I was reminded of some verses in a book I have been reading. It struck a chord with me, so I thought I would share.
“He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs (your children) with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those who are with young (you!)”
Isaiah 40:11
The hurricane that hit Houston was horrible, but Haiti is in bad shape. They have been hit with every hurricane, or the surrounding rain. The country did not have time to recover from one hurricane before another hit. The people are poor to begin with, and they live in shacks. Food is hard to come by anyway, but with the flooding, the little food they did have was ruined. Crops were destroyed and houses demolished. Please consider helping this country.
Andy’s parents live in Houston. After the Hurricane, they lost a 30 foot tree (which thankfully fell in the street, and not on their roof), and had a small leak. Part of their fence fell down, but otherwise, not much damage occurred. However, they were without electricity or water. You don’t realize how much you rely on those things until they are gone! So they came up to Oklahoma to stay with us. They were here a week, and everyone had a great time. While they were here, we put them to work. We sanded and stained the gigantic playground/fort in our backyard. We had started this project at the beginning of the summer, but had never had the time to finish it. So now the fort looks gorgeous!
We were so happy that the timing worked out for Andy’s parents to take supplies down to Baytown. One of Andy’s friends, Dave Branham, is a youth minister near Galveston. They have turned their church into a make shift shelter. Andy called Dave and asked him what he needed. The Acteens that my mom directs and I “help”, put together ziplock bags full of soap, deodarant, toothbrushes, candy, bible verses, etc. Andy’s parents took them back with them to Houston to deliver to Dave. It was so neat to watch the girls work so hard to help others.
