Investing in Eternity
When I went to church a few Sundays ago I was discouraged. My husband had just gotten back from Haiti and I kept looking at our bank account willing the numbers to change. I was stressed and tired. Feeling like the personal sacrifices we have been making since before 2020 in Haiti are too great.
Earlier in the week I was out at our property just looking at the empty land and wondering if we will ever get to build a house on it. I am ashamed to say the thought crossed my mind “if we could use our income for only our needs just for a year or two, then maybe we could stand on our own two feet finally”.
Mission Update
Nelson is back from three weeks in Haiti. The trip went very well and we are happy to say Espwa Demen now has a mission vehicle and a well! Check out all that’s going on in Haiti…
A Love That Lasts
My husband and I are celebrating six years of marriage this year! It hasn’t always been easy being an intercultural couple. In the beginning people we trusted tried to pull us apart, but God sustained our love and here we are today.
He’s Leaving For Haiti - And We’re So Close
At the end of this month, Nelson will be heading to Haiti for three weeks with Espwa Demen Mission—and we are already seeing God provide in powerful ways.
When You Just Want to Be Useful
When you just want to be useful it’s so hard to see the mundane moments are service. Coming off of a mission field we often go through times of losing our identity and asking “who am I if I am not serving?”
The Immigration “Issue”
Talking about the immigration “issue” is so difficult — and few topics expose our deeper anxieties more quickly. However, it is too important to keep silent about. I hope after reading this post you will feel compelled and equipped to shed some light on the immigration debate in your churches and circles.
The Complexity of Love
This challenged me, and gave me purpose as a stay at home mom, working to raise up my son knowing and understanding this love. To raise up the next generation to continue on in the war against all odds to love unconditionally and share the hope of Jesus Christ, and I hope it challenges you too in whatever role you are called to serve right now.
From Haiti, with Love
One of the most powerful lessons I have learned through founding Espwa Demen, is that hope is not loud. It doesn’t always arrive in dramatic moments. More often, it grows quietly. It grows in consistency. In routine. In relationships built over time. In small victories. Hope grows when people choose to care.
Planning Less in the New Year
I am a planner. A big one. Planning makes me feel responsible, prepared, and productive. And yet, as the new year begins, I find myself questioning, not whether planning is good—but whether I plan too much.
We live in a culture that celebrates hurry. Busy is worn like a badge of honor. Calendars are full. Rest is postponed. Stillness is uncomfortable. Silence is awkward. If we are not producing, posting, responding, or achieving, we feel behind.
But Scripture tells a very different story!
Beholding the Beauty of Christmas
How do we not get wrapped up in the materialistic side of December? How do we let go of all that is not perfect and just be grateful? How do we rejoice in the often cold and bleak season of winter?
We do this by seeing Jesus in the season. Giving him the credit for the beauty and the good things and leaning into Him in the hard and stressful parts of the ending year. We remember the amazing gift that we have in Jesus and the hope that His birth brings to the world. Fixing our eyes on Him we choose to let go of the temptation to stress over all the temporary things that don’t matter eternally.