So I am heading back to Haiti on Monday. I have to stay overnight in the Ft. Lauderdale airport, so I will arrive in Port au Prince around 7:45 am on Tuesday. I am going back to work with YWAM. So I will be working with most of the same people I worked with this summer. I currently have an open-ended commitment with them. I am really sad to be leaving my family and friends! It has been really great to get to see all the people I’ve seen, and wish I could have seen more. Hopefully next time I’m home!
I am pretty excited to get back to Haiti. Not many people can say they are excited to go live in a fourth-world country, so I guess that is a gift from God! =]
Since I have been home, I have shared with a lot of people what God is calling me to do. I have been blessed enough to have people commit to sending about 2/3 of my monthly goal. Thank you so much if you are one of those wonderful people!!! If you are not one of those people, I still love you! I would ask you to please pray for me as I go back though.
I am going to try to be better at updating my blog. =] I am also planning on sending out a monthly update by email. If you have not been receiving emails from and would like to, please email me at ducktape04@gmail.com and let me know. You can also join my Facebook group called I want to be a World Changer for other random updates.
I got some magnets made (courtesy of Kalos, Inc) with my picture and info on them, if you have not received one, but would like one, please email me and I’ll get one to you.
A lot of people have asked me about the cholera epidemic going on in Haiti, so I will give you some information about that. I have emailed people at my base and they are being very careful about keeping everyone and everything sanitized. There have only been like 5 cases in Port au Prince, and it was determined that they had been infected in the area where there was already an outbreak. I checked on the CDC’s website and they don’t recommend the vaccination that you can only order from Vietnam. So I will not be getting that!
We are going to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic on November 6 for the YWAM Caribbean conference. I am really excited because I haven’t been to the Dominican Republic yet and I’ve heard this conference is A-MAZ-ING!! I’m excited to learn and grow there and meet other YWAM people.
I welcome emails! People have asked about sending letters, but I’m not sure if we’re set up for that yet in Port au Prince. But I’ll find out after I get there.
If I don’t see you before I leave, I love you!!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
10/14/10
Things have been going pretty well for me. I’ve been working for Carol quite a bit, so I’ve been staying busy with that. I have also started crocheting scarves which I am going to take to a craft show in Derby this weekend and try to sell. I am selling them for $10. I’ve also decided to make pumpkin rolls to sell again this year, which are also $10. They are a good fundraiser and people love them, so I’ve spent a couple of days doing that. Let me know if you want to order any! (ducktape04@gmail.com) You can get about 15 slices out of one log and you can freeze them for about a year!
My mom had told me she was planning a family birthday party for me on October 2, a month after my actual birthday. Sarah had talked a couple of times going to look at some shoes before the party, but she didn’t get off work at Chili’s until 3. She still wanted to go, but I knew Mom needed help with stuff, so I was kind of frustrated with her for wanting to go right then, but I went anyway. Right before we turned onto our street, another car was pulling onto our street. I thought to myself, ‘That looks a lot like David and Delta’s car, but that would be kinda weird if they were down this way.’ Then we got closer to our driveway and I saw all the cars parked on our other acre. I said to Sarah, “What is going on here??” I was super surprised. A lot of my mom’s siblings were there, several people from church, Hannah, Jessica Sapien, and several cousins. I had a really good time! It was really nice to get caught up with people. We played volleyball, which was really fun! I think my team lost, but I had a lot of fun! As birthday a couple of people committed to support me monthly when I go back to Haiti, so that was also pretty exciting. Emily O’Byrne came over later on and stayed the night. We went to the church we used to go to together called The Journey. It was really good to get to see those people too. That afternoon, we went to the Haiti Lifeline fundraiser out by Buhler, KS. I had a really good time there getting to see people I have a unique bond with, having gone to Haiti with some of them, and even not going with some, but just that we have both gone, we still have a bond. It was good to get to see most of the boys adopted from Lifeline and James, who is being sponsored here to go to school.
On the 7th, I went out to Morningstar Ranch in Florence, KS to do a presentation about what I do in Haiti. They are praying about whether or not they are going to support me monthly.
Friday morning, Sarah and I took Mom, Dad and Aunt Mary to the airport. They met Aunt Kathy in Florida and went on a week long cruise in the Caribbean. I’m excited for them because they’ve never done anything like this before. I heard from Mom this morning and they had a really good time.
This week, while Mom and Dad are gone, I’m back up to the Topeka area to visit with friends up here. I’m pretty excited!
I go back to Haiti in less than 3 weeks!! This week, I’ve been blessed with more people that have said they want to support me monthly, thank you Lord!! If 50 more people would commit to sending at least $10 a month I would be set on my support!! Let me know if you’re interested!
My mom had told me she was planning a family birthday party for me on October 2, a month after my actual birthday. Sarah had talked a couple of times going to look at some shoes before the party, but she didn’t get off work at Chili’s until 3. She still wanted to go, but I knew Mom needed help with stuff, so I was kind of frustrated with her for wanting to go right then, but I went anyway. Right before we turned onto our street, another car was pulling onto our street. I thought to myself, ‘That looks a lot like David and Delta’s car, but that would be kinda weird if they were down this way.’ Then we got closer to our driveway and I saw all the cars parked on our other acre. I said to Sarah, “What is going on here??” I was super surprised. A lot of my mom’s siblings were there, several people from church, Hannah, Jessica Sapien, and several cousins. I had a really good time! It was really nice to get caught up with people. We played volleyball, which was really fun! I think my team lost, but I had a lot of fun! As birthday a couple of people committed to support me monthly when I go back to Haiti, so that was also pretty exciting. Emily O’Byrne came over later on and stayed the night. We went to the church we used to go to together called The Journey. It was really good to get to see those people too. That afternoon, we went to the Haiti Lifeline fundraiser out by Buhler, KS. I had a really good time there getting to see people I have a unique bond with, having gone to Haiti with some of them, and even not going with some, but just that we have both gone, we still have a bond. It was good to get to see most of the boys adopted from Lifeline and James, who is being sponsored here to go to school.
On the 7th, I went out to Morningstar Ranch in Florence, KS to do a presentation about what I do in Haiti. They are praying about whether or not they are going to support me monthly.
Friday morning, Sarah and I took Mom, Dad and Aunt Mary to the airport. They met Aunt Kathy in Florida and went on a week long cruise in the Caribbean. I’m excited for them because they’ve never done anything like this before. I heard from Mom this morning and they had a really good time.
This week, while Mom and Dad are gone, I’m back up to the Topeka area to visit with friends up here. I’m pretty excited!
I go back to Haiti in less than 3 weeks!! This week, I’ve been blessed with more people that have said they want to support me monthly, thank you Lord!! If 50 more people would commit to sending at least $10 a month I would be set on my support!! Let me know if you’re interested!
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