Countdown....

In T-minus 5 days, 15 hours & some amount of minutes (depending on how long it takes me to write this blog post), I will be on an airplane to Haiti.  Ok, I take it back - I will be on an airplane to NYC, where we will then catch an airplane to the DR, and then bus it to Haiti.  But that's getting far too technical for my tastes...  ;)

I'm nervous.  I'm overwhelmed.  I'm tired (yes, already.  I know, not a good thing before the trip even starts, but alas, so it goes...).  I'm anxious.  And I'm really, really excited!  I can hardly contain myself. There's only a little bit left to do - because I had to move out of the dorms yesterday, I had to pack all my stuff up, so I just went ahead and packed for Haiti while I was boxing things up.  So I'm pretty much ready to go.  Which makes it harder to wait.

But...  In many ways I'm not ready.  I have not taken as much time as I should have to be preparing in prayer and in the Word.  I plan to spend the next 5 days really getting at that hard.  I have not spent enough time praying for the people we will be serving.  And I certainly have not spent enough time readying my heart for the difficult things I will experience there.  It's a sad commentary on my sinful heart, but it is something I am working to remedy.  And something I pray God will continue to convict me of, and grow in me.  Please be praying for the people of Ounaminthe that they would be open to receiving our message, and that they would be stirred by and for the Gospel.  Also, please pray for unity in our team, and that we can be an effective Gospel light in that community, and that we can be each use our skills and giftings in ways which are effective and glorify God.  Please pray, as well, for W. - one of our Restoration members who will stay for 3 months to work at the orphanage.  She continues to need support in prayer, finances, and even supplies.  If you are interested in giving financially to her, please let me know. Please pray for her, and that she would have the strength to faithfully endure all the hardships she is going to face.  Please also hold us in your prayers for safety traveling the 12th through the 13th and the 17th through the 18th. 

I cannot wait to share with all of you what happens in Haiti, and fellowship in the glory of the Creator together.