Moving With God

Hi ho, hi ho, off to move mama into her new home! Another day full of grace, happiness, and celebration. As mama says, "God is good...all the time!" We had another early morning, we watched the young fisherman row his boat across the sea in search for his supper. Then into Dave's truck we pile, and we travel to the orphanage, sadly for our last full day with the kiddos! We again were greeted by the children, all awaiting our arrival. We were quickly put to work...Marty, Diane, Carolyn, Vicki, and myself scrubbed all the windows where mama, papa, and the rest of the caretakers will live. While the windows are far from spotless, they were cleaner than before (let me say it took a lot of elbow grease to scrape the paint and plaster off the windows and sills!). While we were scrubbing windows Ron and Denny finished the soccer goals...they turned out amazing and the kids love them...now no more cheating in the middle of the game! The guys also went and got 30 banana "baby" trees to plant at the orphanage, they plan to plant them tomorrow. The children are doing great, they are adjusting to their new life so well. We had a jump rope contest today, sadly Marty didn't win...while My Love did great, Michel (one of the helpers at the orphanage) came in first.. he even danced while jump roping! Marty handed out sweet tarts and smarties to all the children, they sure do love their candy! Sadly many of the children are sick, two of the littlest children have high fevers and are so miserable, we have been giving medicine to them and hopefully they will be healed. Speaking of sick people...we have a few ourselves, Vicki went back to the hotel early (she took a moto there...I'm so jealous! Maybe I can ride one tomorrow!), and Marty and Carolyn didn't feel very well all day. During the afternoon we started to carry all of mama's belongs to her new room. We carried the dresser, mattresses, and the very large and very heavy armoire into her room, she felt so blessed for all the help. Today Marty and I also went to a diner/supermarket and bought the children ice cream...it was a unique experience. We had to trade our US dollars in at the UNI for gourdes (Haitian money) then went and bought 7 different flavors of pint size ice cream containers. We plan to give the kiddos the sweet treat tomorrow. Carolyn and myself handed out bracelets to the girls and crosses to all the children, they loved them! Before we knew it was time to head back to the hotel. However, we just stopped at the hotel to grabb money, because Dave knew a place where we could get souvenirs for a better price. It was a short trek to the selling area, it was an amazing little community all nestled in the mist of the city, we all bought a few souvenirs to remember this amazing experience! Arriving back at the hotel we said our good byes to Dave and thanked him for his gracious help throughout the week, and wished him luck as his ministry continues to grow. We ended the day as we always do, a quick dip in the pool to find relief from the blistering hot sun, and an excellent dinner, while a few members (Vicki and Carolyn) of our group didn't eat much as they still are not feeling well. As the day ends, I ask many of you to pray for all the sick ones, Vicki, Carolyn, Marty, all the children, and anyone else who is ill. I hope they feel well tomorrow, and ask that God heals them tonight. Also please pray as we travel back to Port au Prince tomorrow afternoon, we should be back in the US before noon on Friday! Tomorrow will be a sad day for us as we have to leave these children, but I believe they have the faith and will power to achieve their highest dreams. "God is great, all the time!" Good Night and God Bless! <3