With our next trip approaching very
quickly, we have shifted our focus from
our receiving phase into a planning and packing phase. We are very grateful that through the last
month we have received boxes almost 4 days a week. We have a very nice supply of items that are
ready to be taken into Haiti. Since our trip is at the end of the month, we
have now moved into full scale planning and organizing.
Packing for our trips is never an easy
process. We are always striving to bring
in the most amount of items possible. We
start our planning by asking the question of “what will we bring”, then we move
on to the question of “how many will we bring” and then we advance to the
question of “how will we get all of this packed?”
There is no scientific formula for packing
the way we do. We are constantly
revamping the way we pack and reorganizing the items. Because we are taking a team with us this
time, we will have the advantage of several extra bags and extra hands to help
handle them. We are currently looking at taking in approximately 1,000
gifts.
Lance just returned from a short trip to
Haiti to help with more of the preparations for the upcoming team trip. He spent four days with a missionary delivering
supplies to the work site and preparing for the team. He also brought in a large load of items we
will use for distributions when we are in country.
The focus of the upcoming trip will be two-fold. Half of the team will be working on
construction on a small brush arbor church in Caiman. The church is already built and being used
but it is in need of a roof. The team
will stay in the countryside at the work site for as long as it takes to
complete the job. Please pray for the
protection of the team as they work and pray for cool weather.
The other half of the team will be staying
in Port au Prince to do a few distributions and complete office work for the
missionary we will be staying with. We
will be traveling to 2-3 schools to distribute items and share the Gospel with
the children.
Traveling with a team will be a new
adventure for us. We normally travel as
a family “team” but this time we will be bringing four extra workers with us. We are very excited to share this ministry
and our experiences with these wonderful friends. Please pray for our team as we take them past
their comfort zones and into a lot of unknowns.
We have done our best to prepare them but there are just some things you
can not be prepared to encounter. We
know this team is full of high level servants of the Lord so we are confident
they are ready for this challenge.
As we approach the next few weeks, will
you please take some time to pray for us and for this trip? We are expecting to see God work in wonderful
ways. Will you pray for God’s hand of protection to be over us and His hand of
guidance to lead us? Pray that God
would use us to accomplish His will in the people we encounter and serve.
Thank you to all of our sewing groups who
have been hard at work preparing the tools we will use during this trip and
thank you for all the prayer warriors that will call on the Lord for this trip.
Praises and Prayer requests
· Praise the Lord
for a successful trip for Lance to Haiti.
He had favor every step of the way and accomplished much to prepare for
our team trip this month.
· Praise the Lord for many new items that have been arriving
daily. The ministry has been blessed
richly in the last few months with more goodies for the kids.
· Please join us in prayer for protection and guidance of the
Lord over us and the team we will be traveling with this month. Pray for safe travel and God appointments.
· Please pray for the missionaries and pastors in the field
we will be serving with. Pray that we
can walk alongside of them and lighten their load.
· Please pray for the sewing groups of Haiti Care
Mission. Winter is a busy season for
many of them. Pray that they would be
blessed for their hard work and service to His children.
Thank you for the faithful prayers over this ministry. We appreciate all of those who lift us up.
