The month
of January was interesting at the Nest. We had eight children
come and three leave. One of our young ladies, Latidra, moved to
“Melody House,” a great home for girls, age 12-18. The
director, Claire, is a wonderful woman. We still have baby Neyo
and Latidra comes and visits him. We received four siblings and
were able to keep the youngest three; a five year old, 1 ˝ year
old and a one-month old baby. It also looks like a family has
been found for our new babies Tevar and Matthew.
The
American director of “World Servants,” the large team that
served here last summer, recently came back for a visit. When I
shared my vision for the Nest, they asked me to write it out.
They report more teams are interested in coming to serve and we
praise God for that! Hebrews 11:1 tells us: “Now faith is
being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
That is what we do here at Robin’s Nest. We believe that God is
the one in charge and He will supply our needs.
My
heart is overflowing with gratitude that God has now entrusted
the care of His little creations, our infants, who we can give a
good start in life to and who can become God’s servants here in
Jamaica. There is much prayer taking place in Jamaica, for
Jamaica. Many see the needs and want to work hand in hand with
God to make a difference. We pray that these little ones will
grow up to show Jamaica what God can do when you provide a haven
for the poor, depressed, and downtrodden. May God help us all
to give hope to Jamaica and the rest of the world.
Our
children here memorize Psalm 27:10, “Though my father and
mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.” With God’s
help, we hope to guide them to rely on the Lord, for “His
ways are higher than your ways and His thoughts higher than your
thoughts.”- Isaiah 55:10. We are children of the King. All
glory goes to HIM. As we selflessly give Him our time, talent
and finances, we come to realize that they are gifts from HIM,
and not ours to cling to.
Numbers
23:19-20 says: “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a
son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and
then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? I have received
a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.”
May God
richly bless each of you, Michelle
REMINDER TO ALL:
Michelle will be home this spring from April 20 to June 5. If
your church or organization would like to have her come and
speak, please contact Paula Merkouris,
salem@alliancecom.net or Marian Edelen, cmedelen@earthlink.net,
763-862-7252. Her schedule will be updated here on the website
as we get things scheduled.
So far, she will be at Water's Edge church in Ogden, Iowa, on
Sunday, May 4, at 10:15 a.m. For further information, you can
contact, Judy Swanson,
cjswan@wccta.net or 515-353-4345 at home.
