R & R

Well, were of to a REAL vacation. I know most of you might think, YOU JUST GOT BACK! Well as much as we loved spending time with our kids and friends in Haiti. Haiti is the last place that feels like a family vacation. So we are off to our yearly family vacation. We are spending 3 days with Charity's family at a reunion in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, Then off for a week at our Trendwest timeshare in St. George, UT.

We will be able to say good-bye to her side before we leave to do missionary work and we will be able to use up our timeshare points that we may never be able to use again, as Haiti doesn't have a lot of timeshare vacation spots. Then we are spending some time at the trendwest in Indio, CA with our sweet chicken friends, The Wheelers, before they leave to Brazil to do mission work.

It's a fairly lengthy vacation, but we are trying to store up some R & R as the next couple of months will be pretty hectic. If nothing else it will make us really ready to come home. We should be back the second week in August or so. Then it's home to get rid of all of our worldly possesions and pack up to head to the mission field. We are so blessed to be able to take some time with family and friends before we go and God has blessed us with such wonderful people in both of these circles.

We talked on the phone to Annecy and Isaiah for the first time since we left Haiti, as the directors just got back from spending a month in the US and our much coveted phone conversations were not possible until today. It's almost harder to talk to them on the phone now as I know thier personalities and quirks so much better now, I can just picture their facial expressions and understand more of what they are feeling. All the sadness of being apart was lost as we talk about how excited we were to see them soon and they wouldn't have to live the orphanage life any more. After 7 and 9 years of living in orphanages, I'm sure it is almost unfathomable to them.

There was a story on Nightline a couple of weeks ago called, "How to buy a child in 10 hours" it's a story about child slavery in Haiti. It very interesting, but also heartbreaking. Here is a link to it. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Story?id=5326508 This link takes you to the nightline story part 1, if you look below part 1 there is a link to part 2 and 3. It's pretty long, but if you have time it is definantly worth it.

We are so overwhelmed that God has provided the opportunity to be with our kids and minister to the people of Haiti. We are looking so forward to seeing what the Lord is going to do.