Mesi Anpil

With just under 2 weeks til flying back to Haiti, we want to say "Thank you very much!" or "Mesi Anpil" to all our friends and family.  This summer was a huge blessing to our family to be able to come home and spend time with all of you!

Thanks to all of you (Troy and April, Troy and Leann, Clint and LeAnne, Reuben and Krystle, Joe and Rhonda, Glen and Holly, Elmer Lanz, Colin and Lynelle, William and Melissa....and forgive me if I missed any!) who had us over for supper or the evening.  We loved the time to fellowship and share time together.

Thanks to my friends who helped pack things up at our house (and haul everything!) before David got home!  It was a huge help and made the job a lot more fun!

Thanks for all your words of encouragement and support.  In our whole time through this journey, we have not had ONE negative comment from anyone.  What a blessing to us!!

Thanks to our parents who let us stay with them for weeks and weeks!  We are very fortunate to have family that let us stay with them!  And thanks so much for all the meals you made and hours you watched Orrin!  He will not know what to do when he climbs out of bed in the morning and can't find Grandpa or Mama!

Thanks to everyone who supported us financially through Forrest ACWR this past year.  I know God is able to provide, and I think of the missionaries who would fly to a foreign country with a whopping $60 in their pocket and no place to live.  They had a lot of faith!  We were able to go knowing that God was providing through our church family!  It was a huge help to be able to come home and be able to focus on packing up, selling things, going to training, spending time with family and friends, and finishing out our interview process.  Ok, so David did work for his dad and my parents, but it sure took a lot of pressure off!

Thanks for all your prayers in the past and we ask for them again as we transition back to Haiti.  We don't know what is in store for us there any more than we do here in the States, but we feel the need as we make the move back to keep us focused on what God wants from us!