“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in His Word I put my hope.”
~ Psalm 130:5 ~
This is one of my very first pocket verses ever. I remember writing it on a scrap piece of paper and sticking it in my pocket so I could carry this wee morsel of God’ Word around with me all day long. Seems like just yesterday. But here I am, years later, coming back to these precious words like an old friend. New scrap of paper; back in my pocket. More importantly, back in my heart and mind. Because I am waiting.
Look at the words. Aren’t they beautiful? I’m just wondering…are you waiting for the LORD for something? Have you been waiting a long, long time? Do you know what this kind of waiting is like? It means to look eagerly for, to wait in expectation. We wait with all our heart and soul, believing fully that God is at work and that He is coming with the answer! He is working all things out. But sometimes as we wait we can lose some of that eagerness and anticipation, can’t we? Like a runner in a very long marathon, wondering if he can go a single step further. The finish line is nowhere in sight and his legs are getting very weak. Eagerness begins to dwindle. That’s why I so love the second part of this verse…
And in His Word I put my hope! Where, oh where would we be without His Word? Every promise, every word of comfort and restoration and mercy; this has to be our focus while we wait on the LORD. This is where our hope lies. Not in people. Not in circumstances or in our own scheming and figuring. All that is laid down. When we are truly waiting for God to move we let go of all that stuff, realizing just how futile our own plans are. We come to grips with how helpless we in ourselves are. It is in this utter helplessness that we find greater dependency on our LORD! It is then our hope in His Word multiplies, and we hold fast to this believing, humbling hope! And that is a very good place to be. It’s actually the only place to be always, but especially while we wait.
Something just occurred to me. The first time I found and wrote down that verse I didn’t really know much of God’s Word. How can I hope in something I don’t even know? How can you? If you find yourself in a waiting place, go there today. Begin to absorb the truths and the promises and I know that I know the waiting will be easier! Eagerness and expectancy will build as we rest in this beautiful place of His Word, and we will find ourselves waiting with that kind of hopeful energy, waiting to see what God will do!
“’The LORD is my portion’, says my soul,
‘Therefore, I have hope in Him.’
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
to those who seek Him.
~ Lamentations 3:24-25 ~
This stuck out to me and I had to post it because right now I am in this waiting period. I am waiting for my car to sell... I am waiting for August 13th to come and make my flight to Haiti... But the glorious news is I am content about all of it. Yes I am anxious and yes moments I am worried "what if my car doesnt sell?" But does worrying really speed up the process?? I didnt think so. So now its just time to continue to post it out there and to pray that things continue to flow.
Please pray for this car to be sold in the next two weeks. I dont know what I will do if there is that "if". But I will continue to trust that the Lord will take care of things and continue to jus thave faith in him!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Car for sale!!
A FEW NUMBERS FROM KELLY BLUE BOOK FOR THIS EXACT CAR WITH FEATURES:
MSRP $22,735
FAIR PURCHASE PRICE $20,484
DEALER INVOICE $21,852
MPG CITY 20 / HIGHWAY 31
Its finally truly official!!!!!!!
Well this morning it has became truly official! recieved the email from Carmen this morning that I have finally been fully accepted to be the 2nd grade teacher at Sonlight Ministries in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. Before this moment it has all been a complete feeling that I am def. going, I had the feeling deep inside of me that God hs called me and told me I am going to move to Haiti and become a teacher, but as of today its finally official!!!!!!!!!! :)
When she emailed me I was told the departure date and its a lot sooner then I ever imagined I would be leaving. I am flying out August 13, 2012. That is 2 1/2 weeks away! ahhh thats crazy! :)
So now I have to pray that God makes everything work out and that my car gets sold in the next 2 weeks and that my support comes through! Thankfully I have had my new roomies contact me and give me advice and mental support for my move to haiti!! :)
Im a bit excited right now, so I will stop before I keep rambling on but I will keep you updated extremely soon! :)
When she emailed me I was told the departure date and its a lot sooner then I ever imagined I would be leaving. I am flying out August 13, 2012. That is 2 1/2 weeks away! ahhh thats crazy! :)
So now I have to pray that God makes everything work out and that my car gets sold in the next 2 weeks and that my support comes through! Thankfully I have had my new roomies contact me and give me advice and mental support for my move to haiti!! :)
Im a bit excited right now, so I will stop before I keep rambling on but I will keep you updated extremely soon! :)
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Trying to focus on my faith!
This morning and the last few days I have been struggling... Struggling with sadness, worry, stress and just everything that Satan is trying to throw at me to discourage my faith! I have been having a few health issues since I took my missions trip in May to Haiti. I came back and got sick, I wasn't sick while I was over there, but the next day after I landed back in the states it all kicked in. It started out with depression. I will say that I had complete culture shock when I returned, but I can say that God has blessed me with being able to get passed that and just see things for how they are. When I came back I also was physically sick as well. Without saying TMI, I will just say that right now my doctor has narrowed it down to a few possibilities of what might be wrong with me. So the options are........ 1. Problem with my gallbladder 2. Intestinal Yeast Infection 3. I have gotten a parasite while over in Haiti.
