News about the Mission Field!!!!

And the excitement to share Christ is mounting!!!!  I heard today that the mission trip to Haiti will be over Spring Break!!!!  I'm starting to get my funding in place and my wonderful Holli has created a thermometer to help everyone track where I am in this part of the trip.  If you would like to make a donation you can make your check out to the First Christian Church and in the Memo area note it is for the Susan Howell's Haiti Trip.  The address is 300 W Central, El Dorado, KS  67042.  Monday I am starting a women's bible study to learn more about how to teach one in case I'm asked and just the fact that I need to be studying the word of the Lord more.  Our Youth Pastor's wife Susan Gardiner is teaching it and I am excited! 
On the home front, our garden is doing well and so Kris, my wonderful husband of 26.5 years will be making salsa for Sunday lunch.  More on that on Sunday with my post.  I think I'm starting to figure the blog posting!  I am hooked!

Mission Field Here I Come!!!!!

Hi!  Just a note to give you an exciting update on how God is working in my life.  He has called me to the mission field of Gonaives,Haiti at this point part-time in the Spring to help lay ground work for an orphanage among other things.  I am going with the great team led by Kirk Day from the First Baptist Church in El Dorado.  I don't know a lot but what I do know are these facts:

The mission is Christopher's Hope founded with help from God by Jan Thompson-former El Dorado girl!

The team will be from 25-30 members

Looking at possibly the first week in February or over Spring break the middle of March-Kirk and Angie Deaver-his sister are heading up the team.  They have both been active and gone to Hiati as well as other mission fields so they know the ropes!!!!

The trip is 9-10 days.

The cost for an experience that only God can send you on is around $1200.

I have started on my immunizations and received 4 last Monday.

There are other members on the team who have special talents and gifts and while I wonder how I can help, I am anxious to meet the people of Hiati and see where it leads me!

 

This opportunity just shows how Pastor Stan Seymour's sermons have helped me listen to God to carryout his plan for me to further his kingdom.

 

My wonderful daughter Holli, always my encourager and organizer has created this beautiful blog to post to so everyone will know what the latest news update is.  Thanks so much to those that have offered their special skills and talents to me already, I'm keeping a list!!!!  At this time I am asking for you to pray for me and the education I will be receiving to help me in this great opportunity.

I'm new at this!!!!!!

What a love!  This is Logan my beautiful one year old grandbaby!  The love of my life!!  We were clapping    so someday he will be ready for the drums.  This is my first post so I will be learning all about blogging! I hope you will be encouraged by the words and pictures that I share!