Guess what I told God the day I had Emily .... "I will go ANYWHERE if you just make it so that I'm 4 cm dilated and this hospital doesn't send me home!" Well, I was 6 cm and stayed there and had Emily 7 hrs later!!
Well, 7 1/2 yrs later I am fulfilling that promise to God. I'm going on my very 1st mission trip ... to Port Au Price, HAITI!! And I absolutely can not wait! There's a house full of orphans just waiting for me (& the rest of the team) to come and love on them!! That is what we will be doing down there, ministering to the orphans at Heather's Home, an orphange set up by 1 of the families at The Love Church about a yr and half ago.
God is so awesome in His timing for this trip .... the day I called to see about going was the day the organizer had set aside to make arrangements, plans, schedules and such for the trip!! And the funds God has provided in order for me to go is just amazing. 3/4 of the trip my husband and I have paid for ourselves which in the economy is no small task when you're talking $2000+ for a trip and had to come up with that money all in 1 month's time!!
And the fact that God has not allowed me to fear ANYTHING regarding this trip just more solidifies to me the fact that He wants me to go. He has just completely prepared me mentally (with a sound mind), physically (healed from MS & losing weight), spiritually (with years of teaching & instruction in the Bible) and emotionally (as a Mother, I can be a "Mother" to the Motherless). I am also preparing my heart for when I leave Haiti, a piece of me will be left there, I'm sure.
AND - a great thing that will occur while I'm there is that I will celebrate 1 yr of being completely symptom free of Multiple Sclerosis!! What an awesome anniversary gift I'm getting!! =)
So, please pray for the team of 12 that will be headed to Haiti in a few weeks .... we leave on March 7th and return on March 17th. I will have pictures and stories to tell when I get back, I'm sure. However, I have already been warned by Don not to be stuffing any orphans in my suitcase and bringing them home! Darn it, he read my mind! hehehehe.
