Those numbers would be the amount of time before we leave for Haiti. In a mere 3 hours, the mission team will congregate in the parking lot of New Covenant Presbyterian Church for prayer and a send off from family and friends.
We'll travel through the night to Atlanta (huge "thank you" goes out to Nathan's dad for being our driver), and fly out of that airport at 6AM. After landing in Miami, our next stop will be Port au Prince, Haiti!!! If all of our luggage makes it that far, we'll grab it from the airport and pile into a Haitian van for a 90 mile, 4 hour, super bumpy trip to Les Cayes. Upon arriving at the guest house, our first task will be to unpack all the bags of supplies - which could take a while, as each bag contains very diverse items. (This was our attempt at strategic packing. See, this way, if a bag gets lost or stolen, we won't lose all of any one supply.)
Alright, so now that you have a pretty good synopsis of how our next 24 hours will play out, I'd like to take a moment to share a few ways you can be involved with our trip as we go.
1. I'm a strong believer in the power of prayer. And God has shown in so many ways over the past months that He is very much into answering prayer. Love what James says.. that "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." So we would love for you to join us as Prayer Warriors. Know that we covet (but not in the "Thou shalt not" way) your prayers, and consider you, as prayer partners, to be going with us.
2. Internet is limited (sometimes practically non-existent) in Haiti. However, on the off chance that we do have it one night, I will attempt to blog a few pictures or stories.
3. Pastor Mike will be sending email updates out to our families. For us, that means that my mom will recieve them from him and, in turn, send them out to friends and family. If you would like to be added to her forwarding list, Facebook her your email address, and she'll be glad to add you.
Hmm.. now it's even less than that. Guess I should get to making the hugest, chocolatest (yes, that IS a word), and most extreme waffle cone ever - since those things melt... in Haiti.
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