First of all, thank you so much for your prayers and support in trying to secure visas for the children. Congressman Pete Hoekstra's office has been very proactive. After leaving a voice message and faxing over a detailed letter from our foundation director the night before, I received a phone call from them informing me that they had already called her twice in Haiti. Although they cannot guarantee a secured visa, I am confident that we have done everything in our power to make it happen. Now we need to release it and give to the Lord. If He wants His children in the States, it will happen.
Today was graduation day for our 80 kindergartners at Eagle Crest. What a joyous day it was for them to complete a job well done. It is always a day mixed with joy and sorrow for me. After spending so much time with them over the school year, we grow very close, and it is very hard to send them on their way knowing it will never be the same again. I love their families too and count those relationships as one of the best outcomes of my teaching career.
The EC family has been phenomenal this year in supporting the Foundation. We have received over $5,000 in monetary donations. This past week, there was not a day that went by that I did not have something to load in my car for the work in Haiti. Clearly I cannot take it all down this trip, but we do work with a container ministry that provides another means of transporting these items into the country. Never a worry that it will get there somehow, someway.
With graduation behind me, I only have a few things begging for my attention. I still have a few things to officially say I have closed up my room. I also will be attending a training for our new math curriculum on Wednesday morning. I am so grateful that the Lord provided the stamina and the keep on, keeping on attitude to complete the paper chase trail that comes with being a teacher last week. Such a load off my shoulders.
At noon tomorrow, my full attention is directed to closing up those suitcases and praying I am not over in weight. Thursday at 3:00 pm will find me heading to Detroit with my new friend, nurse, Linda Dykema from Holland. We will spend the night at the Comfort Inn in Romulus in order to board a 6:00 am flight to New York and then on to Miami to meet up with the rest of the team, and together head into Port au Prince. Hard to believe it is just days away... Until then.
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