i got 4 shots on wednesday for my trip....
crazy...
shots dont really bother me....
unless i see the needle go in.....
my arms are sore...
but i swallowed my milaria pill.
thats a blessing...i am NOT a good pill swallower at all...
13 days...
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
A Little Bit of Haiti Can Touch Your Heart
I find that God keeps showing me the negativity towards this trip are SMALL in comparison to the adventure I'm about to head on. I was checking out the For His Glory Adoption Outreach site (the place we will be working very closely with in Haiti) and i found this blog. This entry definately touched my heart!
"Last week Pierre, our Pastor/Manager fell and broke his ankle. The first reports we had were that he fell off the roof and broke his leg. We learned on Monday that he had broken his foot in three places. Pierre had surgery yesterday evening and has a cast up to his knee. He has been in a lot of pain as the first round of doctors tried to reset his ankle without any anesthesia. He is resting now and is much more comfortable.
Pierre had been helping the orphanage mechanic with guiding the water truck in when there was a commotion on the street outside the orphanage. It seems a woman with a small baby had asked a stranger to hold the baby while she went to the restroom. She disappeared and never returned. The woman that was left holding the baby said she had no way to care for the child and left her on a garbage ravine.
There were people on the street yelling for Pierre that he needed to come get the baby or she would not survive. Pierre was rushing while he was on the ladder and lost his footing and fell. Another staff person went and got the baby.
The baby is a little girl and appears to be about 4 months old. The first photos of her show how malnourished she is. She is skin and bone, with every rib from the front and back showing. Her eyes are vacant and she doesn’t cry. She has a face like a doll with eyes that appear as empty.
.......We have named the little baby girl, Hope. She is currently in the hospital awaiting a blood transfusion and is on oxygen. We don’t have a diagnosis, but know she is stabilizing.
When we were able to reach Haiti for the three minutes we were granted today to see how the baby was doing, we told the staff that in the US, we have named the baby Hope. There was a collective “ahhhh”, followed by a knowing, somber, “Ahh, that is a good name for her.”
Hope needs just that: a future and a hope. She needs prayer. She needs a fighting chance. We are trying to set up a fund for her to cover her medical costs while the orphanage awaits lab tests and a diagnosis. The birth father was found through the General Hospital records and it appears, at this time, that the mother has been reported as deceased.
Hope’s fighting chance is in Christ. The orphanage, should she survive the illness she is fighting, is a refuge for her where she will be loved, fed and given clean water that escapes so many of the people in Haiti."
"Last week Pierre, our Pastor/Manager fell and broke his ankle. The first reports we had were that he fell off the roof and broke his leg. We learned on Monday that he had broken his foot in three places. Pierre had surgery yesterday evening and has a cast up to his knee. He has been in a lot of pain as the first round of doctors tried to reset his ankle without any anesthesia. He is resting now and is much more comfortable.
Pierre had been helping the orphanage mechanic with guiding the water truck in when there was a commotion on the street outside the orphanage. It seems a woman with a small baby had asked a stranger to hold the baby while she went to the restroom. She disappeared and never returned. The woman that was left holding the baby said she had no way to care for the child and left her on a garbage ravine.
There were people on the street yelling for Pierre that he needed to come get the baby or she would not survive. Pierre was rushing while he was on the ladder and lost his footing and fell. Another staff person went and got the baby.
The baby is a little girl and appears to be about 4 months old. The first photos of her show how malnourished she is. She is skin and bone, with every rib from the front and back showing. Her eyes are vacant and she doesn’t cry. She has a face like a doll with eyes that appear as empty.
.......We have named the little baby girl, Hope. She is currently in the hospital awaiting a blood transfusion and is on oxygen. We don’t have a diagnosis, but know she is stabilizing.
When we were able to reach Haiti for the three minutes we were granted today to see how the baby was doing, we told the staff that in the US, we have named the baby Hope. There was a collective “ahhhh”, followed by a knowing, somber, “Ahh, that is a good name for her.”
Hope needs just that: a future and a hope. She needs prayer. She needs a fighting chance. We are trying to set up a fund for her to cover her medical costs while the orphanage awaits lab tests and a diagnosis. The birth father was found through the General Hospital records and it appears, at this time, that the mother has been reported as deceased.
Hope’s fighting chance is in Christ. The orphanage, should she survive the illness she is fighting, is a refuge for her where she will be loved, fed and given clean water that escapes so many of the people in Haiti."
Monday, May 19, 2008
sometimes my head gets confused
I'm going to Haiti this summer.
Tickets Bought---there's no turning back
I really believe that I'm suppose to go on this trip. It's changed 3 or 4 times and it finally fits a time frame i can go...
BARELY! :)
I'm sort of a control freak. I HAVE to know that things are going to work out the way they are suppose to.
I feel like this is Gods way of showing me to lean on him and trust him.
My flight gets back from Haiti at 8:30pm Friday June 20th and i leave from Edwardsville on a bus to go to Panama City Beach Florida for Big Stuf student camp at 6:00pm on Saturday June 21st (less then 24 hours)....
It doesn't really bother me...the time that is...until people start filling my head with doubt..."what if you dont get back on time...you'll be tired...you are crazy..."
It's just crazy that sometimes in one day I'm excited. and then discouraged...excited...and then discouraged...and then excited...(you get the picture).
maybe i am crazy.
I really feel like I am doing what I have been called to do....
please pray---
that the Negative Nancy's wont turn me into a Worrying Wanda
Tickets Bought---there's no turning back
I really believe that I'm suppose to go on this trip. It's changed 3 or 4 times and it finally fits a time frame i can go...
BARELY! :)
I'm sort of a control freak. I HAVE to know that things are going to work out the way they are suppose to.
I feel like this is Gods way of showing me to lean on him and trust him.
My flight gets back from Haiti at 8:30pm Friday June 20th and i leave from Edwardsville on a bus to go to Panama City Beach Florida for Big Stuf student camp at 6:00pm on Saturday June 21st (less then 24 hours)....
It doesn't really bother me...the time that is...until people start filling my head with doubt..."what if you dont get back on time...you'll be tired...you are crazy..."
It's just crazy that sometimes in one day I'm excited. and then discouraged...excited...and then discouraged...and then excited...(you get the picture).
maybe i am crazy.
I really feel like I am doing what I have been called to do....
please pray---
that the Negative Nancy's wont turn me into a Worrying Wanda
Friday, May 16, 2008
a bit of random for ya!
1.)i got my passport...
9 days after i applied for it.
pretty fantastic!!
2.)i'm getting excited!
3.)Project Restore just finished it's first big event to raise funds an awareness for clean water wells in africa there was over 180 walkers and we raised over $20,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW EXCITING! God is doing big things he never ever ceases to amaze me!!
4.) I'm collecting flip-flops. while in Haiti we will be a part of street outreach to some of the homeless children of Port au Prince Haiti. While your out buying summer shoes or have any lay around that you just havent worn let me know and i can get them from you! we need all sizes from kids to adults!!!!
9 days after i applied for it.
pretty fantastic!!
2.)i'm getting excited!
3.)Project Restore just finished it's first big event to raise funds an awareness for clean water wells in africa there was over 180 walkers and we raised over $20,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW EXCITING! God is doing big things he never ever ceases to amaze me!!
4.) I'm collecting flip-flops. while in Haiti we will be a part of street outreach to some of the homeless children of Port au Prince Haiti. While your out buying summer shoes or have any lay around that you just havent worn let me know and i can get them from you! we need all sizes from kids to adults!!!!
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