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Writing on the Directors wall |
Fear not, for I have redeemed you ; I have called you by
name , you are mine. When you pass through the waters , I will be with you;and
through the rivers , they shall not overwhelm you.when you walk through fire
you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
For I am your God
, the Holy one of Israel, your Savior.
Ish 43:1-3
I have been wanting to write a blog update for some time ,
but just haven’t been able to put my thoughts & words together.
Seems my
mind just is so fussy & distant..
& scattered... It just goes from one thing to another
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The above promise is so reassuring to me..It feels my family
& I had been under attack before & during our time when we went to
Haiti in Jan.
BUT through it all God was
there with us & HE will ALWAYS stay there..even when we feel beat down
& defeated.
Yes He, the Holy one of Israel our Savior has the ultimate
power & the enemy is defeated not us !!!
Our plan was to go to Haiti – my boys & wives &
little Fenner-
But first expired passports must be obtained & mr fenners
first passport & FAST . We had to expedite them & still ran down to the
wire before they came. BUT they all came in the nick of time-
Praise Jesus
Our plan was to go back to Soliette for a memorial service
for Pat & also for the boys to see where Pat spent his mornings with God…
where he spent his days working in the garden
and see the people we loved.
Mareena & Fenner were down with the flu
for several days ahead of leaving & even still under the weather when we
left. We were praying but they were sick. Then the eve before we left Nick
started with an eye infection or some sort of eye issue that was painful &
red..
We never really did determine what was wrong but it lasted until they
almost went home- I used aloe plant on his eyes & eye drops which helped
ease it some.
We
had a quick trip planned .. stayed at Philips on Tuesday nite & then went
up the mountain to Soliette & stayed in the house all together.
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Fenner feel asleep on the way up. It was such a blessing for me to introduce my family to my friends up there. They were glad to see me & I was thrilled to see them...On Thursday in the afternoon a memorial service was held in the church & it was so encouraging. Some of the missionaries sang some songs that Pat loved & then some of the students sang some songs in creole for us. Dwight Wagoner, Philip ,Mike Martin, Kesnel the school director & Wismith our language teacher all spoke encouragement.   
. One of our younger Haitian friends told me later that it
really helped encourage him too. You know after Pat died we just left so quick
& our community there feels a loss too.
The boys even worked in Pats garden
some & so did Fenner. We went on a
few walks & visited some friends . It was a blessing for us all to be
there. Cole said it felt like this was “home’ …
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Fenner helping Papa get the "jack" beans out of the pods. |
Friday came quick & we made our way back down – with the
help of our friends carrying our bags.Saturday the boys plans were to fly out
so they could try to start a week off with ‘normal’ work .
Well God had other
plans & a big snow storm & very cold weather hit the US! Nicks did make
it home very late sat nite but Coles had a lot of problems & weren't even
able to leave until Wednesday. We felt the enemy attack in a very BIG way during
this time.
But God reaches out to us in our greatest need & when I felt
most defeated He sent a group of friends
to pray mightily for & with me..
Yes when you walk through the fire you
shall not be burned… Just cry out to HIM & He lifts you up…
I spent another 4 days
with Beth & Phil & came on home… No the enemy will never win ..
Give no place for the devil –
Our God is ALWAYS victorious.
My time with my family was most
precious ..
I had many emotions , tears & struggles.
But then there was
always GOD.
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Our family trip to Soliette in 2009 |
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Things have changed... Pat is in heaven & we have Mr. Fenner |
After I got home for this past
month I have been helping Nicks finish their house & this past Saturday they MOVED..
Such a tremendous blessing of many friends who helped, fixed food & took
care of Fenner. God works in the details
of our lives if we just open our eyes to see..
Yes it is still so hard &
many days unbelievable that Pat is with Jesus but life moves forward.
Creator God you are a forever
presence in my FOREVER-CHANGED world!
And
now I am looking forward to this week when I am returning to Haiti to help a
work team go to Soliette to put blocks on the school walls- A vision of Pats..
Please pray for us & the Haitians - that God would continue to be working in our hearts &
theirs – that Jesus would be exalted in whatever we do.
Something I read recently:
Jesus is NOT a snuggle. He is not a
long languorous dream that makes everything hard disappear...
HE is a GOD who
saves.
He is a GOD who stays,
Do not ever forget … He is a GOD who disrupts!
