First- you have seen several of the adorable pictures that Erica sent to us from Haiti. What a wonderful blessing!
Then, we saw Erica on Sunday. She told us several good things, among which are the mayor of Bobby's town is on board to help find his birth certificate and someone to authenticate that he is in fact an orphan. She said that he just might get to move over to New Life with the first group of kids. That would be GREAT!
She gave Bobby the goodies we sent. One pair of shorts we sent were too big (imagine that) so she gave them to someone they fit much better. She said he followed the child around saying "MINE" in French. LOVE IT!!!
And- my sweet friends and Elizabeth's precious friends "the Mallorys" have been praying for Bobby at night. Mallory prayed "for the person who was taking care of Bobby to do a good job." This has been a prayer of ours- that his "Momma" would love him extra and take good care of him. Now, those of you who know me well know that I am a little bit OCD about germs and cleanliness. (not that you could tell right now...) When Erica talked to us Sunday, she said that she noticed this trip that Bobby's Momma is one of the older Mommas there. She tends to him more than some others might. And that her house is the cleanest. Seriously, God even answers my crazy OCD prayers! How amazing!! It's just one more way that He shows me He is in control even when Bobby isn't home yet.
On a completely unrelated note, I want to share with you a miracle at our school. Our janitor, coincidentally named Bobby, is in need of $5000 to get his wife on the kidney donor list. Both of her kidneys are failing and she is doing dialysis 3 days per week. We decided to have a bake sale yesterday (Tuesday) to raise money. You know, bake sales are usually big money makers- like maybe $20-$30 right???? We had kids bringing in money left and right. We had a 7th grade and 8th grade boy who decided to put their Christmas and birthday money together for Bobby. They brought in $500!!!! Do you know that as of today our school has raised over
$7700 FROM A BAKE SALE!!!!!! If that's not a miracle, I don't know what is. We prayed and God answered!
I pray that God will show himself to you as He has to me! God is amazing, He is worthy and He is RISEN!
Love you and please keep praying for our sweet boy!
