Our God is Amazing

I struggled with what to call this blog and all that could come to my mind is when you do not know what to say. "praise the Lord".

 It is Wednesday morning and Bud is at Life water working.  The mechanic that he works with is in from the DR so I am sure he will be very busy today. 

Wednesday is my quiet morning.  I do not teach until 2:00 at the medical school.  This morning has been a busy one.  We are going to be having some baby chicks soon so we needed to make the pen larger to accommodate a separate room for mom and chicks.  I do enjoy working with Guslin on these things.

 One of the young boys who work for Nonam (his uncle) came to talk with me. He and 3 others work in the field around my house planting.  This is a difficult time for the Haitians.  The summer heat is ending and very little rain fell during the summer so nothing grows in the garden all summer which many Haitian count on for food. Now it is time to plant. The rain is here but there is no money for seed or plants. Once the garden begins to grow there will be food to eat and food to sell.

 Bud and I have been able to help one of the families here buy some seed and plants. In return we will receive part of the food they are raising.  This family is made up of about 6 families all related.  One of the young boys came to me this morning and asked if at noon I would have any food to share with him because he was hungry. He sees that I feed our worker.

 Noon is the time Haitians eat if they have food to eat.  I told him I would talk to his uncle.  I did get a chance to ask the young man who works for me if he felt the family had enough to eat right now. He said he knows they do not because the crops are not in and there are a lot of them.

 These are the things that tug on my heart.  I can say no to request for money to school because I do not have money extra to give out but how do I say no to food. The boys are so thin so I know it is true they are not eating everyday.  Bud said it right last night.  We do not know what it is truly like to be hungry  REALLY hungry.

 Bud and I try to stretch our food money out as much as we can to have money left to try to feed others.  Right now our finances show that December is going to be a tough month for us yet I just can't say no to hungry people.  I have decided it is not wise to give out money for food.  So as part of our ministry here I have asked my friend Nonam to come to my house each morning to receive enough rice to feed his workers for the day till the crops come in and they can make it on their own.  I share this with you our supporters because I want you to know how we use the money you give to us.  We try at every opportunity to use the money God has blessed us with to help others but we have to say no so often because the money runs out before the need.  Our chickens have begun to lay eggs and we will be able to share them as well.

My teaching is opened so many doors to opportunity to interact with different people.  One young man in my class shared with the others during a discussion time how he left Voodoo and came to Christ because of my English Class and what he learned about Jesus there.  Praise the Lord.

Another one of my students works with the children in Prison here.  Yes children in cells right next to the adults.  These kids start at age 14. I am praying about what God would have me do about these kids. Please pray for God's guidance for me as well.

Saturday will be our first Bible Study at Nonam house. We will be studying the book of John.  Please pray for fair weather and this meeting.  I do not know how many will come but I am expecting a lot.  I am going to buy some Bibles this week. I know many cannot read by some can and we will read to each other.

The drums are loud and I am told there will be no school beginning tomorrow because it is a holiday of celebrating the dead. Whatever that means. I will be still teaching and sharing about Jesus and the Life He gives.

I continue to take a taxi to work everyday and Bud uses the borrowed car to get to work.  We try to to drive it a lot because it is not ours and it is old. I have to admit it is nice not to have to drive in heavy traffic when I am tired. I just sit back and my taxi driver deal with it.  I do have to admit the ride sometimes is quite interesting.

It is hard to believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we have so much to be thankful for.
Jane