I am now surrounded by chocolate. Went from famine to feast. Am going to need to cut down on the beans and rice...
God has used many people in the last few weeks to build us up...and not just through chocolate. The O’berskis from Florida and Michigan, the Burgess’s from Indiana, and now our neighbors, the Lentz’s have all come and been huge encouragements. (And they all brought chocolate…)
The NVM container came in on Tuesday. It took us five hours to unload it. The whole time we worked, I thought about all the people who loaded it in Indiana and who provided for our needs and our wants. How precious your labor and your sacrifice of time and your generosity has been to our family.
I just need those of you who are loading those containers to know the impact that the food, medicine and supplies do have on people here in Haiti. Baby food is handed out frequently after church. School supplies go home with the children in the school. Granola bars are handed out at Sunday School. Local pastors come and receive tents and boxes of food for their communities. And I can’t wait for the thrift store to open so that we can find a way to distribute clothing and household goods in a way that benefits the whole community.
I need those of you who support Nehemiah Vision Ministries financially to know the impact your giving has on individuals. I sit in on staff meetings and know how having a job at NVM has impacted the girls who work in the kitchens and who clean and do laundry. I know NVM is giving jobs to men who can then support a family. And not only are they getting paid, they are receiving training, being mentored, and learning diligence and dignity.
From famine to feast. I know that the true feast will be in heaven. But the chocolate and many other goodies that are sent, the visits and encouraging emails, the time spent loading containers, or buying supplies, or donating funds all provide little feasts to those in need.
God has used many people in the last few weeks to build us up...and not just through chocolate. The O’berskis from Florida and Michigan, the Burgess’s from Indiana, and now our neighbors, the Lentz’s have all come and been huge encouragements. (And they all brought chocolate…)
The NVM container came in on Tuesday. It took us five hours to unload it. The whole time we worked, I thought about all the people who loaded it in Indiana and who provided for our needs and our wants. How precious your labor and your sacrifice of time and your generosity has been to our family.
I just need those of you who are loading those containers to know the impact that the food, medicine and supplies do have on people here in Haiti. Baby food is handed out frequently after church. School supplies go home with the children in the school. Granola bars are handed out at Sunday School. Local pastors come and receive tents and boxes of food for their communities. And I can’t wait for the thrift store to open so that we can find a way to distribute clothing and household goods in a way that benefits the whole community.
I need those of you who support Nehemiah Vision Ministries financially to know the impact your giving has on individuals. I sit in on staff meetings and know how having a job at NVM has impacted the girls who work in the kitchens and who clean and do laundry. I know NVM is giving jobs to men who can then support a family. And not only are they getting paid, they are receiving training, being mentored, and learning diligence and dignity.
From famine to feast. I know that the true feast will be in heaven. But the chocolate and many other goodies that are sent, the visits and encouraging emails, the time spent loading containers, or buying supplies, or donating funds all provide little feasts to those in need.