It’s been another month! It’s crazy sometimes to sit back and reflect on how quickly things are happening and how much has gone on. I started the month with a super fun sickness that was going around. Several of my friends and others that I know had it as well. That put a damper on a lot of the plans that I had for the first week or so. I am thankful for those who helped nurse me back to health as well as those who were patient with me as I kept having to cancel work trips.
While I was not able to get done everything I had originally planned, I was still able to travel for a day or two and work on some upcoming videos. There is still a lot of work to do on these but I am already so excited to see how they turn out. During the 3rd week of the month, we were able to have a small team visit for a few days. This group represented three different sister churches. It was wonderful to spend some time with them, my RMI coworkers, and those in the communities we visited.
Having a team was such a pleasure. We are thankful that these 5 people trusted us when we said it was safe for them to come. You can see from all the smiles that everyone involved was blessed. We were able to visit with 5 different communities in just 3 short days. This made for very long days with a few hiccups but all in all our RMI Haiti staff made it work flawlessly. I am always up for a day or so on the road. Of course, I quickly made friends with some sweet kids.
The biggest thing that this group came to do was inaugurate and dedicate a church. The first time I went to this area, there was nothing. Now, thanks to GOD working through a sister church and using RMI, this area has a church, a 2 story school, a huge water cistern, and a very nice solar system. This is an area that had never experienced electricity before. Amazing! The locals shared how they had prayed for a church for years, one morning a group of ladies were in prayer when our engineers and masons showed up to begin measuring. They stopped praying right then and started praising. You could tell how excited everyone was. MEBSH President, Pastor Napo, shared a message emphasizing that it isn’t the house (temple) itself, but what or who ( the Holy Spirit, as well as the members) are in it.
In between it all, I got to spend some time with some good friends. The little one I met on a church visit and instantly came to me. The beautiful lady in the other photo is a close friend (my Auntie), I am so thankful for her and her husband, the blessing that they are in my life. Of course, I also snuggled with my sweet babies. Otis and Lucy are inseperable. On the last Sunday of the month I got to go to a baptism, a close friends cousin was being baptized as well as about 25 others. A wonderful reminder.
I just want to give a shout out to this girl. My makome, my soul sister. Sabina has been a blessing to me since moving to Haiti. She is one of my closest friends and is who stays with my fur babies when I am away. I am so thankful for her friendship, the love she has for God, and the love she has for me. No matter what is going on, she is always there for me. I thank God for Sabina.
As we go into October, please keep me in prayer. Ask God to continue to keep me encouraged. I know that I am where He has me. I know that I am doing what He wants me to do. But discouragement can still creep in. Please pray for the HFKz team as we will start our busy travel schedule during October. These will be long, exhausting, blessed days. Please pray for RMI Haiti, that we can continue to show others the hope that God provides. Please pray for Haiti… I don’t even know what to say, just pray, please. God knows. If you are not one of my local people, please pray for my hometown. They were hit hard by Helene last week. Many have been greatly affected.
Goodbye for now, here’s hoping you find a friend who loves you as much as Otis loves Lucy.
Love You to Haiti and Back 