Just an Update

Sometimes I just want to share a random update, nothing profound, just a glimpse into what is going on.  

Everything here is going so good!  Last week I got a little homesick one day and just wanted to sit in a room with girlfriends that could speak English!!  (learning the language can be a bit defeating)  But I got over it and doing good now.  Sundays are good and refreshing.  We do a Sunday school with our kids and then online church just Sean and I, we rest and eat lunch and then go to the beach :) It is a pretty awesome day.  When we go to the beach we go to the same spot every time so that we become "regulars" and get to know the other "regulars".  The community there is really neat, there are some cool people (and once the stares ware off) we talk and make new friends...  We have a regular girl that we buy soda from and then another vendor we buy snacks from, and I use the terms loosely as it is some girls sitting with an igloo cooler and a table with boxes on them.  But still it is snacks on the beach and the kids are in heaven.  

Our place is pretty cool...  slowly feeling like home.  It is killing me to not decorate, run to Ikea or Target to get a rug, sofa, tables, materials for a Pinterest project, etc. ... all I can do is paint!  I am having to get really creative and use resources that we brought with us, so I hung a curtain behind our bed to serve as a headboard, and plastic bookshelves to create a little office space.  I also tried to hang some frames up, but the command strip and the concrete walls don't do so well in the humidity.  Sean is getting some chalkboard paint and a masonry bit for the drill today, so maybe we will have some progress.  Also, my sister is at Ikea in the states and I so wish I could walk the isles with her and hand pick things that would count as a checked item on a flight to Haiti....  (I know this is all so trivial, but its like nesting before your baby, it just keeps you busy and comforts you.)

Yesterday morning was one of those days where my feet hit the floor and the day had already felt like it had conquered me!!!  So I left Sean in charge of the kids, stole Major's headphones and hid on the roof with some praise and worship music blaring. (The headphones were so no one could hear my glorious music and find me.)  It was good my the soul to be recharged a bit.  The Lord reminded me I am not on this journey alone, with the words from the song "Home"...

Hold on, to me as we go

As we roll down this unfamiliar road

And although this wave (wave) is stringing us along

Just know you're not alone

Cause I'm gonna make this place your home

Settle down, it'll all be clear

Don't pay no mind to the demons

They fill you with fear

The trouble it might drag you down

If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you're not alone

Cause I'm gonna make this place your home

Settle down, it'll all be clear

Don't pay no mind to the demons

They fill you with fear

The trouble it might drag you down

If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you're not alone

Cause I'm gonna make this place your home

Sunset view form our rooftop...