25 November 2008

Blessings and Prayers

God continues to bless the work here. We are in a time of fiscal crunch (who isn't right?) now at the mission and we daily feel the defeat of not enough funds to do this and not enough funds to do that. Despite this however, so many great things are happening here. We know that God will provide. 

We thought you might like to see this photo of a Haitian house of one of our church members. It gives you
 a bit of a view of what some people live like here. This is the condition of many of the homes of people we will visit through our mobile clinics. 

This is a picture of our team of nurses at the hospital. Some of you know Francia (on the right)
. She will be getting married on Dec 27th and Cheryl will be in her wedding! We are looking forward to this and are helping her with the planning.

We recently had a dentist visit our hospital who generously donated dental instruments to our clinic. We are now set up to do basic extractions which is a huge blessing to many!

We praise God that this has been a week of blessings. 
1. Our dog Trigger is coming to be with us this Fri from Canada. Yea
2. Dr. Cheryl has won a prestigious award for Chiropractors in Ontario (Heart and Hands Award)
3. All of our orphan children tested negative for HIV
4. Our kids are doing great in school
5. We received 6 containers full of food and shoes for our feeding programs and hospital

Please pray for:
1. Laurens - he has hurt his neck (does anyone know a good chiropractor? lol). I guess that is what happens when you are playing around and carrying many children on your head and shoulders!
2. Trigger - our dog that he reaches us safely
3. Safe travels for Heather Fretz, Ken and Debbie Gibbins as they travel to visit us this Fri.
4. Patience and effectiveness - as it feels like we work an uphill battle sometimes
5. The Haitian people - for the funding of our mission and others so that we can continue to advance God's kingdom, educate kids, create jobs, develop infrastructure, heal and educate the sick.

Thanks and God Bless

1 comment:

Jenna Marie Howard said...

Hello
I just wanted to stop by and tell you thank you for caring for orphans. As I have read through your blogs on children I am encouraged that I am not alone in this fight to help orphaned and abandoned children. I am the Director of Public Relations for a non-profit organization called World Orphans. We build church based orphan homes all over the world and our mission is simple E3 to reach each church…each child…each community. I would love for you to take a look at our website and let me know if you have any questions. (www.worldorphans.com) thank you again for your heart and words that you have written. I hope you will have a glorious blessed day!
Jenna M. Howard
-Director of Public Relations
www.Worldorphans.org
Jennah@worldorphans.org
www.JennaMarieHoward.com