25 recap

i am honored that i can say i have participated in every event IC has done....i am honored to say i was silent this day...and spoke LIFE & PEACE over this war...i was even more HONORED that the friends that joined me were only 12 years old.... this world really is a beautiful place.... when people come together and declare good things... i DO believe that this war is going to end in my life time... i will say that when i first started using my voice for this cause in 2005 i was not sure i would see it end as it was so overwhelming and no one seemed to even know about the crisis....but i have seen IC and the progress this group has made, not because of them, but because of a MOVEMENT of youth fighting for justice.... it puts such truth to my favorite quote....

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

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recent poutch video

Saw this video of sweet poutchino recently....

its so good to see him... smiling....still trying to say words...listen carefully he is trying to say hello... its precious...

i cannot wait to see him....junior and i have less than 30 days until we head to haiti... we will only be at Dorothy's for a total of 4 days, but hopefully we will get to see the lovely people in that home more than that as we will be there for 5 weeks....

i can't believe it is coming so quickly.... well i can... and i am super excited.

well i just wanted to share this little video as i keep playing it over and over again...so excited to hug him and laugh with him... little brave boy full of miracles....continue to pray for a family to adopt him.....

flooding

Please pray....

Hurricane season has just begun and already some 17 lives have been lost in Haiti.... after all they have been through since the earthquake... still struggling to recover from that devastation and the the cholera outbreak and now floods...

please pray for courage, comfort, peace, restoration and good things... Haitians are a people with great faith and great strength, but please pray that the storms of this season will stop and pass over Haiti with much grace and no damage.

click here to read about what's happing....

CSA- goodies from local farms!

i have been wanting to do something like this FOR-EVER....

so i know right now is not the time for us as we are about to go to Haiti for 5 weeks, don't have a home officially yet and i need a new job....its already lots to focus on without starting something new...but i hope in the next year or so we do join a great CSA!

...but i wanted to share it to encourage others to look into it and also to have it to remind myself later of all the benefits!!!

I stared at the box brimming with vegetables, wondering what I'd gotten myself into. Unidentifiable greens, tiny round potatoes, a clutch of dirt-dusted, perfectly red radishes, a small container of wild strawberries — all this bounty was mine, if only I could figure out what to do with it.

Welcome to cooking from a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share. You might not always recognize every item in your weekly box, but it's almost certain to inspire.

to read more CLICK HERE !

happy face...

OMG....

ONLY 35 DAYS!!!!

Psalm 23

the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want,He makes me lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Being strategic

so junior and i are doing this.... we are moving out of the cottage this month, the 3rd week to be exact... the Pelletier family (our dear friends) have a silver bullet and their shed to provide space to store all our stuff in those places...then we will house sit for a family on st. Simon's island for 2 weeks.... then we have a few days and we leave for Haiti...July 12Th!

then when we get back we are going to live in the pelletier's camper...hopefully only for 2 weeks...until we have a new place to stay....so thank you Lord...thank you Pelletier's we will NOT be homeless!

we are staying in the Brunswick/st. Simon's area...because we don't feel God leading us to go anywhere else and plus junior is already accepted and ready to register for classes in august here.

we started looking at houses and apartments for rent, but we wanted our rent to be max 500 and we went out looking.... all those are in the hood...and i am NOT against the hood, but junior does not want me living there and i feel like we should be called there with a mission and i just want a home.... if that makes sense

so we were super discouraged went to eat and this lady ended up telling us about this house on foreclosure...long story short...looked at it....looked into it...it was sold already...then that started us looking at houses talking to people that we know and now we are more focused on buying a foreclosure than we are renting....

but we don't really want to commit to anything until we get back from Haiti. so we are educating ourselves and looking into both buying and renting....but not getting too anxious...

we really feel that Satan could use all this unknown to distract us from what God has for us in Haiti those 5 weeks....people might associate us both so much with Haiti that they forget the huge details of this trip and how important it is!

this trip is huge for us....

• we will be celebrating our first year anniversary of marriage....
• i haven't been in over a year and it will be my first time back since leaving after the earthquake and i wont be going for missions, but to be with family....
• junior hasn't been home to his country in 3 years...has not seen his mom, sisters....in 3 years....he hasn't been since all the damage...
• he also has to figure out, as we both do how... to be there with a spouse....and i am not fluent in his language yet....
• HAITI is huge in each of our hearts...we feel God wants us back there eventually....this will be our first time to do Haiti TOGETHER....

we don't want to be temped to not be present there and walk in what God has for us because of all the unknown or for me even the known...

i know myself and if i knew where we were going to be living or where i would be working in the moments of difficulty...whether language or feeling out of place...or missing attention from junior...whatever it is...i am great at living in my head....i would start decorating....exploring.... creating our new life....i don't want to do that...i want to be present there with junior and my new family in Haiti.

so right now we are educating ourselves, but not making any final decisions....

We believe that after Haiti God will give us clarity and His strategic plan with be revealed. so we are waiting and trusting in HIM!!!

psalm 25

"turn to me and be gracious to me, for i am lonely and afflicted. the troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses. look upon my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sin. "

"make me know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you i wait all day."

many words

God has been giving us many words...

words directly from Him to us

words of encouragement from others

words of prayer in the overwhelming moments

words of silence learning to trust in Him

words from HIM through others...

they have all been a blessing...

i believe they have all been surrounded by the theme trust.... the LORD is taking us through this to bring us out stronger in our marriage and stronger in our faith.

all this to prepare us and train us for what He has planned. something full of BEAUTY!!!

and we are NO doubt excited!!!

pre-curser

So too many things have happened as always before i get back on here and post....

but all good things...

the Market Place is officially closed.

Kathy & Rebecca left for Haiti...they will be there for the month of June and then come back in August to finalize the details before the permanent move in August.

Junior and i have been praying and seeking God's plan for what is next. the transition and ending of this season with MUCH at the Marketplace and living on the farm with GREAT (the brooks) neighbors is so bittersweet.

however bittersweet, the Lord continues to be faithful.