school!

Today was the day Haiti went back to school.  Thankfully, today was also the day that these two girlies marched happily off to school, both excited to meet their teachers and see their friends and to take on the new year...I am SO grateful.

Sofie called it the "one minute day"...said she got there, like one minute passed, and then Matt was picking her up!  THAT'S a good sign.

I told Lily that Matt would walk her in and help her find her classroom and meet her teacher, and Lily sighed and said, "Or, maybe he could just drop me off."  SO, I guess that's a good sign too.  And a bad sign that she is turning into a teenager--at 8.

As soon as Nora woke up she realized there was something big-girl going on, and quickly ran to pull on a special shirt and to get her "back-back", which she then wore all morning.  I love that sweet girl. Hard to believe that each of these girlies was so small.

Nora was disappointed she didn't get a sign.

Even though Lily asked to go again tomorrow, (another good sign) we're going to keep going to Haitian school every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and homeschooling Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for now...

He's been incredibly faithful to help us with these sweet girlies, and I'm so thankful for the teachers and administrators and friends in their lives who help teach them SO much!  Sending them to school, each year, each day, is such a practice of trust, and He's proved over and over and over that He takes that teeny-tiny faith of ours and turns it into something beautiful.

Thank you for praying for our girls!

A few quick prayer requests...

    --Micheline is still in the DR, spent the weekend in the hospital on an iv, and had a minor surgery scheduled for today, and then "the machine did not work, so maybe tomorrow."  I have 100 questions and NO answers and communication is VERY limited.  Her daughter is doing a bit better, and baby Miloura is GOOD.  Please keep praying for Micheline, for her entire family, for all of her health issues, and for her safe return in His time!

    --Two good friends, Nikki (and Nick) and Josie (and Claudin), are due to deliver any day now.  Please be praying with us for their safe deliveries and for healthy new babies!

    --Tomorrow is predicted to start a series of riots in town due to some new and very drastic attempts at solving some of the traffic issues.  We knew manifestations would follow the new rules, and they're scheduled to start tomorrow due to schools being back in session so that the refusal of public transportation drivers to drive until things are resolved would really hurt. However, things can turn violent quickly, and so fear precedes it, so many children will not be going to school, already, and...you get the picture. Pray for some good wisdom, for selfless leadership, for peaceful processes, for safety for the many uninvolved thousands...it's complicated.

     --Lord willing, Matt leaves on the first possible flight from Haiti to Miami to Philadelphia on Wednesday, set to preach revival services at Trinity UMC in Millville, NJ Sept 14-17, and preaching revival services with our friend and co-worker (here right now and leaving right after Matt!) Charles Lake on Sept 17-10th at Sharptown UMC in Pilesgrove, NJ.  If you're near there, Matt would love to see you, and no matter where you our, we would love your extra prayers during that time, both for revival in New Jersey, and for His extra strength and grace for the girls and I here.

Thank you!