bikers, brothers and our Isaiah prayer

The Lord gave us quite the random and special afternoon on Wednesday. The Christian Motorcycle Association does a huge bike rally every year in the States, and donates all the money to buying motorcycles in Haiti and the Dominican for godly men to further His Kingdom. They give these bikes based on recommendations, and through a friend we were able to recommend two Emmaus graduates. One, Luke, is on staff at Emmaus and doing his master's with Matt, and the other, Enick, is the pastor of the mountain church we love to attend.

A large group from the CMA came down just to present the bikes, four of which went to Haitian men. We picked up Luke, Enick and his mother and went to the presentation together. It was SO fun for us to meet this group, and be a bystander of such a huge blessing like this! These bikes will change these men's lives and ministries, communities and churches, and it was just awesome to hear the presentations as the CMA members shared their hearts, and then to hear the four pastor's share their gratitude and ministries.
It was not an 'everday' kind of gift, and we were thankful for this brief moment of celebration with brothers and sisters from two very different worlds.

Tomorrow morning, Kate's watching the baby and we have some friends coming to help load up the truck. Another friend is preparing rice and beans and chicken for lunch, and another group of men are helping to unload and move us into the new house. It is promising to be a busy day, but also a day that will provide some awesome opportunities to praise the Lord for the friendships He has blessed us with in Vaudreil, and to praise Him for the new friends down the road...

Photos to come. Thank your for your prayers during this especially intense, transitional and dependent-on-Him time!

This continues to be our prayer:

"Drip down, O heavens, from above,

And let the clouds pour down righteousness;

Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,

And righteousness spring up with it.

Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' No!

Thus says the Lord, the Holy One and my Maker:

'Ask Me about the things to come

and you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.

It is I who made the earth

I who stretched out the heavens

and I have aroused him in righteousness

and I will make all his ways smooth

I am the Lord, and there is none else.

I have not spoken in secret, in some dark land;

I did not say to Jacob, 'seek me in a waste place'.

No! I the Lord speak righteousness.

Gather yourselves and come;

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth,

for I am God, and there is no other.

Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.'" from Isaiah 45