My dad emailed me this recently and i think it is amazing...what an amazing why to start ones involvement in making a difference and understanding poverty...
at first i was like really? why don't you do something to help the people, but understanding them, seeing what they go through each day, is the best way to start and to really know how to help...
would love to meet these guys one day... believe it can happen considering our involvement in Haiti already!
enjoy the short documentary, i promise it will be worth your time.... then go and check out their website, HERE!
step out of your box.....
have a great day, life changing, world impacting, making a difference kind of day!!!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Join us
Join with us in....
Praying for our Caribbean friends and family...
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/depression-storm-eighteen-20121020
it also looks like if it turns at all it could also effect us here in Southeast Georgia...
Praying for our Caribbean friends and family...
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/depression-storm-eighteen-20121020
it also looks like if it turns at all it could also effect us here in Southeast Georgia...
Friday, October 19, 2012
Better than mine
i have found a verse, yes a verse that i need to be walking in daily....reading daily, and most of all trusting in daily.... because the Lord's plans are always, i said, always, better than mine....
"These things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!"
Habakkuk 2:3
"These things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!"
Habakkuk 2:3
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
New England earthquake
New England experienced an earthquake last night and it's crazy how my gut always goes to my experience in Haiti... and nothing compares... this quake there was only a 4.0 magnitude, it was shallow to the ground only 4 miles... but still people talk about it like it was a fun little excitement for their evening, no damage or deaths, just a fun little hiccup in their day...one is quoted she can mark something off her bucket list....
to read more about the quake in Maine and the surrounding areas in New England click... HERE
Yet me for i think, really...really, if only Haitians could say the same about their experience...3 years later still living in tents, still adjusting to not having a leg or an arm, still missing their mother who died.... still walking by the collapsed building where her husbands body was never recovered...
that is what i think about every time i hear of an earthquake somewhere.... and that it was i always compared it to... i am thankful that it was only a 4.0, and i realize it is a big deal any time it happens, but my heart always goes to Haiti....
please join with me and continue to pray for them as you hear news of earthquakes or as the Lord puts Haiti on your heart...because this nation needs our prayers... fear is still residing in the hearts of many people there from this tragic event, that devastated their nation...pray for peace and restoration...
and forgive me for having a lack of sympathy for those in New England... help me to instead be thankful and pray for all those that struggle with fear from experiencing the ground shake beneath you....
thanks for reading...have a blessed day....
to read more about the quake in Maine and the surrounding areas in New England click... HERE
Yet me for i think, really...really, if only Haitians could say the same about their experience...3 years later still living in tents, still adjusting to not having a leg or an arm, still missing their mother who died.... still walking by the collapsed building where her husbands body was never recovered...
that is what i think about every time i hear of an earthquake somewhere.... and that it was i always compared it to... i am thankful that it was only a 4.0, and i realize it is a big deal any time it happens, but my heart always goes to Haiti....
please join with me and continue to pray for them as you hear news of earthquakes or as the Lord puts Haiti on your heart...because this nation needs our prayers... fear is still residing in the hearts of many people there from this tragic event, that devastated their nation...pray for peace and restoration...
and forgive me for having a lack of sympathy for those in New England... help me to instead be thankful and pray for all those that struggle with fear from experiencing the ground shake beneath you....
thanks for reading...have a blessed day....
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Our dear friends!
here is an article on Dorothy and Sherrie, our dear friends in Haiti!enjoy!
so honored to know these women and to have worked with them and the Haitian people they invest in daily... truly an honor...
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| Junior with Sherrie in 2011! |
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| Dorothy & I on my 26th birthday! |
so honored to know these women and to have worked with them and the Haitian people they invest in daily... truly an honor...
Saturday, October 13, 2012
to wyclef & Yele Haiti
Wyclef,
It is so sad to see someone that once set an example fall and turn into something that completely was what you said you were against...
Wyclef, you are the most well known Haitian artist and you have officially been shut down, your organization that is...
