Dear friends (and even strangers!), Melissa and I are looking for prayer support for\u00a0a decision needing to be made within the next few days which will ultimately shape this entire next year for our family.<\/p>\n\n\n
A year ago right now, our family was preparing to leave\nHaiti to return to Indiana after a two week trip.\u00a0 Upon our return, we rented out our house and\nmoved in with Melissa\u2019s mother in order to most effectively pay down debt in\nanticipation of returning to Haiti full-time in August of 2012.\u00a0 That date turned out to be a bit too\nambitious, obviously.<\/p>\n\n\n
When we started the\nfundraising process last November, we anticipated it would be a (1) burden that\nwould (2) quickly be out of the way.\u00a0 We\nwere wrong on both counts!\u00a0 It has turned\nout to be a true blessing, actually, but a rather slow-moving one.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
As a result, this school year will start at Cowman\nInternational School in Haiti without a kindergarten teacher or a high school\nteacher.\u00a0 The principal is scrambling to\ntemporarily cover those positions as well as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Now, being a bit more realistic about the time involved in\nraising the support needed to put our family in Haiti full-time, we find\nourselves at a fork in the road.\u00a0 And\nthis is where we are asking for your prayers of discernment (and any wisdom you\nmight share with us).<\/p>\n\n\n
There are two options facing us, both involving Melissa\nreturning to teaching kindergarten this fall at her current position:<\/p>\n\n\n
Option 1 would have me also return to my job\u00a0teaching high school English\u00a0this fall.\u00a0 Judging from the pace\nof our funding efforts during the spring semester, we could not realistically\nanticipate moving to Haiti until August of 2013 \u2013 a full year after our\noriginal goal.<\/p>\n\n\n
Option 2, though, would have me drop my job (a\nsomewhat scary proposition in this economy!) and give my full attention to\nfunding, with the hope<\/i><\/b> (but no guarantee) of reaching Haiti right after\nChristmas.<\/p>\n\n\n
God has been stretching us throughout this journey and we\nknow He will continue to do so.\u00a0 Option 1\nwould stretch our patience while Option 2 would stretch our faith!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
We’re asking for your prayers as we seek to discern which direction God wants to stretch us!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With the new school year fast approaching, a\ndecision will be forced very soon.<\/p>\n\n\n
And while you are praying, would you also lift up our house\nsituation?\u00a0 It needs to be rented out\nagain or sold.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
We would love to return the favor and\nprivilege of prayer \u2013 please let us know if there is anything we can be praying\nabout on your behalf as well.\u00a0 I know that “comments” are not always to make on this website, so feel free to contact me on Facebook or by email.<\/p>\n\n\n