God is doing some BIG things in the Munro house. This journey began just after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010. We were praying with the kids for Haiti, but decided we needed to make things more tangible for them. So, we decided to sponsor two World Vision children from Haiti. This would make a way for our children to remember to pray for Haiti everyday, write letters to their new sponsored siblings and save their hard-earned money to help a less-fortunate child.
Our boys in Haiti are Garrison, age 8 and Hegel, age 5. Our lives and their lives are now intermingled and both will likely never be the same.
Last year we started praying about taking our whole family on a short-term mission trip. As it turned out, God was arranging perfect timing for this trip...and here we are.
We have been sponsoring a ministry in Haiti called Christian Friendship Ministries for just over a year. This year we developed deeper friendships with the Gilmores, who are third-generation missionaries in Pignon, Haiti. Tanner decided our family should go to Haiti this summer to not only help with the work the Gilmores do there, but to also see our boys.
What a great joy it was for me to hear my husband's idea! For one, it means it was not my idea. You know what I mean, ladies... you just want your man to step up and lead your house for God and the greater purpose. Sometimes us women are much better at the spiritual things, probably because we are home with children all day and must continually pray that we don't explode! And for two, I am so proud of the giving and brave manly man I married! God continually uses him to speak wisdom and encouragement into his family's life and to so many others.
And so the journey begins. We have an initial goal to raise $8000 by the end of April, which will pay for our tickets and travel expenses. We felt God asking us to ask for more, so we extended our goal to $20,000. This money will be used to further the Gospel and the future of so many Haitians.
To view all of the projects Christian Friendship Ministries is doing in Haiti please go to their website. http://www.christianfriendshipministries.org
Thank you for reading, praying, encouraging and giving!
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