In less than 48 hours, I will be winging my way on the first leg of my journey to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The closer it gets, the more anxious I get. I have handed my anxiety to the Lord several times today as I review my lengthy lists and weigh my weighty suitcase (and then remove things and weigh it again!) but it is a moment by moment challenge.
I look forward to seeing my boys in Haiti. I don't look forward to kissing my kids and husband goodbye here in Chile.
Being that this is my third trip to Haiti, I feel somewhat more relaxed and somewhat more nervous. Relaxed because I feel safe at the orphanage and know more of what to expect than last time. Nervous because I know more of what to expect than last time, so I especially don't want to forget anything important (I can't exactly go to the corner store if I do!) But mostly nervous because I am facing the "moment of reckoning" when I learn what God has decided to do for us in response to our prayers for a miracle.
Will the boys come home? or won't they?? ... Will I react correctly? or will I crumble??
I would so appreciate your prayers for the four of us - my mom, the boys and me - on this trip. Please pray for Pedro, Eva, Isabel and Owen as they stay behind in Chile. Please pray for Ian and Alec - that they will remember me, feel comfortable with me and that bonding will take place between us. Please pray for health, as there has been a stomach virus in the orphanage recently. Please pray for flexibility and a positive attitude in a very hot climate and rustic living conditions. Please pray for the opportunity to be a blessing and encouragement to others. Please pray for protection on our flights and as we move about the city of Port-au-Prince.
Most of all, please continue to pray for a miracle ... asking God to supernaturally intervene on our behalf, touching hearts and spurring our paperwork on to completion so that our sons might be able to come home on this trip.
Will you pray? If so, would you mind leaving a comment on this post to let me know? That will be such a tremendous encouragement to us. Thank you so very much!
The closer it gets, the more anxious I get. I have handed my anxiety to the Lord several times today as I review my lengthy lists and weigh my weighty suitcase (and then remove things and weigh it again!) but it is a moment by moment challenge.
I look forward to seeing my boys in Haiti. I don't look forward to kissing my kids and husband goodbye here in Chile.
Being that this is my third trip to Haiti, I feel somewhat more relaxed and somewhat more nervous. Relaxed because I feel safe at the orphanage and know more of what to expect than last time. Nervous because I know more of what to expect than last time, so I especially don't want to forget anything important (I can't exactly go to the corner store if I do!) But mostly nervous because I am facing the "moment of reckoning" when I learn what God has decided to do for us in response to our prayers for a miracle.
Will the boys come home? or won't they?? ... Will I react correctly? or will I crumble??
I would so appreciate your prayers for the four of us - my mom, the boys and me - on this trip. Please pray for Pedro, Eva, Isabel and Owen as they stay behind in Chile. Please pray for Ian and Alec - that they will remember me, feel comfortable with me and that bonding will take place between us. Please pray for health, as there has been a stomach virus in the orphanage recently. Please pray for flexibility and a positive attitude in a very hot climate and rustic living conditions. Please pray for the opportunity to be a blessing and encouragement to others. Please pray for protection on our flights and as we move about the city of Port-au-Prince.
Most of all, please continue to pray for a miracle ... asking God to supernaturally intervene on our behalf, touching hearts and spurring our paperwork on to completion so that our sons might be able to come home on this trip.
Will you pray? If so, would you mind leaving a comment on this post to let me know? That will be such a tremendous encouragement to us. Thank you so very much!
18 comments:
Praying for you all! :-)
Pep
PS .. I love your Blog's new look! Did Ragan do it?
We are praying for you and thank you for the specific points of prayer listed in your post. Praying that God would be most glorified by allowing the whole Garcia family to be united as an outcome of this trip. Lots of love and prayers. The Kleis Family
Querida hermana,
Estaremos orando por ti, tu mamá, los chiquitos en Haiti y los que se quedarán en Iquique. Y aun más importante que el hecho que nosotros estaremos orando es la promesa que el Señor responderá a todas nuestras oraciones según Su santa voluntad. "Reconoced que Jehová es Dios; El nos hizo, y no nosotros a nosotros mismos; Pueblo suyo somos, y ovejas de su prado."(Salmo 100:3) Él es el Buen Pastor y cuidará de sus ovejas en este viaje y por todas sus vidas. Muchas bendiciones.
Daniel y Ruth
stephanie
thinking of you and your miracle.....we are just waiting for our visa...maybe we will be in haiti together.....
keri
We are praying.
Love you!
Melissa
Steph, I will pray for your family and for a miracle!
i'll be praying for you.
que dios te bendiga.
Cathleen
Praying for you during this time!
Praying in PA!
We will be praying for you! Praying for a miracle! Praying for Safety! Praying for wisdom! Praying for Peace! Praying for your kids and husband while away!
Praying in Indiana for you today Stephanie and mom and the boys and Pedro and kids........ We love you...
Have been and will be praying for you all.
Love, Aunt Joann
I'm praying too Steph!
"Never measure God's unlimited power by your limited expectations" -annon.
Fervently praying!!!
Karen Heald
We are praying for your miracle!
The Hatcher Family
Santiago, Chile
I will pray.
Praying for that miracle.
Nicki in Japan
We are praying and are anxiously awaiting what God will do.
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