It is hard to believe that we are almost 3 months from our big move. Tickets are booked for June 4 and preparations are in full swing. There is a lot going on right now. We are planning and preparing for a pretty awesome dinner on Saturday that will help promote Children of the Promise and the work they do. Although planning a event like this is not my thing, I am excited about it. I have great friends that have stepped up to help me with decorations, setting up, buying food, being there to help serve, and also with the clean up. It will be a great night. I know God will work in the hearts of those that will be there. There are some pretty amazing testimonies that will be shared.
Children of the Promise will be building a new child home in the near future...the Hope House. Kevin has been working with several of the COTP staff getting building supplies for the house. He has a list of things that will be needed and we will be taking a trailer down to Minnesota during Spring Break and everything that has been collected will be put on a container and shipped to Haiti.
We will be able to bring some of our own things to Minnesota to put on the container too. We have been busy making list figuring out what to take and have shipped to Haiti. Its a pretty overwhelming job. You find out that you really "need" and what is just a "want."
Kevin is busy putting finishing touches on our house and in the next few weeks we will be putting it on the market. We are praying that God's timing is perfect. We really don't want to move twice. We are trusting Him with that detail.
The next months are full and I am sure will fly by. Our calendar is filling up quickly with so many good things. Dinner with friends, family gatherings, school events, church events, a trip to Minnesota, a fundraiser, going away parties, and many goodbyes. These good things are hard too, they remind us of the things that we are leaving, the people that we love and have to say good bye too.
This week was a big week for Kevin and his business. He has been busy working on building the last home he will do for awhile. This house has been a huge answer to many prayers and has been such a blessing. The timing could not have been better. Things have gone so smoothly for him and he has been ahead of schedule. This week they (Tyler and Kevin) finished trimming and yesterday was Tyler's last day working with Kevin. (Don't worry John and Jen..your house will still get done.)! We are so thankful that God provided a new job for him and that he and is family are taken care of, but it is so bittersweet. Tyler and Kevin have worked together for 10 years. Tyler was right out of high school, Kevin trained him and they have made a pretty good pair. Not only did they work together every day, they were best friends. Tyler is so dear to our family and its just not going to be the same without him around. Its a strange feeling when you are 37 and you have been working for so long and a business that you worked so hard at building is coming to a end. We daily remind ourselves that God's way are so much bigger than our own!
Children of the Promise will be building a new child home in the near future...the Hope House. Kevin has been working with several of the COTP staff getting building supplies for the house. He has a list of things that will be needed and we will be taking a trailer down to Minnesota during Spring Break and everything that has been collected will be put on a container and shipped to Haiti.
We will be able to bring some of our own things to Minnesota to put on the container too. We have been busy making list figuring out what to take and have shipped to Haiti. Its a pretty overwhelming job. You find out that you really "need" and what is just a "want."
Kevin is busy putting finishing touches on our house and in the next few weeks we will be putting it on the market. We are praying that God's timing is perfect. We really don't want to move twice. We are trusting Him with that detail.
The next months are full and I am sure will fly by. Our calendar is filling up quickly with so many good things. Dinner with friends, family gatherings, school events, church events, a trip to Minnesota, a fundraiser, going away parties, and many goodbyes. These good things are hard too, they remind us of the things that we are leaving, the people that we love and have to say good bye too.
I became a aunt again a few weeks ago and it makes me sad that I will miss out on most of his first year of life.
This week was a big week for Kevin and his business. He has been busy working on building the last home he will do for awhile. This house has been a huge answer to many prayers and has been such a blessing. The timing could not have been better. Things have gone so smoothly for him and he has been ahead of schedule. This week they (Tyler and Kevin) finished trimming and yesterday was Tyler's last day working with Kevin. (Don't worry John and Jen..your house will still get done.)! We are so thankful that God provided a new job for him and that he and is family are taken care of, but it is so bittersweet. Tyler and Kevin have worked together for 10 years. Tyler was right out of high school, Kevin trained him and they have made a pretty good pair. Not only did they work together every day, they were best friends. Tyler is so dear to our family and its just not going to be the same without him around. Its a strange feeling when you are 37 and you have been working for so long and a business that you worked so hard at building is coming to a end. We daily remind ourselves that God's way are so much bigger than our own!
This is a picture of Tyler and Kevin in Colorado this past September. I am so thankful that they could do this together! It was such a great trip!
Please pray for us the next few months and weeks. It will be a emotional time filled with joy and excitement but also fear and sadness. We rest in God's sovereignty. He has called us to this and He will walk beside us, but it will not always be easy.
Pray for the Grace House. The Willis' family as they finish their time up in Haiti and look forward to moving back to the states. Pray for the nannies and the kids as they will have to say goodbye to a family they love so dearly.
We can not say thank you enough for the financial support, prayers, and words of encouragement that we have felt and experienced. We have been blown away by the love that you have shown to us. God has affirmed our decision in so many ways. Sometimes daily! He is good and His provision has been amazing.
Many of you have asked how you can help get us to Haiti and supplies that we will need to take with us. I have put together a list of things and if you would like to help out let me know and I can email it to you. Also, if you are interested in seeing the supply list for the Hope House let me know too. Please email me at 7mokmasinhaiti@gmail.com
