we got ourselves a location now!!

and…best of all…its FREE!

we have access to some office space that will not be used during the hours we are choosing to do this…..and the owner doesnt want money!

what a great way to begin …to see if this is actually going to work with this little group of ours!!

better fix up the website and get the address…and we are gonna officially kick it off!

whoopee!
this on top of our personal announcement to pursue adoption and another round of parenthood.

my week is pure elation!

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went and looked at the location

small but do-able

12 month lease….gonna negotiate it out…less money, 6 month lease and perhaps to sweeten it for them…pay half up front

if this thing catches on, we will need to relocate in 6 months…

everyone is crying, lamenting, holding their loved ones closer

everyone is thinking “what if it was here?”

lots are thinking “should i GO?”

i know alot that are ready, tomorrow, if need be…to pack it and leave and hold and nurse and rescue

what we do know is this is not going to go away in a week or two

Like New Orleans….it will still be there two, three, five years from now….rebuilding the ruins

some of us are watching and feelin the urge to do SOMETHING….prayer helps sort it out what that part is that we must play for our Haitian brothers and sisters

some of the roles are yet to be defined by time…….people to go in a couple months to begin the rebuild of schools and businesses and clinics and restore HOPE.

its a long journey for the people of Haiti…they are used to journey and struggle. they are a strong people….they will endure.
God is watching and providing…and loving them thru His kid’s hands.

a quote in an article:
Eighty percent of Haiti’s 9 million residents live under the poverty line. More than half — 54 percent — live in abject poverty, according to the CIA Factbook.

well…world, this is your chance.
step up…make it better.

article also said that most have minimal education…
Adults had an average of just over two and a half years of formal schooling.

and…
HERE IS THE HOPE of GLORY in the midst of crisis
this is the place where everyone realizes that no one is more important than any other…the field is equaled …

While the situation on the streets is critical, Dave Toycen of World Vision Canada said he sees courage and generosity amid the desperation. Toycen said people whose homes weren’t damaged have let others stay in their dwellings.

“We see people sharing things. You see people helping others in the streets. So there’s no question. They’re heroic about this; they haven’t given up, and there’s certainly tangible hope. I think that grows a little bit every day,” said Toycen, World Vision Canada’s president and chief executive officer.

see?
in the midst of the mess and trauma, Jesus is still Alive and Present…He never forsakes His Beloved.

Fire is Burning Brightly…even in the rubble of Haiti

isaiah 33…excerpt:

The sinners in Zion are terrified;
trembling grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the Consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with Everlasting burning?”

¹⁵ He who walks righteously
and speaks what is right,
who rejects gain from extortion
and keeps his hand from accepting bribes,
who stops his ears against plots of murder
and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil-

¹⁶ this is the man who will dwell on the heights,
whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.
His bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail him.

¹⁷ Your eyes will see the king in his beauty

what delight…to be able to hear Him and see Him…and dwell with Him…to be near Him

to be close enough to catch the Fire and yet live

i want to live the rest of my life brightly burning

so far i like this…