God has been doing a lot of work in my heart and it has been
awesome! The team that was here was so
full of the Holy Spirit and I heard and saw miracles happen. I have known Christ and understand Christ for
almost 5 years now. However, I found
myself trying to convince myself that I was free from sin and Jesus would look
at me one day and say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant”. I realized I came to Jesus in my heart but I
still was thirsty for more and Jesus does not want me to be convincing myself! After having people poor truth into my life,
telling me about their life, I decided to take another leap of faith and be
baptized in the Holy Spirit. I can’t
explain the amount of freedom that came with the baptism and how peaceful my
heart became. I felt like my stony heart
was gone and my heart was filled with life because it was and is filled with
the Holy Spirit! The next day, I was
able to be baptized in the ocean in Haiti.
It was the most beautiful place ever and I felt like I was on cloud
nine. The joy in my heart has changed
completely. I thought I knew Christ but
this is a whole new life! After the
baptism, there were tiny tiny rain drops (even though it was sunny). I believe God was rejoicing with soft tears.
August 10, 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
My Birthday =)
Yesterday was a hard day for me. We have a team visiting and they are so
wonderful. They are from Siloam Springs
and all of them are friends with the Tugwells.
I am thankful they are here but it made me really miss my friends and
family. I had a very up and down day
yesterday. I prayed that I could still
be content on my birthday even being a part from everyone who I longed to be
with. God provided more than I could ask
for. I woke up and one of that lady’s on
the team gave me a book that my wonderful friend Katie (who is now a 4th
grade teacher! YAY) got together. This
book had letters from my friends and it was truly the encouragement I
needed. I fell on my knees thanking God
for my friends and that God saw that small encouragement I needed He provided
through my friends =) The day got even
better! We went to a church where the
men on the team were leading a Pastor Conference. Well, there was also summer school going
on. My heart is always drawn to run to
the little kid’s room but today I felt like I needed to be in the older kid’s
room. God told me to talk to this girl
who I saw yesterday at church. Her name
is Jennifer, she is 14, and she is part of the orphan program. I was drawn to her and she was drawn to
me. I don’t know what is going to
happen but I have a feeling God wants me to help her in some way! The older kids sang Happy Birthday to me in
Creole. It was the most beautiful song I
ever heard and I wanted to burst into tears, but I didn’t because they would
have totally made fun of me haha. As if
meeting Jennifer was not a big enough blessing… I met Sandy. Sandy is 20 years old and is a teacher here
in Haiti. She wants to learn more
English, she is beautiful, and I can’t wait to see what God does through
us. I will see Sandy and Jennifer a lot
because they go to Pastor Andre’s church and Lori and Noel work with pastor
Andre at least once a week! I love how
great OUR GOD is! He went out of His way
to tell me “well done” on moving to Haiti and because you said yes I will bless
you. Thank you Jesus.
July 31, 2013
This morning I woke up kind of discouraged. Lori and Noel went to the land they are
hoping to get to set up another soup kitchen, maybe start a school, and use it in
any other way to help further God’s kingdom.
They were meeting with Pastor Andre at 7:00 so I told them I would stay
and watch the kids. They took Esther
with them because she was already by at 6:15 a.m. She says she does not like
that chicken (the rooster that wakes us up every morning).
When I got out of bed at 6:30 Lily and Silas were already up
which was fine except it is hard to spend time with Jesus and in the Bible with
kids screaming. I did the best I can to
focus on the Lord but I just was really sad- missing my family and friends a
lot. On top of the screaming that took
place all morning, there was a tarantula in the house. It was HUGE!! Thank goodness we had Ernie at
the house to get rid of it for us.
Needless to say the morning was not the greatest at the house and I
later found out why.
While I was with the kids all morning, Lori and Noel were
praying over the land and signing some papers.
On their way home, they got pulled over.
The police were trying to find ways to take them to jail. He asked for their passports (which they had
a copy) and then asked for their green card (which is the card you show the
airport when you deport the country).
Well, no one knew you had to have your green card. The policeman was persistent on taking them
to jail. Noel told the man that they
were friends with Madam Sophia (the president’s wife) and she would not be
happy about this. Because of the Lords
protection and provision the policemen told them to leave.
After Lori, Noel, and I debriefed about our morning—Noel really
spoke truth into my life and gave me the encouragement I needed that day. He said this just shows that the enemy is
threatened by what is going to happen here.
We are under attack but that is a good thing because we are furthering
the kingdom. “Finally, be strong in the
Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the
full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s
schemes. For our struggle is not against
flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the
powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the
heavenly realms. Therefore put on the
full armor of God” Ephesians 6:10-13
The day got much better.
Lori and I went to the grocery store to get food for the team coming
Saturday, went to the bank, and got a rental car all by ourselves! We sure serve a Mighty God who loves all his
children =)
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