Whisper: Ray

We have officially been here over a week and I can’t even fathom how I was only here for that long on my last two trips!  One team has gone and another has arrived. It already has been such a fun time getting to know the different people that come. Everyone has their own story and their own perfectly orchestrated plan by God on how and why they are in Haiti. God knit Christa’s heart and my heart together in Haiti on our last trip, and I am so very blessed by her and what a gift she is. Knowing her heart for children, and for the Lord, and watching her serve Him by loving them is incredible. We have been going through Beth Moore’s James bible study in the morning and it has been a wonderful time of prayer and fellowship together. We are able to pray for our kids, for our day, our relationship, and that God’s will be done before the day even starts. 

Wednesday afternoon was yet another feeding program. I look into the sea of dark faces and am in awe of how beautiful they are.  This week had the amazing blessing of feeding and rocking Vatchna to sleep. Vatchna is one of the little girls who hang in my hallway back in LA. I have seen her face day after day, but seeing her again looking bigger and happier is an answer to prayer. 

Like Gibs said below, Wednesday night is worship with the kids. I am holding Daphne, 7, in my arms while worshipping. As she falls asleep in my arms while singing ‘How Great is Our God’, I was able to pray aloud over her, her life, and her heart. Daphne lost both of her parents when she was just years old, and was brought to the orphanage by an aunt how couldn't afford to take care of her along with her own children. Although she was very small and malnourished, she is now one of the most energetic, funny, and outgoing girls here. During the message being taught, I was sitting against the wall with sleeping Daphne on me, staring up at the stars in a clear sky, with the most perfect gentle breeze. It reminded me of I Kings 19 when the Lord reveals Himself to Elijah. 

“The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.”  

 Elijah knew that it was God and then went and stood in the mouth of the cave. With my arms full in a place that he has called me, I feel so blessed to serve a God that is willing to reveal Himself to me and show up like He promises.