Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Exploratory team

FINALLY, I say. God says, all in HIS timing.
We are Finally, getting a team to go to Haiti. It is an exploratory team with just a few from our church. We are hooking up with Greg Barshaw from Connect 2 Ministries and House of Hope Orphanages. We will be traveling to Port-Au-Prince and Cap Haitian to see what is being done, what needs done, and pray how God can use more teams in the future. We hope to see the orphanages, churches that need help in rebuilding, medical needs, church planting training center, etc. and wherever God leads us.
We will be having a meeting on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at WGBC in room 314/316 (far end with stage) at 7 pm. Please plan on attending if you are interested in what we are planning, interested in going on a trip in the future, or would be willing to pray for us.
Please email me at jwfish7@msn.com if you have questions. I will try to respond as quickly as possible.
Thank you for all you prayers.
Stephanie

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Trips to Haiti

Working on dates for missions trips to Haiti. Anyone interested?

Monday, March 29, 2010

Follow up to trip

Thinking back of our efforts over the past few weeks....
I learned a lesson as it hit me how we dreamed BIG, but then backed off in our meetings when physical supplies didn't appear rapidly. Plan A, Plan B, Plan C and so on.
I think it was good we decided not to purchase extra water here to ship. However, I think we shouldn't have downsized God's ability so much and stuck with the trailer plan and purchased the other tents locally.
I am not sure where the break down of communication was from the school. It would have been a lot less stressful to have known those supplies were going with us, before the day before travel. I am VERY thankful for what they provided.
Despite that obstacle and a couple others at the last minute, God saw us through it all. He answered many prayers! Prayers of laying it on people's hearts to want to help; bringing it all together; safety in our travels and no vehicle troubles, even as the one day we entered into an area where there were gangs with guns sticking out of their waists; the watching over of the trailer that no one stole anything; and our continued contacts with some of the employees of CVM.
I was so thankful for Stephen's help in driving!! 22 hours down and 24 back. I couldn't have done it on my own. Stephen, Bethaney, and I were blessed to enjoy some time together and also having the opportunity to visit her grandparents who live in Florida. They weren't able to make it for the wedding since her grandfather came down with cancer last year, so it was the first time Stephen and I met them. Bethaney also had not seen them for a few years. We enjoyed a day at Universal (gift from her grandparents) and a slight detour on the way home at Hilton Head beach for an hour to break up travel home.
I praise God for EVERYTHING HE did and continues to do.....now to pursue a team/trip. ;)
With Him for the Haitians,
Stephanie

Dropping off supplies and meeting Rolanda

Wed, March 17:
After a bit of a challenging drive, we delivered the supplies to a separate facility of CVM. (All I'll say, is don't get caught in the enter only SunPass lane.) The drop off location was a "suite" of buildings. There was a small garage door around back, which made it nice to unload. If I understood Rolanda correctly, they need to get the container off the pier by the end of the month, so they will be shipping whatever supplies they have at that point. Then, they hope to have supplies and maybe small teams going to Haiti every 6 weeks. I mentioned I want to go to Haiti with a team. She became real excited. I told her there were others from our church also wanting to go. We talked a bit about this. She gave me her email address for future contact.
She had not heard from Dr. Davis or Pastor Joseph yet. She said the Haitians are still really needing tents.
Praise God for what everyone has done and is continuing to do to help Haiti. There is so that still needs done.
L-R: Milande and Rolanda


made it to FL

From Florida, Tue, March 17th:
We made it to Florida fine. PTL. Thank you for your prayers! It took a bit longer with the added weight/trailer -21 hours so far.
I didn't hear back from Rolanda at CVM until 4:30pm. We decided it was best to deliver the supplies in the morning. Please keep praying for our contact with them, that everything runs smoothly tomorrow, and our travel. We have approx. one more hour to reach CVM.
None of us had much sleep and what we did have was on the back seat of the truck. Dinner and a good nights sleep....aaawww. :)

On the road with trailer

Sunday afternoon:
Since we were so blessed to received so many more donations Sunday afternoon, Pastor Daron and I scurried around to basically go back to one of our other plans - hauling a trailer.
Monday, March 15th 7:30 pm:
After working all day and then getting loaded, we are finally on the road -Florida or bust! :)
Quite thankful for the use of the church trailer and help from my son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Bethaney, to get it loaded.
Please pray for our travels.

Friday, March 19, 2010

I thank Ben Framstad for sending me this link. Wooster Grace seeks to help the local churches in Haiti to help community people in Haiti so that the Gospel is demonstrated in word and deed.

Who Will Rise Up? from Harvest Bible Chapel on Vimeo.