Junior, my Haitian husband, and i started wondering about how authentic you really were when you ran for president, we started to see, read and hear things that felt out of line, with who you claimed to be, and the reputation you built as an artist fighting for the Haitian people and country, trying to make a difference....
it breaks my heart.... read more about what you have done here...
see i know people are people and we make mistakes, we can be selfish and do a lot of things that aren't true to the reputation we have created, but the thing is when you take the responsibility of being in the lime light you will and in my opinion should be held to a higher standard... because you are a role model, an example...and when you fall, make that mistake, well unfortunately, you're effecting a lot more people...your influence has reached farther and wider than say those around you who are not in the lime light....
your lack of integrity is affirming the corruption, the brokenness, and it is so discouraging and heartbreaking to people world wide...especially your own people, the people of Haiti...who have been so proud of you and the way you have supposedly fought for them... Wyclef ..i am mad at you...and heartbroken for my Haitian family and friends....
may the Lord convict you, change your heart and allow you to see what a mistake this is...and with that realization maybe redemption and something better can come, but as of right now...i am so discouraged and mad that you could chose to join in the corruption, greed and money game....instead of being who you claimed to be.... and have integrity.
once a fan,
Natasha Jovin
lover of Haiti & her people....
It is so sad to see someone that once set an example fall and turn into something that completely was what you said you were against...
Wyclef, you are the most well known Haitian artist and you have officially been shut down, your organization that is...
Junior, my Haitian husband, and i started wondering about how authentic you really were when you ran for president, we started to see, read and hear things that felt out of line, with who you claimed to be, and the reputation you built as an artist fighting for the Haitian people and country, trying to make a difference....
it breaks my heart.... read more about what you have done here...
see i know people are people and we make mistakes, we can be selfish and do a lot of things that aren't true to the reputation we have created, but the thing is when you take the responsibility of being in the lime light you will and in my opinion should be held to a higher standard... because you are a role model, an example...and when you fall, make that mistake, well unfortunately, you're effecting a lot more people...your influence has reached farther and wider than say those around you who are not in the lime light....
your lack of integrity is affirming the corruption, the brokenness, and it is so discouraging and heartbreaking to people world wide...especially your own people, the people of Haiti...who have been so proud of you and the way you have supposedly fought for them... Wyclef ..i am mad at you...and heartbroken for my Haitian family and friends....
may the Lord convict you, change your heart and allow you to see what a mistake this is...and with that realization maybe redemption and something better can come, but as of right now...i am so discouraged and mad that you could chose to join in the corruption, greed and money game....instead of being who you claimed to be.... and have integrity.
once a fan,
Natasha Jovin
lover of Haiti & her people....
new job
i start my new job this week, already missing my kids from the last one, but excited to start volunteering at safe harbor where a few of them live that i connected with. i have become friends with some of them on facebook, so trying to give them words of encouragement through social networking....
feel a lot of freedom with the ability to continue those relationships that i started and it's good, but still miss seeing them every week.
this new job works with younger ages, infant-12 year olds... not sure what specific age group she will be placing me with, but will find out this coming week.
it's a much more convient schedule and i will get more hours... everyday 2:00-6:30, thursdays will be crazy and the days i do simple love with be crazy, but i need the hours and getting off at 6:30 will still allowing me to get to where i need to be on the days i work with simple love and his ministries....
i am still keeping wake up as i need more hours... and i love the people and leadership and atmosphere and mission...all of it really... and with just two shifts i dont get bored.
anyway... excited for this new season...praying that this job with empower me and have the resources to set me up for success! I also hope that i get to really build relationship and invest in these young kids!
thats all on that....
feel a lot of freedom with the ability to continue those relationships that i started and it's good, but still miss seeing them every week.
this new job works with younger ages, infant-12 year olds... not sure what specific age group she will be placing me with, but will find out this coming week.
it's a much more convient schedule and i will get more hours... everyday 2:00-6:30, thursdays will be crazy and the days i do simple love with be crazy, but i need the hours and getting off at 6:30 will still allowing me to get to where i need to be on the days i work with simple love and his ministries....
i am still keeping wake up as i need more hours... and i love the people and leadership and atmosphere and mission...all of it really... and with just two shifts i dont get bored.
anyway... excited for this new season...praying that this job with empower me and have the resources to set me up for success! I also hope that i get to really build relationship and invest in these young kids!
thats all on that....