Well I am pretty sure the gallbladder is fine (no pain in my sternum when I eat) so I am between 2 and 3. Well, let me say this it would be odd that right after I return from Haiti that I would have the yeast flare up out of nowhere. Yeah I was on anti-biotics before I left, which can kill the good bacteria with the bad bacteria causing an intestinal yeast infection), but wouldn't you think I would had a sign of that while in Haiti for 2 weeks!??! So I am feeling that we are down to a parasite.
It is scary to think that I could of gotten a parasite while in Haiti, especially to think about moving there and well who knows if I will catch it again. But honestly that doesn't scare me about Haiti at all. I know most people would of freaked out and said no forget it about the move and everything else, but I know that no matter what if I am healthy or sick or rich or poor as long as I follow God's will for my life I will pull through. As long as I keep fighting for Him everything will be okay. So I return to my doctors on Friday to find out more information so hopefully its all good news! If I had a parasite that well I am healed and its gone, and if it wasn't a parasite what it is and whats our next step on the healing process!!!!!!
So what else does Satan have me worrying about...... well Haiti is a month away!!!!!! I am not quite sure how I am going to fund this trip and I am not quite sure how my car will get sold, but hey I started off in the beginning of this journey saying that I am not worried about it, that if this is God's will for my life everything will work out how its supposed to (how he wants it to) and that I have no reason to worry about it. Well of course Satan has been trying to sneak in and get me to worry about the things that I have no control over and shouldn't stress out about. I will remind myself that no matter what happens that its all in God's hands. I do have a feeling though that this is a lesson for me from God though. A lesson about patience and trust!!!!!!!! I am realizing that I am starting to get impatient to hear answers, which is then leading to a lack of trust and trying to figure out plan b of how to make everything work. I shouldn't need to come up with plan B, I only need to stick to Plan A and that plan is to TRUST GOD and to HAVE FAITH that he will do everything in my life for his glory. :) So I am saying now I am going to stop worrying about things, I am going to stop trying to figure out how I am going to fund this or sell my car or what is going to happen I am just going to trust!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well I am pretty sure the gallbladder is fine (no pain in my sternum when I eat) so I am between 2 and 3. Well, let me say this it would be odd that right after I return from Haiti that I would have the yeast flare up out of nowhere. Yeah I was on anti-biotics before I left, which can kill the good bacteria with the bad bacteria causing an intestinal yeast infection), but wouldn't you think I would had a sign of that while in Haiti for 2 weeks!??! So I am feeling that we are down to a parasite.
It is scary to think that I could of gotten a parasite while in Haiti, especially to think about moving there and well who knows if I will catch it again. But honestly that doesn't scare me about Haiti at all. I know most people would of freaked out and said no forget it about the move and everything else, but I know that no matter what if I am healthy or sick or rich or poor as long as I follow God's will for my life I will pull through. As long as I keep fighting for Him everything will be okay. So I return to my doctors on Friday to find out more information so hopefully its all good news! If I had a parasite that well I am healed and its gone, and if it wasn't a parasite what it is and whats our next step on the healing process!!!!!!
So what else does Satan have me worrying about...... well Haiti is a month away!!!!!! I am not quite sure how I am going to fund this trip and I am not quite sure how my car will get sold, but hey I started off in the beginning of this journey saying that I am not worried about it, that if this is God's will for my life everything will work out how its supposed to (how he wants it to) and that I have no reason to worry about it. Well of course Satan has been trying to sneak in and get me to worry about the things that I have no control over and shouldn't stress out about. I will remind myself that no matter what happens that its all in God's hands. I do have a feeling though that this is a lesson for me from God though. A lesson about patience and trust!!!!!!!! I am realizing that I am starting to get impatient to hear answers, which is then leading to a lack of trust and trying to figure out plan b of how to make everything work. I shouldn't need to come up with plan B, I only need to stick to Plan A and that plan is to TRUST GOD and to HAVE FAITH that he will do everything in my life for his glory. :) So I am saying now I am going to stop worrying about things, I am going to stop trying to figure out how I am going to fund this or sell my car or what is going to happen I am just going to trust!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Haitian Architecture
This reason for this post is because I was thinking about architecture and I was wondering what type of architecture does Haiti truly have. I never would of imagined finding images like these. Just because most people think of Haiti of not having much or mostly destruction from the Earthquake in reality there is a lot of architecture and beauty there. Check of the pictures below! Some people use materials that are out of the norm to build with and then you see some goegous architecture from haitiancreation that i would of never thought existed!!!!!!!!!! :)
My love for Haiti just rose to the next level! :)
Here’s a great article from last week’s Wall Street Journal about unique architectural solutions in Haiti:
Solving Haiti’s Housing Problems with Old Tires, Bottles – Developments – WSJ
Building affordable, sustainable housing that is earthquake/hurricane resistant and uses only recycled materials? Yes, please. And while people in wealthy societies will probably balk at the thought of building houses made out of tires and bottles, I love the fact that these buildings answer an immediate need, use readily available materials, come with a very affordable price tag and allow the people of Haiti to build/provide for themselves without depending on foreign aid. Beautiful.
