We are attempting to joyously celebrate fall despite the very steady un-fall like conditions down here in Haiti! Autumn is Matt's very favorite time of year, so we are trying to close our eyes and pretend football games and hot apple cider, sweatshirts and pumpkins and crispy crunchy leaves. I keep telling Matt that we can build a fire and he can wear a sweatshirt if he wants to, but I don't think that's going to happen any time soon. We have this first picture as our screensaver with our pumpkin pie candle burning, and this second picture in our front yard...those palm fronds might be looking a little bit yellow, don't you think? :)
We've had a lovely weekend of catching up on things and trying to get ahead for this next week. Matt is full swing into Hebrew now that he's taught the alphabet and some basic concepts, and my English class is launching into places and question words this week, now that we have completed people and family. 100% of my class has never left the island, so this will be an interesting unit! I have collected a few old National Geographics for the task of broadening world-view!
The first big team since we have been here arrives on Tuesday, and we will take turns with the other missionaries eating with them each night, taking them to church on Sundays, and leading a "Ministry Showcase" type program on Wednesday night. We will pretty much have a solid booking of teams from now until after Christmas.
We have also just found out that Matt's parents have booked their tickets to come and spend a very different kind of Thanksgiving with us, and we are very excited for that! They will be our first guests, and we are so thankful to have some family around us for the holiday (though it is not at all a holiday in Haiti!)
Enjoy your Sunday and the changing season!
"For it is for this
we labor and strive,
because we have fixed our hope
on The living God."
1 Timothy 4:10
Hi Stacey and Matt,
ReplyDeleteMy husband has told me about you both and how much he enjoyed flying to Haiti with you and spending some time with you on your first week there. I just spent the last hour reading your past blogs and I have been so blessed. What a wonderful example you two are of being fully devoted followers of Christ. May God bless you richly as you serve Him in Haiti. Our prayers will be with you. Judi Robinson (wife of Charlie Robinson, Sabetha Kansas)