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Officially Open!
After a little more than a month of working and having great people in my life to brainstorm with along with offer their time and services for free...my Etsy shop is officially open!
i am so excited about the treasures i will be creating and pray that people will want to buy them! may it be a blessing to them and to me!
a new adventure and journey of trusting the Lord in something that He has gifted me in...
my own business....or the beginning of my own business... may it have much favor...
i don't have a ton of products, but have to start somewhere....
enjoy looking and please feel free to share with your family and friends....spread the word!
now you can go check it out!!! TRUST in the TREASURE
i am so excited about the treasures i will be creating and pray that people will want to buy them! may it be a blessing to them and to me!
a new adventure and journey of trusting the Lord in something that He has gifted me in...
my own business....or the beginning of my own business... may it have much favor...
i don't have a ton of products, but have to start somewhere....
enjoy looking and please feel free to share with your family and friends....spread the word!
now you can go check it out!!! TRUST in the TREASURE
Saturday, October 6, 2012
nutella cookies
ok so i am not one to post about cooking or baking, unless it involves my lack of it or frustration with it...but with the help of pinterest i am seriously becoming amazing....
and i just made the most amazing cookies...i cannot help but share!
check this out... if you love nutella and cookies...this will no doubt be a quick go to recipe to ease your sweet tooth! the recipe calls for sugar, but you really don't need to add it because its amazing without it...
ENJOY!!!
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/nutella-cookies/
and i just made the most amazing cookies...i cannot help but share!
check this out... if you love nutella and cookies...this will no doubt be a quick go to recipe to ease your sweet tooth! the recipe calls for sugar, but you really don't need to add it because its amazing without it...
ENJOY!!!
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/nutella-cookies/
connects us
i love this....because i love community...and i love the things that connect us....and this presents all of this well! enjoy!
oh jobs...
the last post i wrote i expressed my job dilemma...feeling the need to leave where i'm at, but trying to figure out where to go....
As i said, i felt the Lord lead me toward applying at the humane society and Map International...
however, neither are hiring, but i did make connections...
at the humane society i had some positive email correspondence with the mine guy that does all the hiring...
at map, they wouldn't even take my resume, but i had met a woman who works there through wake up previously and had positive email correspondence with her. she was impressed with my resume and said i would really fit in perfectly there and sent my resume immediately to the HR department.... so not now, but perhaps the Lord is just making connections...
so i went to work the next day praying that the Lord would open up a door and fast because i just didnt know how much longer my spirt could be there...
one of my friends just said sometimes we need to step out on faith...trusting that the Lord has a plan...
so that day a fellow coworker at the same place, who struggles with the same issues... told me she turned in her 2 weeks notice and that i should go apply where she did....
so the next day i did and they offered me a job on the spot...
it is a place called child care networking, its a bit like headstart and i am a little nervous that it will be similar to the center i am at now, but i just need a change...maybe this will work until the door opens in those other places....
so i turned in my 2 weeks and have started telling the teens that i have built good relationships that we can email, be friends on facebook and stay connected.... despite my leaving....this part has been the hardest as they are what makes me want to stay...i love them and want them to know it's not them....
the 17th will be my last day...and i will still be at wake up and work 2-6:30 every afternoon with the new job...
i'm excited about the job, but also about the other connections i have made at the humane society and map...so a new season of jobs is upon me...
along with the etsy (which should be open by the end of this next week)... who knows where i will go...
