1 year anniversary!

(Our first week in Haiti)
Today is the one year anniversary of the day we moved to Haiti! It is hard to believe that an entire year has passed already, although whenever we think about everything we have seen and done and experienced, it does feel like at least a year's worth! It is as hot as we remember it being when we moved in :) God's been so faithful to us this past year, and we have much to be thankful for!

This week is also the annual pastor's conference for all of the churches in fellowship with OMS. Matt had the opportunity to lead these 90 pastors and leaders in a Bible study this morning, and it went really well! The first question everyone asked was "how does he speak Creole like that???" and the only answer I had was, "It's the Lord." For Matt to be able to do a deep study of Joshua 1 for 60 minutes fluently and efficiently only one year from our moving day is just another way the Lord has been faithful to help us, and to bless our efforts. It was a joy to hear him preach and to think about how much God has done in our lives through these men and women of the Haitian church.

Matt's promised to take me to the swimming pool on Saturday to celebrate...it has been SO hot that Lily and I can't think of anything better than just sitting in a pool all day.

Another beautiful praise is that we had a fan working all night long last night! This may not seem like a big deal, but it was THE FIRST NIGHT since we came back to Haiti in July that we have had that, and MUCH effort and time has been put into getting that little fan going (It's 113 degrees during the day this week, and the nights have GOT to be close!). Three problematic inverters, 8 flaming batteries and a house full of smoke, and now finally a brand new inverter, four new batteries, and POWER! THANK YOU NorthRidge for your help with all that...we just wanted to call you last night at 10:30 and tell you the good news! We are SO grateful for your hearts and for meeting this need so that we could focus on more important things!

We are very blessed, that is for sure. Thank you all for your prayers and emails this week...we have been blessed by them and been counting on them!