Going back!!!

I have so many precious memories of this day four years ago as I stood in a room watching families come together before my eyes. Despite the tragedy and destruction that rocked Haiti in the 2010 earthquake, this was a moment for beauty, for restoration and for new beginnings. Adoptive parents welcomed their children into their arms, and it was emotional and beautiful beyond words!

Four years ago today, I returned from the country of Haiti wrecked, broken, and with a heart full of dreams. In the months that followed, my plan to go back to Haiti right away was replaced with going to nursing school. The dreams stirring in my heart were put off, but not forgotten.

Today, the very same day that I returned four years ago, is the day that I booked flights back!

So, from March 23-June 3, I will be volunteering as a nurse with Haiti Health Ministries! This is a clinic that operates in a town located near Leogane. Here is a map to put it in perspective :)

                         

This is what Haiti Health Ministries is all about, as per their website!

The purpose of Haiti Health Ministries is to show the love of Christ to the lost and to strengthen the body of Christ in Haiti. Thus we endeavor to present the Gospel and subsequently follow up with discipleship training as an outgrowth of the medical ministry  and outpatient medical clinics in Haiti.  Patient education, community health education and screening, training and encouraging national medical workers, as well as caring for indigent patients will be a part of that ministry and used to strengthen and encourage Haitian believers and witness Christ’s love to non-believers.

If you want to know more about this amazing organization, you can view their website at www.haitihealthministries.org 

If you could join on this adventure with me in prayer, that would be such a great encouragement to me! Some prayer requests that have come to my heart:

* First of all, for the amazing people who minister there full time, and for each person that is under their care
* The grace to engage fully in the culture ( and fumble through learning the language!)
* To know the Father`s heart for all the beautiful people I will meet
* That I would be flexible and obedient to His voice
* That He would break my heart to give me that capacity to love on His strength, and to depend on Him fully for all I need

I also wanted to take this time to thank everyone who has supported me in the past... your contribution to my life has been so rich a blessing, and I am so grateful to you. I hope to keep people updated as regularly as possible through this blog!

If God has laid it on your heart to support me financially, please email me so I can explain how that works. My email address is jessicafriesen@hotmail.com 

I am so excited for the opportunity to love and serve in this beautiful place once more!!