As i said, i felt the Lord lead me toward applying at the humane society and Map International...
however, neither are hiring, but i did make connections...
at the humane society i had some positive email correspondence with the mine guy that does all the hiring...
at map, they wouldn't even take my resume, but i had met a woman who works there through wake up previously and had positive email correspondence with her. she was impressed with my resume and said i would really fit in perfectly there and sent my resume immediately to the HR department.... so not now, but perhaps the Lord is just making connections...
so i went to work the next day praying that the Lord would open up a door and fast because i just didnt know how much longer my spirt could be there...
one of my friends just said sometimes we need to step out on faith...trusting that the Lord has a plan...
so that day a fellow coworker at the same place, who struggles with the same issues... told me she turned in her 2 weeks notice and that i should go apply where she did....
so the next day i did and they offered me a job on the spot...
it is a place called child care networking, its a bit like headstart and i am a little nervous that it will be similar to the center i am at now, but i just need a change...maybe this will work until the door opens in those other places....
so i turned in my 2 weeks and have started telling the teens that i have built good relationships that we can email, be friends on facebook and stay connected.... despite my leaving....this part has been the hardest as they are what makes me want to stay...i love them and want them to know it's not them....
the 17th will be my last day...and i will still be at wake up and work 2-6:30 every afternoon with the new job...
i'm excited about the job, but also about the other connections i have made at the humane society and map...so a new season of jobs is upon me...
along with the etsy (which should be open by the end of this next week)... who knows where i will go...
Saturday, September 29, 2012
cursing and crying....
So it is official... i seriously need a new job.... yes, Junior, my husband would probably say lets not write this and put it on public display...be thankful you have a job... this is true...and i probably should be following his advice...because i am thankful...it could always be worse....
yet....
i am tired, tired of being in positions that are full of micro-managing, horrible communication, lack of direction, lack of the resources one needs to succeed, not being empowered and not being in the place your gifts and passions meet, specifically mine...
most of my jobs since college have been this...some just in small doses...some done not intentional, but through their own struggles, some more extreme then others... some were amazing, but still the empowerment was a struggle...
but this job i am in right now has been the worst...it is not like me to cuss or want to cuss people out for that matter...but this job makes me so grumpy... i dread going in....i often want to cry or cuss when i am there...and as soon as i leave i want a glass of wine or a nap to help me deal with the time spent there...
i don't want to live like this, it's just not me... i am believing in the LORD...that yes He opened the door for me to be there, but He does not want me to be in a place like that...
maybe the connections i made with kids for that short period was all He wanted, and i am honored to have spent almost 5 months with them all, or perhaps they need me to invest in them further... the cool thing is they are all old enough that it does not have to end with me leaving the job....between facebook and texting, and several living close to us... i can still connect with the ones that would want/need me to...
with all this said i have started looking at jobs in Kansas City with the talk of us moving, but the reality is i know we won't be moving in the next few weeks...so i need something else...KCMO is more like in the next year or two... so where to go in the meantime...
i was praying about it and the Lord placed two organizations on my heart-
the Humane Society, which at first i thought really, that's not really people... but it is....helping families to adopt pets to bring them joy....that sounds amazing actually....i have applied and sent my resume to the main person who hires and i am planning on calling, emailing and maybe stopping in again on Monday...i want them to know how interested i am!
the other is Map International, Inc. which i actually have wanted to work at for a long time now, but they are never hiring and i am leery of taking jobs that are not flexible. Junior and i want to be able to go to Haiti for longer periods of time or on the spare of a moment if needed, plus all my family is in the Midwest...so wanting the flexibility to travel is important to me... but i started thinking that if i am up front with them, MAP of all places surely would understand this...however their website says they aren't hiring, but i'm still going to try... Monday...
family and friends...please pray with me... i need something else...and fast...
i still enjoy working at wake up and i tried to see if i could come back full-time, but there were no hours available...so i believe that Lord has something else in store...and going back to being full-time there is not the plan...
i am still opening my etsy shop, and super excited about that, but it won't be enough to step out of the job that's killing me... one day i hope that Turst in the Treasure will be that successful, i would love that...but it will no doubt, be a process that takes time...
with all of this said the Lord is convicting me to watch my mouth and to be thankful, because all that really matters is that His name be glorified...my journey is one that is beautiful only because of His grace and mercy....so reality check...be humble and remember who He is.... this was all revealed to me this morning as He gave me Proverbs 30... it is not an easy scripture to read...
verse 8-9 "Keep deception and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is my portion, that I not be full and deny You and say, "who is the Lord?" or that i not be in want and steal and profane the name of my God."
verse 32-33 "If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth. For churning of milk produces butter, and pressing the nose brings forth blood; so the churning of anger produces strife."
but just like a good Father does, he also showed me His love before he even addressed the need for me to remember where i stand in the grand scheme of things... He started me off with Psalms 20
bits and pieces:
"May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!....May He send you help from the sanctuary, and support you from Zion!....May He grant your hearts desires and fulfill all your counsel. we will sing for joy over your victory.....Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God....May the King answer us in the day we call."
so i am trying to shut my mouth and rest in the fact that He will grant the desires of my heart....
