Thanks for the support, please keep Haiti in your prayers

Hello again everyone,

First, some technical information. We've been experimenting sending our email updates using AWeber. It's a good product, but for our usage, not worth the money. So I'm going to take a step back to simpler, free product. So, if you're getting these updates via email (some have subscribed to the feed) expect to get an email from "confirmations@emailenfuego.com" sometime in the next few weeks. Just click the confirmation link and you'll be set up on our new system. Thanks.

We're working hard to move forward with support raising and it's been great to see people beginning to support us in different ways. A few weeks ago we were eating dinner at Target (the hot dog meal is a good deal) and ran into a family from our church that we had never met before. After a few minutes of conversation, we were offered free swimming lessons at their swim school. Awesome. We've been trying really hard to get our kids acclimated to the water (what with living on the ocean and all). This was the logical next step, and to have it drop into our laps like that was pretty cool.

We also had an old friend from church hook us up with someone who has been to Haiti 42 times. He's a mechanical whiz, he totally gets Haiti, and he's willing to help us out once we get there. He even offered start some Creole lessons with us over the next few months. Again, that's been something we've been wanting to do (now if we can only find the time).

So, over the last few weeks we've had prayer supporters come on board, offers for swim lessons, Creole lessons, and even some financial support start up. I'm exited to see other people getting exited about what we're doing.

Speaking of other people knowing what we're doing. The next couple of months of our lives (after a quick, family reunion) are going to be laser focused on getting the word out. We've set up ten "small group" sessions here and on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in order to sit down with a small group of people and, hopefully, share our hearts with them. We think this will be a good way to have some good conversations without the pressure of one-on-one support raising. Know what I mean? So if you're in the triangle area, check out this message for more information. Email us if you're on the Outer Banks (or anywhere for that matter) and would like to talk with us about what we're doing, and how you can support us.

On the other hand, updates from Haiti are not as good. Hurricanes Faye, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike have combines to ravage the entire country of Haiti. The home is fine, but the surrounding areas are not. We had multiple staff members lose their homes (along with everything in them) and they fared better than many. It's a reality that we're learning about Haiti, nothing is permanent. Haitians get it-- it's something we'll need to learn.


- Nick and Gwenn