Lori and I have been going on short term missions to Northwest Haiti Christian Mission for almost a decade now. It has been our desire for the last 5 or 6 years to become full time missionaries there, but we have always felt that it was our timing and not God's. We were able to afford to go twice this year after the earthquake thanks almost entirely to the generosity of the congregation at Carolina Forest Community Church and some very dear friends. While there in March we felt like God’s timing was soon upon us, and decided to get some information about becoming full time missionaries. We asked the CEO of NWHCM what we needed to start doing to “get down here” in a year or so. His reply was “what do I need to do to get you done here in 3 months”. Lori and I both felt an immediate release from God. It was now His time.
That is actually the short version, because as we prepare to move to Haiti (July 2nd) it has become increasingly clear to us how much, and how long God has been preparing us for this calling. 30 + years of God moving in our lives leading up to this very moment. Lori started working as an operating room nurse because she wanted 8 hour days instead of 12 hour days. She had no desire to work in surgery, yet it is those skills that make her uniquely qualified for this mission. I started nursing school twice before, but never got through the first class. I didn’t want to be a nurse, I was happy being an operating room tech. I graduated nursing school December 2009 only because I knew God was calling us to work on the mission field in Haiti. I was trained as an operating room tech in the navy 23 years ago, not my first choice, but the only advanced training available at that particular time.
God is so amazing! And He is so in control of our lives right now, as He has been all along, we just didn’t know it. Now we give all the glory to Him.
That is actually the short version, because as we prepare to move to Haiti (July 2nd) it has become increasingly clear to us how much, and how long God has been preparing us for this calling. 30 + years of God moving in our lives leading up to this very moment. Lori started working as an operating room nurse because she wanted 8 hour days instead of 12 hour days. She had no desire to work in surgery, yet it is those skills that make her uniquely qualified for this mission. I started nursing school twice before, but never got through the first class. I didn’t want to be a nurse, I was happy being an operating room tech. I graduated nursing school December 2009 only because I knew God was calling us to work on the mission field in Haiti. I was trained as an operating room tech in the navy 23 years ago, not my first choice, but the only advanced training available at that particular time.
God is so amazing! And He is so in control of our lives right now, as He has been all along, we just didn’t know it. Now we give all the glory to Him.
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