We were busy in June, July, and August helping to facilitate teams here in Haiti. We normally try to have a team every other week during this time, but due to the vast amount of teams, we had to decrease the amount of "regrouping time" between teams. This proved to be exhausting.
I, Susan, returned to Kentucky from July 7 - August 4th for a semi-urgent gallbladder removal. Our girls, Skyla, Kali, and Jessica, decided that they would be fine in Haiti, so
Kevin and Josiah joined Susan in Kentucky for her surgery for four days then returned to Haiti
to continue serving there. This trip was not scheduled, but necessary due to the increase in p
roblems her gallbladder was causing. PTL - all went wonderfully.
When I, Susan, returned to Haiti in August, I was quickly reminded of
the toll ministry can take on you. This year we decided to use a different curriculum for schooling the children and we decided to start on August 9th. Big mistake! I am not sure what I was thinking - but apparently I didn't think it all through well enough.
The Brumley Family left for their 5 weeks in the states August 5th (the day after I returned to Haiti). Clinic was slow for about a half a day. Starting about 11 a.m. on August 5th we started getting new burns in to treat. The amount of patients we have at the clinic usually runs in a cycle. We will have a ton (okay maybe 20) of burn/wound patients than, as they heal, it will slow down to about 5 patients at a time. We started August off slow, so it seemed like each day we would get a new burn or wound patient in.
By the end of the month, it seemed like it was taking all morning to see patients at the clinic. I could feel that clinic was becoming more of a "job" to me than "ministry." I really struggled with this for a few days. It seemed as though the weight of clinic, home schooling, teams, family, and other aspects of ministry just took over. My joy was not being displayed in the everyday areas of my life. For this...I am sorry.
I feel like, by the grace of God, I am being restored. It is a process. I am the type of person that needs order in her life. Well, I say order, but if you ask my mom - she might disagree with me when I compare my order with her order...
Things are coming together. Home schooling is starting to level out where we all understand our role and the curriculum. Clinic - well, Sheryl is back (PTL) and almost everyone is in a good healing stage right now. Well, except for Dina. Pray for Dina...she is about 4 years old and just started coming to clinic less than a week ago. She has a third degree burn on her bottom and 2nd degree burns up one side of her back. She is in need of healing and comfort during this time.
I say all that to say...thank you. Thank you for your prayers. They have been felt as we have been stretched.
We were blessed to meet many new people this summer. There were teams from Colorado, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, New York, and either Illinois or Ohio as well as the World Race Team (they were from all over the US). I always count it a blessing to meet new people and see what God has in store for the relationship.
SO...we are hip deep (most say knee deep) in the activities of ministry and daily life. Please keep us in your prayers. I will try to post a list of specific prayer concerns at a later time. Gotta run 4 now. God bless.
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