one day at a time!

This really is the craziest week we could have imagined :)  I kicked back off teaching on Monday and remembered that I love it.  So much work.  So much time.  So many other things that feel pressing to be doing.  But I get back with our students for a few hours and enjoy it deeply.  I have 25 in English 2, 75% EBS students and 25% externs coming in just for English.

We have a couple visiting from Nigeria, so we've spent some good time getting to know them and showing them around, and then tomorrow, they go, the girls have school, Matt and I both teach (English 4 for me and Psalms for Matt), and at 11 our double team of 15 flies in from Northwest Haiti for a few days.  The rest of our OMS team leaves on Saturday at 6 am for retreat in the Dominican, trying to beat major Mardi Gras celebrations Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and we take the team to the Citadel instead.

Sunday, we take the team to a 7:10 church service at a little church one of our staff pastors, then to brunch, then to the airport, then drive all the way to Puerta Plata to meet up with our OMS team...hopefully somehow avoiding major Mardi Gras celebrations?  Hmmmm.

It's a good week for one day at a time.  Very thankful for our Haitian kitchen staff covering all the week day cooking, and for all our EBS staff helping with everything from tours to making beds to going along to the Citadel!

Our dear friend Autumn, also from both of these visiting churches, is an Occupational Therapist in NW Haiti, and is bringing the team and spending a few days as well, and I'm looking forward to some time with her, too!  She's in Haiti pretty frequently, but it's rare to get good time with her being so far away (think 7 hour bus ride, then 2 hour bus ride).

SO, pray for us as we do take one day at a time and for all of the travel with and without the team during this extra crazy season in Haiti.  Pray for our students with us as they prepare youth retreats and special services in their churches preparing for Lent (and trying to offer alternatives to incredibly carnal celebrations this next week) and pray for everybody's safety!  THANK YOU!