IN HER GRASP

Today Walensky’s mother came to the Mission. She went straight to her little boy, pain and all, to hold him tight, to process the situation at hand. Today she came to be his mother, she took him home to keep him close, to be part of his world until comfort comes, to be his momma. Today I got the JOY of saying sweet goodbyes to a little boy who is now is being held tight in a mother’s love, until it hurts no more.

Sydney

I know, I know, I am late but let me just tell you about the timing in me being able to finally put words down in a coherent order. I am telling you there had to be a waiting game for a thought process to occur because at one point the closest thing I could think of for summing up the last month or so was to just copy and paste BIG God over and over. 

So yes we have a BIG God but for more detail here it is; so, I left you last time with me heading off to Kentucky on my world wind trip of great food, the ability to go through like 4 states in 8 hours, realizing how amazing people’s heart are over donated items, organizing and packing such items for the Miriam Center, deep fellowship and just the contentment of being part of this Haiti family 

Now, I arrived back in Haiti and hit the ground dancing hard. I have gotten to dance hard over expanding and flourishing programs, thriving children, land being purchased for future expansion of the Miriam Center, dreaming BIG God size dreams, the orchestration of amazing HAPPY DANCES into one rhythm over disability care in the Northwest zone, opportunities to help with disability care throughout all of Haiti, expansion to my personal HAPPY DANCE (newsletter on that coming soon ), and what is means to fully rest while going full speed in the shadow of my BIG God’s wings.

WE HAVE A BIG GOD!

BIG God x repeat=

I know, I know, I am late but let me just tell you about the timing in me being able to finally put words down in a coherent order. I am telling you there had to be a waiting game for a thought process to occur because at one point the closest thing I could think of for summing up the last month or so was to just copy and paste BIG God over and over. 

So yes we have a BIG God but for more detail here it is; so, I left you last time with me heading off to Kentucky on my world wind trip of great food, the ability to go through like 4 states in 8 hours, realizing how amazing people’s heart are over donated items, organizing and packing such items for the Miriam Center, deep fellowship and just the contentment of being part of this Haiti family 

Now, I arrived back in Haiti and hit the ground dancing hard. I have gotten to dance hard over expanding and flourishing programs, thriving children, land being purchased for future expansion of the Miriam Center, dreaming BIG God size dreams, the orchestration of amazing HAPPY DANCES into one rhythm over disability care in the Northwest zone, opportunities to help with disability care throughout all of Haiti, expansion to my personal HAPPY DANCE (newsletter on that coming soon ), and what is means to fully rest while going full speed in the shadow of my BIG God’s wings.

WE HAVE A BIG GOD!

Kenderson

This “little” guy joined the Miriam Home this last October, his fat rolls very prominent, and we have gotten to share with him in learning in rolling over, sitting up, holding a bottle, army crawling, cracking smiles, belly laughing, growing into a very large personality and being such a JOY to all. His story though did not start in the October with the Miriam Home but last Spring. Last Spring he was brought to the Mission and presented to us as being around 14 months old and 8 pound. HE IS HUGE NOW! God worked his HAPPY DANCE out of a horrific health issues, from the Baby Orphanage to the loving arms of us in the Miriam Center. BIG God- fun dance moves.

BIG God...

Take a moment and find a familiar face of someone connected through the Miriam Center and now hear me loud and clear as I say -We have a BIG God! Thank you for surrounding us with LOVE especially in the last 3 weeks. Thank you for helping me fight for my Haitian family during this even more difficult time through prayer, finical support, supplies and or amazing words of encouragement!

I have come to see that through the grief their is JOY, through the tears there is COMFORT, through the frustration their is HOPE and in it all their is a BIG God! These last 3 weeks I have been in very protective mom mode of beautiful children, outreach parents and Miriam Center workers and all the emotions that go into that. I have decided that in protective mom mode I am traveling to California February 6th to the 23rd for little over 2 weeks to do a combination of being able to tell my HAPPY DANCE in person, emotionally breath again fully and continuing to fight for my heart that will be beating back in Haiti. If you live near I expect a hug  Thank you again for everything!

My Heart

Friday, I got through most of the day before the wind got knocked out of me. I just got back from my walk around 5, just turned my computer on, got comfortable and then was told that there was a lady at the gate, she says I help feed her family. I immediately started grumbling about how that is just to bad she will have to come during scheduled times and I have nothing right now. I grumbled until I saw her standing there at the gate, she didn't come last week to get the news we had no food for a while and traveled a good several hours probably by foot. The image that met me was her beautiful little 3 year old girl with a disability in her arms, her two year old holding onto her skirt, her 8 year old daughter standing near and then her beautiful 5 year old son hurdling as fast as he can into me so he could wrap his arms around me and burry his head into my stomach. She apologized about being late, she is one of my poorest moms, single with her whole family, her sick mom at home and nothing. I told her I had nothing, we have no food or money here at the Mission for this program right now. Then I looked at her little girls and held her son close to me and broke. I left and went and found everything that was edible in my room that was not jello mix, muffin mix or flaming hot cheetos. They got crackers, tuna, and a bunch of pre-made brown rice and my broken heart. She was grateful and I ache.

For Jonathan Sake

I am writing right now with a heavy heart in the wake of what is happening in Haiti. I am asking for prayer. As of this afternoon the ability to provide for my Outreach program is limited due to the after mass of the earthquake. Which means come tomorrow afternoon I have to tell 30 parents that they don't get to provide for their special needs kids. They have to go back to watching their family suffer in an even more devastating time. The earthquake has affected everyone. My heart hurts but there is a reason for it, it makes me see the needs of others and figure out how to go from feeling hopeless to doing something.

For Jonathan Sake is the reason I only have 23 kids in my orphanage and I love it, it keeps kids with their parents, it shows this culture they are worth a hot meal, medical attention and love. No, these kids are not found in the mass of the devastation happening at the capitol but they are affected by it fully.Within the last week I have had to turn families away from medical help, comfort a mother holding onto the loss of her little girl this last Sunday, hold a little boy at the age of 5 being only 15 pounds and feel helpless by massive needs right outside my doorstep As I am surrounded with families that have sick kids due to their disability or starvation, I am asking for prayer to go up with a specific name tonight for Haiti. I know we have a BIG GOD!



Because of Him,

Courtney Pierce