Zumba Fitness Party for Haiti

Tonight we had had the "Zumba Fitness Party for Haiti!"  My Zumba instructors so graciously volunteered to host this fundraiser for me!  We had 47 ladies show up and I raised quite a bit of money!

Praise Jesus!

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A Card In The Mail

I went to church this morning and then went to work this afternoon.  I had a pretty emotional day just thinking about different things in my life, and honestly I was ready just to go to bed when I got home.  Since I house sit every weekend, I don't get my mail until Sunday evening.  I got home from work and had a card sitting on my bed.  I knew who it was from based on the return address, but I didn't know what it could be.  I opened it up and it was from one of my sweet friends and her husband!

They said that they had been praying how they could help some of their friends, and God laid me on their hearts and they wanted to help me on my trip to Haiti.  BAM!  And there was a check included!

Tell me God doesn't have this under control!

SMG

Photoshoots

Since finding out that I was accepted for this internship this summer, I have been advertising 'Photoshoots for Haiti' and doing TONS of photoshoots! I don't know if it's just springtime, so the photoshoots have increased. Or if I'm getting better at my skill (I hope!).  Or if people are just booking them because the funds go for a good cause ... Whatever the reason, I love it and I'm very appreciative!!

People really have been so supportive of me and this adventure I'm taking this summer.  Like I've said in several blogs in the past, God keeps showing Himself more and more.  He keeps either putting people in my life to help financially support me, or people I don't know all to well have financially supported me, and these photoshoots have been no different!! I did a photoshoot yesterday and the lady graciously gave me more than my asking price.  That's the second time that has happened! Praise Jesus!

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Praise Jesus!!

So several days ago I wrote a blog about God being in complete control of this whole entire trip.  At the end of that blog I wrote about how someone very near and dear to my heart sent me a facebook message asking where she could send money for my trip this summer.

That check came in the mail today. BAM!! Tear Jerker! She included such a sweet note along with a check.

GOD IS GOOD!! And He's in CONTROL!!

SMG

I Booked My Flight

I Booked My Flight! I Booked My Flight!

Okay, can you tell I'm excited?!?!

This is the first time that I've ever booked a flight all by myself. It's pretty easy actually. And neat because I got all window seats (helloooo nap time) AND I'm on ALL even rows (my OCD is happy on that one!).

So it's official ... I'm leaving Thursday, May 31 at 7am from Knoxville and I'll be arriving in Port-au-Prince at 3:50pm ... and then I'll be coming home Thursday, August 2 and arriving in Knoxville around 10:15pm

9 weeks in Haiti ... I CAN'T WAIT!!!

91 DAYS UNTIL I LEAVE

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Comfort

So I was reading through my facebook quotes and came across this one

“God doesn’t call the equipped, God equips the called”

It doesn’t matter what I can do, or what I’ve done.  All that matters is that I have an open heart, clear mind, and a willing body, and God will supply everything else.  I find comfort in that.  Knowing that with these medical clinics that I will be doing this summer, it doesn’t matter what I do or don’t know.  All that matters is that I am willing to be used in the way God desires.

Didn’t think I’d be having those deeps thoughts at 8 in the morning

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God is DEFINITELY in Control

So I have 97 days left until I leave for Haiti and God keeps showing His goodness more and more each step of the way.

In "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young this is what today's devotion said...

Be still in the Light of My Presence, while I communicate Love to you.  There is no force in the universe as powerful as My Love.  You are constantly aware of limitations: your own and others'.  But there is no limit to My Love; it fills all of space, time, and eternity.

Now you see through a glass, darkly, but someday you will see Me face to Face.  Then you will be able to experience fully how wide and long and high and deep is My Love for you.  If you were to experience that now, you would be overwhelmed to the point of feeling crushed.  But you have an eternity ahead of you, absolutely guaranteed, during which you can enjoy My Presence in unrestricted ecstasy.  For now, the knowledge of My loving Presence is sufficient to carry you through each day.

What an awesome devotion today.  It spoke directly to me.  God is communicating His love to me so frequently lately.  He keeps reminding me how much He loves me and how He has everything under control and it’s ALL in His hands!

Last night at Bible Study we talked about how God’s funds are limitless.  He is able to supply all of our financial needs, as long as we trust Him and put our anxiety in His hands.  That is what I keep learning with each trip I take to Haiti.  This trip is more expensive then my past two, so I have to put even more trust in Him, but He is fulfilling it in mighty ways!

I still don’t know exactly what God has in store for me.  I know He’s called me to be a nurse (I got my acceptance letter into LMU’s BSN program last week!!) and I know He’s given me a passion for Haiti for a reason.  I just don’t know exactly what He’s going to do, but I’m open and willing to listen and ready to act!

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This morning I received a facebook message from someone that I hold near and dear to my heart, but someone I don’t know all that well.  She was asking me where she could send money to for my trip to Haiti this summer.  WOW!!  I was so humbled by her generosity to me.  It definitely got my day started off the right way.

And then at lunch I had Chinese food and got a fortune cookie.  My fortune cookie was …

Bam! That woman that I hold near and dear to my heart has dark hair!  Crazy how I got that facebook message this morning and got that fortune this afternoon!  Love it!!

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