Family and Friends,
This Monday morning we board our flight for Haiti. It will be a little strange on Tuesday morning to gather our luggage from the Port-au-Prince airport, head out to the parking lot, and be greeted by Mike and Pam instead of Kiki. It will probably hit home for us in a new way at that moment that he is really gone. We are fortunate, however, that we might get a chance to attend his funeral and spend time with his extended family.
It has been a very good summer for us, and God has blessed us in so many ways. We are truly ready now to get back to Haiti and plunge headfirst into the ministry there and depend on God to continue to energize us for the work. This year our goals will be much more ambitious, and we will need God's grace and the power of the Holy Spirit to empower and protect us at all times.
Thanks again to everyone who helped and/or encouraged us in some way this summer. It was an adventure! Many positive memories were made. We will now take everything we have received and learned from all of you and carry it with us as a blessing for the people of Haiti.
Soon we will again look down on those barren hills and mountains, the bulging rivers, and the endless slums. We will land, the door of the plane will open, and we will be forcefully confronted by the familiar heat and smells. We will gather our luggage, climb aboard the trusty (and rusty!) old Ford, and drive past a million busy hands and faces animated with hunger, humor, happiness, and hopelessness. And at that moment when we can almost stand the grueling journey no more, we will turn off the highway onto the dusty dirt road leading to Ti-Rivier. The familiar faces will line the streets and peek through our windows as we drive. Our friends will smile as they recognize us, yelling out greetings and running along the road, and we will be home.
May Your Adventure expand your understanding of "HOME"
-The Grimm Family Adventurers
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