less than a week away!

Bonjou! Hard to believe we're less than a week away from the next trip to Haiti! Our team has almost doubled in these last few weeks to a group of 13, including myself. Many from the June team are coming back, plus quite a few new people, as well. The team is:
Caleb Kuzman, Becca Lamb, Ben DiMarco, Tori Maloney, Ashley Day, Casey Shaffer, Stephanie Kline, Gail Andrews, Rachel Hurst, Kelley Parker, Lauren Pshsnychniak, Jeff Martin, and myself.

Caleb, Stephanie, Lauren, Rachel, and Kelley were part of our June team, and Jeff was part of the AIM team that was also at Mission of Hope in June.

We're making final preparations for the trip, as we leave this coming Friday! After a layover in MIA, we'll arrive into Port Au Prince mid-day on Saturday the 11th, and will be flying back to the US Sunday the 19th.

So excited to go back and reunite with our Haitian friends from this summer! It will be wonderful to see how much progress has been made with the rebuilding work, and the new orphanage site up in Icondo. Looking forward to getting our hands dirty as we contribute to the work being done!

Specific ways you can be praying for our trip:
-continue praying for the many affected by the cholera outbreak. many people in Grand Goave have access to safe, clean water through Mission of Hope, but there are still many others in Haiti who do not. pray also for all of the medical workers and hospital staff throughout the country as they do their best to help as many people as they can.

-continue also praying for the political situation in Haiti, as things are still in turmoil even after the recent elections.

-pray for the children at the orphanage and school, and the many others in Grand Goave that we will be interacting with - that they would see Christ's love through us as clearly as we see it through them.

-pray that above all, this trip would be about the people of Haiti, and not about us. pray that we would stay focused on Christ and his work of restoration and redemption in the lives of people there. pray that we would be humble servants, continually seeking out ways to love people well.

to Him be the glory!