sing praise

We had a great morning this morning in church.  Matt preached at Vilmer's to help him prepare the church for their annual October of "Soul Harvesting", as a focused month on evangelism in Haiti is often called.  Several of the guys went with us, and that was great, too.

Several hours together outside of school with just 3-4 students at a time is one of our favorite ways to really get to know them, their hearts, callings, passions and struggles...providing the "wheels" for church make that relationship ministry kind of happen spontaneously.

Someone sent us a little bit of money this past week, so after church we took Junior, Leandre and Wilex out to lunch, and I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.  The more time we spend with the students at Emmaus, the more excited we are about how He has made them and how He is using them, and will, here in Haiti.  We just want to help them do and become all that He has made them to do and be!  They are good men to just get behind!

Meanwhile, we received great and rather spur-of-the-moment news from Matt's parent's that they are coming on Friday for a few days!  The last time they were here was before we moved to Saccanville and before the Seminary moved into its current campus, so we're really excited to introduce them to new friends, share our "new" home with them and have a few days together.  Lily is also very excited to have visitors, as that she's been quiet bored with "just" mom and dad since Uncle Don left.

Matt, Lucner and Paul then leave for their very last residency for their Masters degrees on October 10th, and my dad is coming to help me with the girls while Matt is gone.  Dodo and Bubba are coming in on October 13th, Lord willing, to help us with an onslaught of wonderful visiting professors in October and November.  All this to say, family and friends are on the way and we're grateful.