June 1 we welcomed 15 new interns that are serving with us
this summer. I spent a lot of time planning for our Vacation Bible School (VBS)
which begins this coming Monday and will continue through July and August. It
is the first ever VBS for Mission of Hope and I have been blessed to help
organize it and now direct it. It has been overwhelming at times, as I have
never been involved in organizing an American VBS before much less a Haitian
VBS, but a great adventure. Amazing how the Lord equips you
for things you never dreamed you could do. I also spent a lot of time the first
two weeks of June preparing for being away for 2 weeks. I traveled home for two
weddings…June 18 my incredible older sister got married and June 25 my great
friend and past roommate Meg Ryan got married. It was so much fun to be apart
of both weddings and see two amazing couples join in marriage.
Rehearsal dinner for Megan's wedding. So happy Matt is officially apart of the Whittier family!
Rehearsal for Meg's wedding. Love and miss these girls so much.
Journey’s youth team was in Haiti serving when I returned to
MOH. It has been a terrific week serving with them and a great week back in
Haiti. I was so encouraged by each one of them and am so thankful to have them in
my life. I know I'm a little bias, but I have the best hometown and home church ever. I’m telling you…Norman has incredible people there!
As July begins, I ask for prayer for our VBS. Like I
mentioned, this is the first ever VBS here and we have the opportunity to take
the Gospel message to 200 children a week. It is an honor to be put in charge
of this and I ask that you partner with me in prayer as it unfolds. That every
child would experience Christ in new ways, maybe for the first time ever, and
they would feel an overwhelming amount of love and joy every minute they spend
with us. That as they leave our campus and tell their families and communities
about their time at VBS, that Christ would shine through and these kids would
be a light to their people. It is going to be a historic summer for MOH and I
know the Lord is going to do move in mighty ways.
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