The Founder and Director of Faith Hope and Love Infant Rescue where I am staying asked that I write a weekly update for all of those on the email list. I wanted to share with all of y'all also.
Faith: as it says in Hebrews is the substance of things hoped for and the certainty of things not seen.
Hope: I've recently heard defined as the anticipation of good.
Love: the laying down of one's life for another. Simply put....JESUS. He is the definition of love and modeled laying down His life for us all.
These three things are the only things that keep us, I'm referring to believers, going. They are the driving forces to waking up everyday. They are what allows every person here to care for these children. It's not an easy task, but it's certainly a rewarding one. It's one that I'm thankful I have the opportunity to take part in, if even for a short time.
Quick updates on the children. They start school on October 7th. As the new school year approaches I'm excited to see what it looks like. Sally, the Haitian Director, has worked so hard to get all the necessary items and prepare them for the big day. The kids have been learning a truth from scripture every week. This week the verse was "Nou konnen Bondye fe tout bagay travay ansanm pou byen moun ki renemn l yo" Romans 8:28. I've been able to take a group of the kids on walks in the afternoons. By God's wonderful Grace we've even been able to take even Son Son, Cassandra, and sweet little Lovena. The kids have been also participating in handwriting lessons. Some group and some individual. Tomrrow 10 of the children are going with us to the Sugar Cane park. I thought this would be very educational for the kids to understand a major industry in their country and it's history. Oh and did I mention a fun outing with ice cream?On Sunday, I plan to teach the older ones how to tell time. Please pray that they don't just live life constantly on "Haitian Time". There is importance to being to school and future jobs on time!
One HUGE praise that I absolutely must share is Tamara. Since I arrived on September 7th she has made incredible progress! She feeds herself while sitting up in the wheelchair, she can sit up on her own, she can bear weight some weight on her legs without pain, she pushes herself in her wheelchair, and she crawled from one room to the next last week. The biggest accomplishment that brings tears to my eyes is when the nannies told me 4 nights ago that she was in bed during devotion and they looked over to find her kneeling on her legs to pray. I got to see it for myself last night and I was overjoyed. She is much more active and constantly wanting to be included in all that her peers are doing!
Life in Haiti is fabulous, but we absolutely can't do it with your prayers!
Please join with me in praying for the following:
- Tamara to walk. I'm believing this will happen before I leave on October 25th.
- Emma: tonight she complained of her knees hurting her. Please pray that the Lord would take away the pain and miraculously heal her body and free her from warts!
-Mawens: the doctor came today and we are thinking he might be hypoglycemic. He has had a few episodes this week of weakness before meals. I will be checking his blood sugar in the morning per doctors orders. Pray that this isn't the case and maybe he was just tired and hot.
-Myson: we went to the hospital today for a routine check up. He CD4 level was 564. Above 500 is the safe zone, but in reviewing his notes from previous visits his number have decreased 60 points. This could mean he isn't responding to the retroviral meds, please pray that this isn't the case!
- Please pray for unity of the leadership and staff here. That we daily wake up and commit ourselves to the Lord. That we constantly are driven by the Faith. Hope. and Love. our Savior died for!
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