Leaving Tonight!!!

We are all packing up and preparing to head out this evening!!! We will be taking a "red eye" flight from Seattle to Florida and then tomorrow we will fly over to Port au Prince! All day today and yesterday I have personally just been overcome by God's joy and excitement over His nation. It is amazing how much He loves us all! He has placed an excitement within us all to go and be with the Haitians! Everything is working out and the Lord is just orchestrating everything now!

He is SO good!

Well, I have to go finish packing!

We are thankful for all your donations and continual prayers!

Love you all!!!!

Four Weeks Until Take-Off!!!

It is hard to believe that there are only 4 weeks (plus a few days) until we leave Seattle to head to Florida...and then Haiti!!!

God is working so powerfully among our team as of late breaking bondages, rooting us deeper in His love, and building our relationships with one another... it's SO AWESOME! The song that says "Our God is greater, Our God is stronger, Our God is higher than any other..." (Our God is Greater- Chris Tomlin) is so true! The LORD is releasing His mighty power and healing among us as of late. He has been highlighting strongholds that we have in our lives and teaching us what it means to give Him all control and flee from trusting in ourselves.

Diana shared today about how the Lord called her to get rid of some of the distractions in her life and in obedience she threw them all away! Now, a tooth ache (a mighty bad one at that) that she had been experiencing earlier in the week and that the dentist could not explain is HEALED! She has NO more pain! PRAISE THE LORD!

So, as a team, we have committed to eliminating the distractions in our lives. They come in all sorts of shapes and forms (people, TV Shows, music, eating, exercise). Not to say that these things are bad... but it depends on how they permeate your life and are affecting your heart. For me personally, the LORD awakened me this morning with the conviction that I needed to let go of my control. I have suffered with eating disorder issues in the past which brought a lot of anxiety into my life as I felt the need to control my body. This resulted in a lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance, and pretty much any type of food intolerance. Last summer the anxiety was prayed off and I felt free... but over the last 6 months I began compromising and the intolerances and anxiety flooded back in. So, this morning, Katelyn and I prayed and the LORD has set me free with the knowledge that he has broken all bonds and lies and has shown me the path to walk in the opposite path of control. (He is SO good!) Our God heals!

The LORD has given us boldness, power, authority in His name! We are called to go out and be disciples to the Nations; but how can we do so if we are trapped in fear and other bondage that is keeping us from living out God's love in POWER? For we are told in John 4:18 "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear..." HALLELUJAH! As believers, Children of God, our Papa gives us POWER in His mighty LOVE! He sends us out to share the good news of salvation in His Son! Our Daddy loved us so So SO much that He sent His Son for us to die on the cross! He loves ALL his children and He longs for them to come and rest in His embrace. He is coming for Haiti. He is rebuilding the nation and restoring His people. He is setting the captives free and delivering them from the hopelessness, the depression, the darkness over their lives!