Daily Bread

Hello, everyone!!

This is my first post since I arrived back to the States from Haiti. For those of you who haven't heard a thing about my trip yet: I feel in love in Haiti...with 53 Haitians!! Pictured above is me with two little guys who hung around me a whole bunch. Each one of the kids at the orphanage we worked with are so very precious. They LOVE Jesus and have such a remarkable faith in Him. They worship the Lord all the day long! They're rhythm is absolutely amazing, they sing like angels!! It's the most beautiful sound in the world. I cannot wait to get back to them!! If you would like to hear more about my trip, please let me know and I will try to get with you on that!! I love sharing about it! :) The things that God did in and through my heart while I was in Haiti are just too awesome to keep to myself.

Which brings me to a prayer request: I will be speaking at a women's brunch about my trip to Haiti on July 21st. I'm a little nervous, but I'm just going to surrender my heart and my mind and my mouth to God and let Him speak through me, because it's all about Him anyway! But please pray for me :)

Also, pray that my heart would find guidance in returning to what my team and I have been calling the "new normal" after coming back home, and pray that God will open the doors to more missions and that I would hear His voice in walking through the right doors! :)

Many of you know that I gave my life to missions at Falls Creek when I was 15. I know that's what God has called me to do, and I have chosen to surrender to His call. I tried not to for years, but obviously that didn't work; God got a hold of me, set me on His chosen path for my life, and now that my heart is involved I could never want to be or do anything else.
A few days before we left for Haiti, I was reading a devotional called "Voices of the Faithful," which is a compilation of short devotionals written by missionaries stationed all around the world. As I read one of the devotions, the Holy Spirit moved inside my heart and revealed to me that I will be a missionary. I still don't know in what form, but I know that in one way or another I will spend my life involved in missions! I'm so excited!! I'm still watching, waiting, and listening for God's voice to tell me which direction to go and when, but that's how we're supposed to live - asking Him each day for our daily bread - so I'm okay with that!
After arriving in Haiti and spending a few days with the kids, it hit me one night while I was lying in bed: God has given me a heart for Haiti, and more specifically for this particular ministry and this particular orphanage, and these particular people/children. It's like I found where I belong. I wept and wept because I realized how blind and even more so how stubborn I had been. I had told the Lord, "Your will be done; send me where You will!" but in reality I was picking and choosing in my mind where I would allow God to send me to share His word and His love. Now, God may send me several or even many other places besides Haiti, but He may not. Either way, I have fully surrendered my heart and my life to Him. I have learned to fully rely on God for my '"daily bread" and I'm still learning more every day. I'm not saying this is easy, because it isn't; I'm still human and this is still a struggle. However, God is making this all possible; He's making it possible for me to let go of the earthly things I hold dear to me and cling to Him and only Him. It's hard, but with a love like He has for me, it's worth it. Very worth it; He's the only thing that will last when this world has all passed away. His love will be the only thing that will survive for all eternity.

I'm so excited about what God has for my life and to see what He will do in and through my life! I know He will do big things. I know this because that's what He promises in His word! In Matthew, Jesus tells us that if we have faith the size of a mustard seed, He will move mountains through that faith! In Jeremiah, we find that nothing is too difficult for the Lord. If we expect God to show up and do great, big, mighty things, He will. We just have to have the faith!

Growing up, I used to wish I had brothers. As it turns out, I have several brothers! (A few of which are pictured here:) They're just all Haitian so I didn't get to know them until I was almost 20 years old, haha:) I love them so much!! Almost as much as I miss them :)

Okay, not all my brothers are Haitian! Some are Texan, but we won't hold that against any of them! :) Here's more brothers :)

Here's some brothers AND sisters that I love :) I love each and every one of those kids! Miss them so much!

Just wanted to share that piece of my heart! I left most of my heart there in Haiti, so like I said I can't wait to get back :)

Thanks for visiting!!

Orevwa :)