Life As We Know It

We have been here for a little over 2 months now. While we are loving our time here and the ministries God has provided for us, we are still adjusting to the culture and trying to figure it out (if that is even possible). With that, we face many battles, and we are trying to figure out which battles are worth fighting. We have decided that the spiritual battles are worth fighting and the others are not. Please pray with us for discernment of which battles are spiritual and which battles we should let go of. Pray for us to handle the spiritual battles with a Christ-like attitude. Pray for us to deepen relationships through these battles we fight. 

We also want to remember to not judge others, but to speak biblical truth to them. It is important that we examine ourselves and not point our finger at others. Pray for God to reveal the spiritual battles we must fight within ourselves as well. We simply want to glorify God in all we do. 

Let us remember to not see the speck in another's eye, but disregard the log in our own (Matthew 7). 

Please continue to pray that we grasp the culture and continue to learn the language. We love the Haitian people and want to be able to interact with them on a deeper level. 

On another note, something that has helped us transition more was a recent renovation to our house. We split our big room upstairs into two smaller rooms and the upstairs bathroom into two bathrooms. It is much more functional for teams and allows us to have more space for them. They also closed off the other upstairs bathroom, so we could have our own bathroom. This has helped me tremendously with caring for Sharles. She also has her own room now; it's a tiny hallway, but we are all sleeping much better now! 

Speaking of Sharles, I can't believe how fast she is growing. She is 9 months old now, she has 6 teeth, she is crawling all over the place and is walking along the furniture. She waves hi and bye, and says thank you. She blows kisses all the time and Kessy recently taught her to clap and Francia taught her to wave her hands in the air when they say hallelujah! She is always full of smiles and loves everyone in the house! She also loves to play with the kids at the children's home and they love playing with her. And she seems huge to me! She is so much fun! 

We would also like to ask you to pray for John, Zech, Daniel, Steeve, Josue and Jean, who are leaving next week to go to the Dominican Republic for a mission trip. Also, please pray for the heart patients, who traveled yesterday to the DR and are awaiting life changing heart surgeries. Please check the Chadasha blog for updates on the heart surgeries (www.chadasha.blogspot.com). 

Thank you again for your prayers, friendship and love! 

In Christ's Love,

Brittany