We are home
from an amazing week in Haiti. Thank you
everyone for the prayers, they were felt!
Zadie and Neica created a great bond over the week which I know will
continue to grow.
Our trip
began a little precariously due to the shutdown of I75, what was suppose to be a four hour drive
turned in to seven hours. We slept
quickly, three hours, and were off to the airport. For the first time in a long time, we had no
plane delays and arrived in Haiti on time!
Zadie was beyond excited and just wanted to know how much longer until
we reached her sister. The traffic was
against us once again with a normal 3 hour drive turning into 6 hours thanks to
the grid lock of Port au Prince! So from
our house in Knoxville to Camatin took 28 hours!! Zadie never complained once and I am not sure
if she ever stopped smiling!
I was so
proud of Zadie. God made her with a
beautiful heart and a love for others but it was so present in Haiti as I
witnessed my daughter in action. She was
in the dirt trying shoes on those who needed them, treating everyone the same
way as she does her family and friends, never once acting taken aback by the
extreme poverty of many families we met.
She spent time with the girls in the orphanage just being a little girl
along with 30 other little girls; jumping rope, coloring, playing on the swing
set and that one that spins around (love her she did not know what a merry go
round is because they could hurt an American child), playing on the roof,
reading, drawing……
I know that
Zadie will never be the same and for that I praise God. God has blessed our family with the
willingness to say yes to Matthew 25:40, to go into all the nations, and the
courage for obiedience to James 1:27, to care for the orphans. I am praying that everyone reading this will
get honest and real before God and have the courage to say yes! I have never been happier or felt more at
peace since I said yes to both of God’s commandments. Those commandments are not just for the few,
these are for every Christian. The
question is will you say yes?!? There
are beautiful little girls in Camatin who want a forever family, there are
children in many other nations as well as in America who also want a
family. I pray that you will have the
willingness to ask what your role can be in the life of a child.
Our first
family photo less Grey! Soon enough all
five of the Fiveashes will be in the same photo and home, until that day we
know that God is in control. All praise,
all glory goes to Him!
