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| ROUSes? Rodents of Unusual Sizes? Looks like they are romantic too! who knew? ;) |
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| This is what they really look like :) |
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| Aren't they cute? |
I met and stayed with a wonderful couple - the Atkins - they had a cookout at their place for me and I was able to share testimony and fellowship with some MFMers and people from the community - it really was fun! They had a welcome cake and everything!
Their oldest daughter, Jen, asked if I remembered her? We'd met sixteen years before in Haiti when she'd come down with her sister and Dad - I didn't - but we had a lot of teams come through when I was growing up!
Here we are sharing the last piece of the ice cream cake :D
So thankful to Ken Milone, my funding coach for setting up this whole trip!!!
I spoke at the MFM Council meeting on Friday morning - as I don't like mornings and had been up late the past few nights I was very thankful to God that everything went so smoothly!!! Then it was down to Carmi for an informal visit with some of the Milone's friends and out to lunch at a Mexican restaurant! An intern from MFM from a few years back, Trevor Fornwalt, lives in the area and came to the breakfast and then we picked him up for lunch too!!! It was great to hang out with him a little bit - he's just graduated from HS and is looking forward to starting college but his heart is in the Ukraine - so the next week he visited OMS in Greenwood to work out some details as to when he can go back and took me to downtown Indy for some fun and pics! Friends make life so much less dull, don't you think?
Back to Olney, I got a short nap before the evening. Busy, busy, busy! - and I felt so tired - even after the nap. I called a prayer partner and after a short conversation and some prayer was able to face the next part of the trip - I just really needed His strength and endurance. And He gave it - I left the little office room I'd been on the phone in - going in completely drained and feeling like a wooden dummy and coming out feeling so refreshed and ready for my speaking engagement...still a little nervous - but ready to jump in! I shared at the First United Methodist Church (FUMC) where Emmaus Walk was having a sort of reunion/testimony/dinner time! They'd had the Walk the weekend before and from what I understand this was just a sort of get together of those who'd gone through it past and present. There was a beautiful time of worship after an amazing potluck meal and then different people shared testimony of what God had done in and through them both on the walk and since they had returned to 'normal' life. Then the Pastor of the church - Pastor Scott - introduced me and I was able to share for about 10 minutes. I really liked that I had been able to hear some of their testimonies first...kinda gave me a better idea of who my audience was and see how God's been working in and through them :D
Then back to the Atkins for some one-on-one fellowship/unwind time - before heading to bed before the start of another busy day!
Sunday I spoke at FUMC for 10 mins and then we headed across town to Grace Evangelical Church where I shared in the Women's Sunday School and then again in their main service. Pastor Scott at FUMC gave a wonderful introduction - wish I could take him with me everywhere!!! Wow - really understands faith promises, and the ministry I will be doing in Haiti :D
We had a few technical hiccups at Grace - but it worked out in the end :D
This trip was so much fun, got to meet new people and was overwhelmed by two things: 1) The fact that though I didn't know any of them they'd been praying for Nate and 2) Their generosity - I went from 56.2% funded to 58.4%!!!! Lots of special gifts, but at least one monthly supporter and I think that others will come on board too! Praise the Lord!
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