a little breathe

Sunday afternoon, sitting outside in some finally-cool-ish breezes, and thanking the Lord for the fresh wind this weekend has been!  It's been a big last few weeks, with this past one particularly a struggle, and tomorrow starts a big ole' new season.

After continued delays and cancellations in flights, we finally got everyone rerouted with a different airline through Port-au-Prince, around some major riots, and out and home.  And if all the visitors are gone, then that means Monday our team here on the ground takes over teaching classes...Lucner and Guenson, Bill, Elizay, Matt, Leme, and a long list of adjuncts and I start tomorrow.

While Matt's been so torn over his inability to be where he'd planned to be these past few days, lots of people have pitched in and covered services in Jersey and I know the Lord has been there and more than sufficient.  So thankful.  Meanwhile, Matt's been plenty busy here...I'm not really sure what we were going to do without him this 10 days!  I'm also thankful for all the ways God's been more than sufficient HERE, using friends and prayer warriors to encourage and wisdom us, one sweet friend even BRINGING us homemade DINNER one night.  So thankful.

Church this morning at Granny's was lovely. We all love spending time with Gran, and while we love and are so thankful for our visitors..it is a beautiful thing to be able to go to church and to catch up with our relationships there without worrying about translating, and come home and not worry about feeding everyone lunch. It also meant we could stop and see Woudislande and Miloura on our way home!  Despite Micheline still being in the Dominican, they are both doing so well...I couldn't even believe how well.

Look at her?  Doesn't she look GOOD?  What a gift.

"You know you're a miracle, sitting here, don't you?" I asked Woudislande, and she grinned, finally feeling good enough again to realize it.  It was the best visit I've ever had with Woudislande...very thankful, and for sweet little Miloura, growing and beautiful.

Meanwhile, we're waiting for several more new babies these days with hope and lots of prayer!

Please be praying for us this week as we get back into the classroom, for our greatly grown student body (I have a class of 26 tomorrow, just four shy of the ENTIRE student body the year we moved to Haiti), for the girls as they continue to adjust to a new school year, for Micheline as she continues to recover, for Nikki and Josie as they wait for delivery day, and for Matt as he continues to balance and persevere!  Pray for each of our classes kicking off tomorrow, and for our returned emphasis on the daily evangelism and discipleship program now that intensive courses are completed!