the ayars affairs

...and will be, soon! Matt has made it safely back home and day two of meetings are underway. He's currently meeting with several people from OMS headquarters, other OMS missionaries, and local church leaders and pastors about their vision for the church in Haiti and about church planting ideas. He's also been able to get down to the Seminary a few times and hang out with the students and staff, and check in on his Hebrew class which he will start teaching again on Monday. It's been such an encouragement to him to see everyone! Everyone seems to be doing well, though most of our Haitian friends are quite disappointed to see Matt without the baby!

Please be praying for him as he struggles to keep up with his four new Masters classes, prepares to start teaching again, attends meetings from 8:30-5:30, and comes home to a house with no food and no help from me...he had baked beans and beef jerky for dinner last night :) Most, he misses his baby and is struggling to be separated...life is hard enough in Haiti WITH your family by your side!

Meanwhile, Grandpa has been invaluable to Lily and I, walking her around the house during midnight fits, helping with laundry and diaper changes, and giving me a break whenever he gets home from work. He's also taking us to our doctor appointments, hoping to pick up her birth certificate today, and is preparing to drive us to Florida...I'm SO thankful for him, and don't know how I could be doing this in Matt's absence without him!

I'm SO thankful that even in our absence from each other, that the Lord continues to be intimately present in each of our lives...being, truly, Everything that we need.