This article also made me think of a great documentary I saw a few weeks ago called Citizen Architect that tells a somewhat similar story set in our own backyard. The film revolves around a man named Samuel Mockbee who was an architect and the founder of Auburn University’s Rural Studio. Similar to the Haiti earthships, the Rural Studio is an architecture program where students design and build projects for impoverished individuals and communities in rural Alabama. Great movie, but I wouldn’t recommend seeing it if you are unprepared to have your entire way of life challenged.
Both the Haiti example and the Rural Studio serve to remind us that good architecture (or urban planning, or real estate development etc) doesn’t have to be landmark buildings designed for the rich and famous. Rather, good architecture takes into account people’s actual needs and resources and in turn designs places that serve their inhabitants and actually and improve their quality of life. Even if that means making houses out of tires.
Why a link on the Victorian Architecture of Port au Prince, Haiti? Well, It a piece on Architecture, and I love puns. Looking at these old 'Grandes Dames' of the Caribbean in their steamy setting warms the bones of this old mason on the chilly first day of December. Besides, there is perhaps no other country in the New World which has played as significant a role in the development of Freemasonry in the Americas as had Haiti, and Port au Prince is its capital. The love of architecture and Masonry should go hand in hand. I was in love with the former before I was old enough to be aware of the latter. As both masons and humans, we should all remember the Haitians and redouble our concern and support for them as the world and its humanitarian donors seem ready to allow this fierce and beautiful country to be forgotten again
My love for Haiti just rose to the next level! :)
Here’s a great article from last week’s Wall Street Journal about unique architectural solutions in Haiti:
Solving Haiti’s Housing Problems with Old Tires, Bottles – Developments – WSJ
Building affordable, sustainable housing that is earthquake/hurricane resistant and uses only recycled materials? Yes, please. And while people in wealthy societies will probably balk at the thought of building houses made out of tires and bottles, I love the fact that these buildings answer an immediate need, use readily available materials, come with a very affordable price tag and allow the people of Haiti to build/provide for themselves without depending on foreign aid. Beautiful.
This article also made me think of a great documentary I saw a few weeks ago called Citizen Architect that tells a somewhat similar story set in our own backyard. The film revolves around a man named Samuel Mockbee who was an architect and the founder of Auburn University’s Rural Studio. Similar to the Haiti earthships, the Rural Studio is an architecture program where students design and build projects for impoverished individuals and communities in rural Alabama. Great movie, but I wouldn’t recommend seeing it if you are unprepared to have your entire way of life challenged.
Both the Haiti example and the Rural Studio serve to remind us that good architecture (or urban planning, or real estate development etc) doesn’t have to be landmark buildings designed for the rich and famous. Rather, good architecture takes into account people’s actual needs and resources and in turn designs places that serve their inhabitants and actually and improve their quality of life. Even if that means making houses out of tires.
A Piece of Architecture: Haiti's Gingerbread Houses
Why a link on the Victorian Architecture of Port au Prince, Haiti? Well, It a piece on Architecture, and I love puns. Looking at these old 'Grandes Dames' of the Caribbean in their steamy setting warms the bones of this old mason on the chilly first day of December. Besides, there is perhaps no other country in the New World which has played as significant a role in the development of Freemasonry in the Americas as had Haiti, and Port au Prince is its capital. The love of architecture and Masonry should go hand in hand. I was in love with the former before I was old enough to be aware of the latter. As both masons and humans, we should all remember the Haitians and redouble our concern and support for them as the world and its humanitarian donors seem ready to allow this fierce and beautiful country to be forgotten again
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Our success is based on continually delivering the ultimate in service, guidance and quality.
The success of Home Design & Construction is in the details. It's our planning, our execution and most of all... our people.
Home Design & Construction builders oversee each phase of construction delivering the ultimate in quality workmanship.
Home Design & Construction makes the process of customizing your home easy and fun from start to finish. Our 3D Design full color plan, offers product samples and color selections for items like flooring and cabinetry as well as a variety of other home amenities to help you visualize your home's features. In addition, we can provide you with a wide variety of computerized options to make your home unique. Our 3D architect (ing Celin) demands that every floor plan makes maximum use of space and is totally livable as well as beautiful.
Every Home Design & Construction house is built from the best materials. From the front door to the roof tile, all Home Design & Construction materials reflect our highest standards for quality inside and outside. Your Home Design & Construction house is built to last and will keep its new-home beauty for generations.
Today we are to one of the leading residential homebuilders in Haiti.
Our success is based on continually delivering the ultimate in service, guidance and quality.
The success of Home Design & Construction is in the details. It's our planning, our execution and most of all... our people.
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