We have been somewhat silent about what the Lord has been teaching and leading us over the past few weeks or so. Our focus has been to really talk to the Lord, study, and just be quiet before Him to understand His desire for our lives. Things happen fast it seems once you push off the dock. Here's an excerpt from Oswald Chambers this week--

"If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and to send you out to sea. Put everything in your life afloat upon God, going out to sea on the great swelling tide of His purpose, and your eyes will be opened. If you believe in Jesus, you are not to spend all your time in the calm waters just inside the harbor, full of joy, but always tied to the dock. You have to get out past the harbor into the great depths of God, and begin to know things for yourself— begin to have spiritual discernment."

So, the big shove out of the harbor is July 13th. We leave for 30 days to work at the Hope For Haiti Children's Center in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. Overwhelming peace about something that is a total contrast to the peace and quiet calm of the harbor. All five of us. The task is so large, audacious and outrageous that it will only be a God venture. In the next few days there will be more info, details for prayer, ideas and help with fundraising, just not a lot of time. I know that I will be speaking at the New Canaan Society Men's group in Winston on the 26th at the River Birch Lodge in Winston-Salem, NC. I am looking for more opportunities. More times to speak and share the story. The story about the significance of 143 million orphans in the world and the call to minister to those children that God the Father Himself refers to as His very own--the Father to the fatherless.

Our goal is to understand the reality of living in Ouanaminthe as a family parenting kids that have never had a father, bringing people (the Church, contacts, friends, family) as close as possible virtually via social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Blogs), and how the ministry of orphan care and adoption has more to do with the message of the Gospel and evangelism than it does to just creating another social program in the Church. Obviously, a life changing opportunity for our Blake and Ethan as Seniors to minister and reach out in discipleship and help the older boys closer to their age to understand better the love of a family and Savior.

Jesus promised his Disciples in John 14:18 "I will not leave you orphaned. I'm coming back. In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you're going to see me because I am alive and you're about to come alive. At that moment you will know absolutely that I'm in my Father, and you're in me, and I'm in you." The Message

Ok, more later. But we would immediately covet your prayers for God's provision for finances, for health, for protection and for immediate/ongoing clear effective communication.

Blessings--

Tim, Cindy, Blake, Ethan & Levi