I have made 3 post and for some reason they are not in the order that I posted them.  Well, it doesn't matter.  The best is yet to come.  Stay tune.

On January 7, 2011 Mark and I met our family,[Jeremy, Jessica, Tyler, Kendall], [Brock, Kasey, Cooper, Claire], [Kassie]at Cracker Barrell for dinner and then planned a night of playing Nertz's. While at Cracker Barrell Kasey was talking about Brock going to Haiti with our Pastor if his passport arrived in time. Brock and Pastor Ashley were leaving February 11th for Haiti. Kasey had already been to Haiti in March of 2010. While eating dinner Kasey looked at me and said you should think about going to Haiti. I said I don't know but I would think and pray about it. I remember Kasey telling me that there are children everywhere and they loved to sit and be with you. Well, children have always been my passion. I work with them everyday. I did tell myself to think about it. So off we go to play Nertz's for the evening. Well, I did think about it. I actually thought and prayed alot about it. It would not leave my head. So one night when Mark and I went to bed, I asked Mark what would he thought about me going to Haiti. Mark said if you feel like you are being lead to go, then go. Mark has always been very supportive of whatever I do. A whole month had passed by and the first Haiti meeting was planned for February 9th. However it snowed that day and the meeting was canceled. At this time I was going to the meeting but still had not made a decision. So the meeting was rescheduled for February 13th following church. I went along with quiet a few other people. The team leaders were Kim Reed Bracey, Bildad - our Haitian brother and Kim's Haitian son, Shirley and Ladd Bennett. All spoke about Haiti and we watched a clip of Haiti on the T.V. Wow, tears were flowing. On the way home I had a heavy heart. See I knew I did not have the money to go to Haiti. It was way out of my budget. BUT FOR SOME REASON I COULD NOT SAY NO. On February 15th I had decided to go to Haiti. The following morning I went to a bible study at church and Ginda Luckett asked if anyone had pray request. I ask them to pray for me because I had decided to go to Haiti. I had this feeling, and when I say feeling I mean it felt as if I had been lifted up off the floor. From that point on I was so excited about this journey that I was about to travel down. At this point I did everything needed to apply for a passport. They told me it would take 6 to 8 weeks for me to recieve it, but it only took 4 weeks. What a blessing! The next meeting was March 6st where I made the commentment to go and had to pay the first $400.00. Believe me I was wondering how in the world I was going to pay for this trip but I completly put it in God's hands. It was at this point I did send out some letters to some family members and friends and told them what I was doing, how much the cost was. Most of all I needed prayers. We started working on putting together a Haiti Run and Festival for April 9th. This would be a BIG fundraiser to raise money for Prosperity of God Ministry. There was a lot of planning and work ahead of us all. We all on the team were in charge of certain area's of the Festival. Well the festival date arrived and it was a hugh success. We made alot of money and everything could not have been any more perfect. God is so Good. He always shows up. Our next meeting was April 17th with another payment due of $400.00. This is tough. But I kept my faith and knew it was going to work out. The next thing I knew I had some money coming in from some of my family members. I later found out who sent me money and to respect their privacy I will keep that to myself but you know who you are and I will be forever grateful. What a blessing! I decided to make Easter candy to sell at work to try and make a little money to shave some of my expenses. I had lot's of order so I spent all week long in the kitchen making candy but it was fun and I did make some extra money that helped out. I thank all my parents who gave me a donation or who purchased candy from me. What a blessing! On May 1st the Haiti team prepare a Haiti meal to raise money for the ministry. That too was a big success and went well. Once again God always shows up. I have to mention my Bunco Buddies. They were so kind to me. They gave me a card with money in it. I felt so blessed. I took the money that they gave and put it towards a bunk bed for Pastor Jose's Orphanage. They provided a bed for a child to be able to lay their head down and go to sleep at night. See, Pastor Jose took in 40 children who were on the street after the earthquake who lost their family. These children were sleeping on the ground and now each child has a bed to sleep in. What a blessing! Our next meeting was on May 29th with another $400.00 due but it was a little easier because of my wonderful family members helping out. At this time we are one month out and it was beginning to be crunch time in getting everything ready. I am really getting excited. I was telling everybody that I come in contact where I was going. At this point I am doing shots, going to the Good Will stores trying to find dresses and skirts to wear. My good friend Gail Lewis gave me some skirts and some tops to wear so this kept me from having to buy so much. What a blessing! I am at the stage of purchasing all the items that I need to take. Getting so excited.