AMEN!
yet....
i am tired, tired of being in positions that are full of micro-managing, horrible communication, lack of direction, lack of the resources one needs to succeed, not being empowered and not being in the place your gifts and passions meet, specifically mine...
most of my jobs since college have been this...some just in small doses...some done not intentional, but through their own struggles, some more extreme then others... some were amazing, but still the empowerment was a struggle...
but this job i am in right now has been the worst...it is not like me to cuss or want to cuss people out for that matter...but this job makes me so grumpy... i dread going in....i often want to cry or cuss when i am there...and as soon as i leave i want a glass of wine or a nap to help me deal with the time spent there...
i don't want to live like this, it's just not me... i am believing in the LORD...that yes He opened the door for me to be there, but He does not want me to be in a place like that...
maybe the connections i made with kids for that short period was all He wanted, and i am honored to have spent almost 5 months with them all, or perhaps they need me to invest in them further... the cool thing is they are all old enough that it does not have to end with me leaving the job....between facebook and texting, and several living close to us... i can still connect with the ones that would want/need me to...
with all this said i have started looking at jobs in Kansas City with the talk of us moving, but the reality is i know we won't be moving in the next few weeks...so i need something else...KCMO is more like in the next year or two... so where to go in the meantime...
i was praying about it and the Lord placed two organizations on my heart-
the Humane Society, which at first i thought really, that's not really people... but it is....helping families to adopt pets to bring them joy....that sounds amazing actually....i have applied and sent my resume to the main person who hires and i am planning on calling, emailing and maybe stopping in again on Monday...i want them to know how interested i am!
the other is Map International, Inc. which i actually have wanted to work at for a long time now, but they are never hiring and i am leery of taking jobs that are not flexible. Junior and i want to be able to go to Haiti for longer periods of time or on the spare of a moment if needed, plus all my family is in the Midwest...so wanting the flexibility to travel is important to me... but i started thinking that if i am up front with them, MAP of all places surely would understand this...however their website says they aren't hiring, but i'm still going to try... Monday...
family and friends...please pray with me... i need something else...and fast...
i still enjoy working at wake up and i tried to see if i could come back full-time, but there were no hours available...so i believe that Lord has something else in store...and going back to being full-time there is not the plan...
i am still opening my etsy shop, and super excited about that, but it won't be enough to step out of the job that's killing me... one day i hope that Turst in the Treasure will be that successful, i would love that...but it will no doubt, be a process that takes time...
with all of this said the Lord is convicting me to watch my mouth and to be thankful, because all that really matters is that His name be glorified...my journey is one that is beautiful only because of His grace and mercy....so reality check...be humble and remember who He is.... this was all revealed to me this morning as He gave me Proverbs 30... it is not an easy scripture to read...
verse 8-9 "Keep deception and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is my portion, that I not be full and deny You and say, "who is the Lord?" or that i not be in want and steal and profane the name of my God."
verse 32-33 "If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth. For churning of milk produces butter, and pressing the nose brings forth blood; so the churning of anger produces strife."
but just like a good Father does, he also showed me His love before he even addressed the need for me to remember where i stand in the grand scheme of things... He started me off with Psalms 20
bits and pieces:
"May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!....May He send you help from the sanctuary, and support you from Zion!....May He grant your hearts desires and fulfill all your counsel. we will sing for joy over your victory.....Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God....May the King answer us in the day we call."so i am trying to shut my mouth and rest in the fact that He will grant the desires of my heart....
AMEN!
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