and Clark have been gracious hosts and good to put us to work after our meal on arrival!
Please pray for our time here, that our Lord will see to it to put His Hands and Feet to work through us. Pray that we will keep our eyes and heart on Him and remember that anything and all things we "do" are really for His glory and not the job to be done. Pray for Joan as she adjusts to this new environment as the only teen (albeit a very special one) on our team.
Blessings from Haiti to all at home! His blessings are new every day.
Thank you for your prayer support!
Laura (on behalf of the team)
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Update on Request
Just to follow up on this request - God challenged us to think outside the box and we now have more help than we expected to get! Isn't God awesome?! Anyway, if anyone is still interested in helping, we can always find a job for you to do but we are very thankful for all the help God has recently provided!
Thank you so much!
Jamie
Thank you so much!
Jamie
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Can you help Jamie??
Hello folks,
Jamie and Philip Charles have been blessed recently with new opportunities of ministry being presented to them. Before they can take on anything more, they will need a few more volunteers to help out with the administrative end of things to stay on top of the associated day to day running of the ministry. Here is Jamie's request:
We're in need of a volunteer or two with His Hands.
We are in need of more help here in our office in New Vineyard, Maine. If you live in or near the area, and are willing to volunteer an hour or two one day a week, we would LOVE to hear from you! God is blessing this ministry with more opportunities for service but we need more help before we say "yes" to these opportunities. So please - let us know if you can help!
If you can help, contact Jamie directly at: jamie@hishandsforhaiti.org
Thanks! As needs/requests arise, if you have any questions about posting on the blog, please let me know!
Laura
Jamie and Philip Charles have been blessed recently with new opportunities of ministry being presented to them. Before they can take on anything more, they will need a few more volunteers to help out with the administrative end of things to stay on top of the associated day to day running of the ministry. Here is Jamie's request:
We're in need of a volunteer or two with His Hands.
We are in need of more help here in our office in New Vineyard, Maine. If you live in or near the area, and are willing to volunteer an hour or two one day a week, we would LOVE to hear from you! God is blessing this ministry with more opportunities for service but we need more help before we say "yes" to these opportunities. So please - let us know if you can help!
If you can help, contact Jamie directly at: jamie@hishandsforhaiti.org
Thanks! As needs/requests arise, if you have any questions about posting on the blog, please let me know!
Laura
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
We are home!
Wow!
What a quick week we had together in Haiti! It was truly an awesome week and we felt the Lord's hand in every aspect of it...even the trying times. What an awesome group of 9 people we had on this trip! We got to know each other better and also our brothers and sisters in Haiti!
I would have a difficult time sharing what this trip has meant to me in this venue. There is so much in my heart and spirit...my mind races between the fatigue from the trip and the exciting things that we did and experienced.
I believe that God spoke to each of us individually in a very significant way this past week. I look forward to seeing what He will continue with our relationships built while in Haiti and how this will be used in His ministry into the future. I also look forward to Andy's video and in sharing with all who are interested to ask, what God is doing with the central Maine people in relationship with our family in Haiti!
For now...God has blessed us...Mary Russell is still on route home so we will pray...and thanks be to our Awesome God!
Amen?!
Laura
What a quick week we had together in Haiti! It was truly an awesome week and we felt the Lord's hand in every aspect of it...even the trying times. What an awesome group of 9 people we had on this trip! We got to know each other better and also our brothers and sisters in Haiti!
I would have a difficult time sharing what this trip has meant to me in this venue. There is so much in my heart and spirit...my mind races between the fatigue from the trip and the exciting things that we did and experienced.
I believe that God spoke to each of us individually in a very significant way this past week. I look forward to seeing what He will continue with our relationships built while in Haiti and how this will be used in His ministry into the future. I also look forward to Andy's video and in sharing with all who are interested to ask, what God is doing with the central Maine people in relationship with our family in Haiti!
For now...God has blessed us...Mary Russell is still on route home so we will pray...and thanks be to our Awesome God!
Amen?!
Laura
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