Praises!!!

Quick glimpse of what God is doing in our lives right now:

PRAISES!!
 XANDER ASKED CHRIST IN HIS HEART ON JUNE 27TH AT CROSSFIRE BASKETBALL CAMP

HOUSE RENTED
DONATIONS COMING IN:
                           CONTAINER TO SHIP OUR STUFF TO HAITI
                            BRAND NEW GAS STOVE
                            HEAVYDUTY TOOLS
   WE ARE 60% SUPPORTED                                                                                  
    WE ARE GETTING OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK IN CHURCHES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES AND WITH INDIVIDUALS
                                                                                              
Prayer requests:
                         

· PRAY FOR OUR KIDS ON THIS JOURNEY

· PRAY FOR OUR SUPPORT, THAT EVERYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN $10 OR $20 A MONTH ADDS UP,  SOME CAN GIVE MORE.  WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT IS GIVEN, IT ALL ADDS UP TO KINGDOM BUILDING!

· PRAY FOR WISDOM ON SHIPPING OUR CONTAINER WITH THE RIGHT COMPANY AND RECEIVER IN HAITI

· PRAY FOR OUR LIST OF ITEMS AT THE END OF THE BLOG.  THAT THEY WOULD BE DONATED ALLOWING US TO SAVE MONEY ON THESE ITEMS.  PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ASK THEM TO BE APART OF THIS.

· PRAY FOR THE TEAM NICKYS LEADING DOWN JULY 28– AUG 4

                   The past few weeks have been non-stop.  I know that doesn't surprise anyone who knows us really well.   To tell the truth I have told God several times that I am done doing this!  I just want to go back to our "normal" lives.  Of course that is not good enough for God!

Revealling himself through different avenues like my personal quiet time, bible study, songs on the radio, or friends with encourageing words, God has showed me that I wouldn't be happy with our old "normal" life.  It may be easier, although God allows me to remember how draining it was to have too much of a routine, actually a rut.

What I was reading in my bible study this morning spoke volumes to me, of course God knew I needed to hear  that.  Am I willing to trust God's timing in revealing His plans for me?  Am I trying to place time constraints on God?

I am only human but I do have God's grace and mercy!  Praise God!!  He continues to gently remind me, daily,  that His timing is perfect.  As Nicky says this process is a marathon.

We are over 60% supported right now and yes we could go and live in Haiti, but that would only be a temporary fix.  We are in this for the long haul.  We see what awesome things God is doing through the other missionaries at Global Outreach Haiti Mission and we want to see it continue for many more years.  The hard work and tears that have been poured out over the Haitian people is not something to take lightly.  We want to give God our best!

As hard as it is to not to have a steady place to call home, God has us in a place where we are getting to know our supporters more and enlisting their help in raising support.  We are only two people with limited relationships.  Imagine our friends telling their friends about this great work God is doing in Haiti, they can reach so many more people than we ever could.

In God's perfect timing, he has given us a container to ship our things to haiti.  We have sent out a list of needed items in our most recent newsletter, I am also posting it below.  We have already gotten a gas stove donated from friends that work at Electrolux in fletcher and many thousands of dollars worth of tools from friends that aren't using them anymore.

Sometimes, actually most of the time, I think God needs to hurry up and get us to Haiti because there is so much to do and we are needed so badly.  Does he not understand that we are giving up so much to follow his call?  We could be touching and helping so many more people in Haiti than here in the US!  Then God reminds me that He will take care of things, that I don't need to worry and that maybe we are supposed to be touching and reaching out to those in the America, helping them realize how blessed we are here!  To help them reach out to those who need help wether it is in another country or here in their own community.

List of donation items needed for Global Outreach Haiti Mission

Help us find these items to make our work in Haiti safer & quicker

Hydraulic Pipe bender
Concrete gas saw

Reni water heater
2 sets of electrical tools and belts

Quality rolling tool boxes

Heavy duty rolling jacks
Creeper stool and creepers
Atv jack
Transmission jack
¾” or 1” air gun & impact sockets & extensions
3/8 air gun ratchet
Quality air grinders & wire brushes
Air shears
Transfer pump for tractor tires
12 volt water pump

12 volt fuel pump high volume

Hand fuel pump
2000 watt Honda generator
Heavy duty garden hoses and reels
Sets of vice grips (name brand)
Sets of channel locks (name brand)
Chain pipe vices
12’ Sthil gas pole saw
Quality Air hoses, reels , air chucks, air tools & 3 ways
Polaris ranger crew UTV
Drill press vice

Drill bit sets & reverse bits

Industrial bench grinder
Long magnet for screws in road
Backpack leaf blower
Clothes line reels
Plastic break lines
Vacuum & fuel hoses (different sizes)
½” & ¾” & 1” pipe threaded for ridged 600 electric
Tool sets in own toolbox
Washer & faucet valves
Power tire changer (up to 20”, 22.5” better)

Husky belt measurer for length
Small Hilti hammer drill
25 gallon atv sprayers
Commercial waffle maker

10’ projection screen and projector
Commercial gas stove
Commercial kitchen free standing sinks
Pick up truck
Solar panels/ batteries/ inverters
Big flood lights (HPS or MV)

Quality sand blaster

4000w miller welder generator
10’-15’ wide bush hog
Cases of bug bombs
18’ gate opener
All kinds of mechanics tools
Bounce house
Dolly wheels
Job box
3/4” plywood  treated  & untreated  15 sheets
Picture frames 5x7  8x10
Fiberglass ladders
24 foot aluminum walk board

Tow behind lift 45’-50’—–—>