I had a great Haiti Mother's Day! ALL of our children did really special things to honor me and I was blessed. My favorite part was that I wanted to do a family picture with our family and our 14 teenage orphans. They were really excited and then one of them said so many of these kids have never had or been in a family photo and it means so much to them...it was a beautiful day and experience with them.
Yesterday was my first day to attend the local women's group Bible study. It was an honor when one of the local pastor's wife and our respected social worker on the mission asked me to join. It was ALOT of creole but I was so impacted by the praise and prayer. For two hours they sought God through his word, devotion, singing and prayer. They prayed for the mission and missionaries. It was beautiful and humbling to be among my sisters before our King as one.
Yesterday I had to confront one of our orphan teenage sons about his facebook profile picture. It had something like snoop dog with two girls with little clothing on. The funny thing is that we just talked about purity in his highschool . He, like most was embarassed and did some blameshifting to friends and the fact that he didn't have a picture to put. John helped him "own" his choice and then simply repent and share that it is a struggle for young men but at the end of it all, with a NEW facebook picture of himself, I said "When was the last time you got in trouble by a mom" He said that he couldn't remember, probably when he was little.
Then he said, I'll take getting in trouble with accountability and a Dad and Mom who love me over not getting in trouble because I have nobody who cares enough and no family to love me. Wow!