Well all I can say at this point is God is so good and so gracious.  You see when I first started this journey I said I don't know where the money is going to come from.  Well with my mom who is my rock, family members, some of my wonderful parents, my Bunco Buddies and God allowing extra money in our checking account, my trip was paid in full with $2.25 to spare.  Now is that a God thing or what?

It's time to pack.  Going into another country you need to make sure you have everything you need.  I started packing about 2 weeks in advance.   Cannot tell you how excited I am getting.

June 19th the church gathered around the Haiti team and had prayer.  I felt as if I was on top of the world.  I could not really understand why. 

On June 21st I headed out the door with my bags packed to the church for our packing party.  Each bag could only weight 50 pounds.  Each team member had 2 suitcases, a carry on and a back pack.  Loaded I might add.  See we are packing to get as much supplies as possible over to Haiti.  So packing and weighing came to a end.  Everyone headed home only to return in a few short hours.

So excited equals no sleep.  Up at 3:00 and started to get dress to be at the church at 5:00.  We all arrived and doing all the last minute things to gather on the bus to leave.  Several people showed up to see us off.  Good byes are sometimes really hard. One reason it is so hard, this will be the longest I have been away from Mark in 37 years.  Pulled out at 6:00 for the airport.  I am beyond excited and still could not figure out why.  Arrived at the airport.  Well it's that time.  Myself along with Kim Reed-Bracey, Bildad, Shirley and Ladd Bennett, Kim and Andrew Bell, Amy Thomas, Debbie O'Neil, Jessica Pugh, Cindy and David Thompson loaded the plane.  We became the HAITI 12.

HAITI HERE WE COME!!!!!

Arrived in Maimi and boarded another plane for Haiti.  Arrived in Haiti and while standing in the airport I got the sickest feeling.  I literally was asking God what have you done to me?  Why have you brought me here?  I was saying , Oh Lord I have to do this for 10 days.  I was doing everything I could too cover my feelings up so my team members would not see the sick feeling that I felt.  So off we go to pile in tap-taps.  We are on our way to Minotree.  If I wasn't already wondering what in the world I am doing here, the ride was SCAREYYYYY.  They drive crazy over there.  I mean really crazy.  Did I mention the sights I was seeing.  Oh my gosh, my heart was breaking.  Oh God, I want to go home.  NOW.

We actually arrived safely in Minotree.  When we pulled up I had never seen so many children, teenagers and adults waiting for us.  With open arms I might add.  I climbed out of the car and I will have to say I had such a peace that came over me and from that very moment my life has not be the same.  I was meeting so many all at once and they just swarmmed around us.  Could not understand a lick of anything but I was just as happy as if I had been there all my life.  I felt as if God was really telling me, don't give up on me yet.  It all just got so easy for me.  We were not going to be there very long before we had to leave to go to Kaliko where we would be staying.  But before we leave we went to Bildad's home to meet his mom and dad.  I never made it inside.  I was outside.  It is at this time I met someone by the name of JEAN MARY BERDY.  All I will say is I met him but the story will continue about him later.  I also met John Peter.  John Peter was on my hip the entire time.  Well it's time to leave and head to Kaliko.  We were all beat but we arrived at Kaliko to find a beautiful place for us to stay.  Bungalows, swimming pool, beach.  What, all of this in Haiti?  It was amazing.  Time to get to the bungalows, freshen up and meet for dinner.  The food was awesome.  Short meeting and time to unpack. I was in a room with Debbie O"Neil and Jessica Pugh.  Did I mention it is HOT IN HAITI.  Man or man it's hot.  Well the day was done and it was late.  Time to journal.

My Passion / My Blessings I have a story to tell and I would like to share with you my journey. Several years ago I was asked by Pastor Josh when was I going to Haiti. I said I don't feel like I am being lead to go. So several years went by. Then the story begins: