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God is good, a hiding place in tough times.
He recognizes and welcomes anyone looking for help,
No matter how desperate the trouble.
Nahum 1:7
(The Message)
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| Phoebe 2007 |
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| P and P ~ February 2007 |
Monday Updates:
- Baby Miles (born last Thursday) will stay in the hospital and on antibiotics. He is doing better today. His mom and dad are so tired. (As you can imagine). Prayers for strength and pockets of rest while they see his treatment through to completion are very appreciated..
- Troy is done with Malaria meds but tires easily. He claimed he was exhausted and heading home at noon but I've not seen him yet. He rallies when required. Thankfully there don't seem to be more rats for him to destroy. :)
- Alloune has settled in at Harbor House and a new person is beginning to emerge. All 8 teen moms are doing really well right now. The three pregnant moms are gaining weight well and staying healthy as their due dates approach.
- A few deliveries coming up at the Maternity program ... one young woman named Leanise had to be referred elsewhere due to Sickle Cell Anemia, she gave birth in a hospital on Saturday. All is well today. Troy's girlfriend Mirlande is due any day.
- The school is getting close to completion and our kids and tutors plan to begin the school year a week from today on September 5th. Anticipation is building.
- Moses continues to grow in size and responsiveness. He will now put weight on his legs. It is amazing to see how fast he is learning things. We think one day he will sit up and walk and skip and run. We're asking God for that for him. We are working on one lead that may allow him the possibility of a family (adoption) but it is too soon to share more than that right now. Please keep praying for God to provide for sweet Moses. He is here with us. Sometimes we do great with it and sometimes we feel the heaviness of it ... but God is showing up and we trust He will continue to do so until the answers to all the Moses questions come to us.
- Paige tested positive for Malaria today after a bad night last night. :( She has started Malaria meds already. My cell phone rang at about 1:00am - Paige said, "Mom, I threw up." I went down and got her room cleaned back up and started laundry and asked Troy to take Moses to our bed. After she was all showered and back in bed I went upstairs and as I laid in bed praying for her I got a text from her that said:
- I laid there a long time thinking about all the things God has taught me through my kids (and the kids we've had live with us over the years) ... He has certainly used Paige to teach us how to be more giving. A barfing teenager offering to take care of a two year old? What tha? I assured Paige we could handle him (despite how incapable we must seem to her). ;) I feel horrible for Paige. She has really had a rough go this last month. Besides wishing it wasn't her with Malaria, I'd like to wrap her in toilet paper and cover that with bubble wrap and set her inside of a bouncy house and then place the bouncy house in paradise and lock her away from germs and harm forever. Sick kids in Haiti is always something that jacks with my head. I believe God led us to this country and has us here now and I have to remind myself of that all day while I struggle feeling guilty about her Haiti-related illness. It's dumb and helps nothing - but I excel at dumb.
- Isaac is complaining of headaches. His Malaria test came back negative today. I am watching him like a hawk. I apparently completely jinxed us a few posts back when I mentioned that 2011 had been Malaria free. See, what did I say? Excelling at dumb.
In conclusion .... I am thankful for my hiding place.
God is good, a hiding place in tough times.
He recognizes and welcomes anyone looking for help,
No matter how desperate the trouble.
14 comments:
Oh no! I specifically prayed for no more sick Livesays this morning! Although if she got sick at 1:00 a.m. that means I was a few hours too late :( Feel better soon Paige!
Oh Tara, many prayers to your familly.. I excel at dumb as well so you are not alone friend..:)
But God chose the foolish things of this world to confound the wise... Praying for your bouncy houseful tonight!
Praying for you, Livesays, all around. I hope you know that I cry, laugh and curse (maybe??) with you daily. I will pray especially hard these next days for Paige (go away Malaria) and Moses (God's will for a wonderful family). Love you all from Colorado! :)
Praying for you all. Thanks for the updates on everyone. Hope everyone feels better soon. And thanks for the info of little Miles. Asking God to heal you all!!
Prayers go out for you and Paige - she's truly a special girl.
Beverly - Ohio
First of all, oh my word. I want to gnaw on baby Phoebe.
Second. Tara Rachelle Livesay, I want you to listen to me. Your struggle with guilt makes so much sense to me (we're talking about staying in Cambodia for a month in December, and I keep thinking--but what if our girls get dengue fever or violently ill from undercooked crickets or...?).
But do you get how UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME your beautiful girl is?? And how even more beautiful she is on the inside?? God is shaping your kiddos into his image, right down to loving the poor more than they love their own selves. And I admire you SO much and I'm counting on you to keep living this out so I can follow in your footsteps.
And I just totally lost my train of thought because my husband is talking to me while I type and I yelled at him and clearly have some selfishness to work through.
Anyway. I'm praying for your baby girl (and that your other babies don't get it). And I'm praying for God to put you inside a bounce house of peace about how you're following his call on your lives.
Love you all!
Praying for you all, still utterly amazed at Paige, what an amazing young woman. Thank you also for always putting things in perspective, just what I need when I start to want to complain about the silly third world "problems" :) Praying...
My thoughts are with your family. I can't imaging having to deal with MALARIA, good grief.
Also? I know I don't have all the info and I'm a stranger and etc. etc. etc... but it very much sounds like Paige has already claimed Moses. As hers.
Tara - Ever since I read your Jars of Clay post, I've had Scott Krippayne's song running through my head for you. Not sure it would still minister to your spirit, but I'm passing it along - the lyrics won't leave me, and they continue to be associated with you. Here goes:
All who sail the sea of faith
Find out before too long
How quickly blue skies can grow dark
And gentle winds grow strong
Suddenly fear is like white water
Pounding on the soul
Still we sail on knowing
That our Lord is in control
Sometimes He calms the storm
With a whispered peace be still
He can settle any sea
But it doesn't mean He will
Sometimes He holds us close
And lets the wind and waves go wild
Sometimes He calms the storm
And other times He calms His child
He has a reason for each trial
That we pass through in life
And though we're shaken
We cannot be pulled apart from Christ
No matter how the driving rain beats down
On those who hold to faith
A heart of trust will always
Be a quiet peaceful place
This song has ministered to me a zillion times through the years. Its message is true and I choose to stay planted in His embrace - regardless of the storms.
Thanks everyone. We have flip-flopped between tears and maniacal laughter over the last few days and ever since we asked for prayer we're doing more laughing and less crying. This too shall pass. Your prayers (and that you even take the time to check in on us) are a gift.
I started reading your blog about the time Paige was training for the run to earn houses for Haiti. She was a remarkable teen then and has become even more wonderful as she has grown. I'm praying that she recovers quickly and that all the germs stay away from her for the rest of the year!!!
Her love for Moses is incredible as is his response both physically and mentally.
Thanks so much for sharing all of your trials, triumphs and tribulations with us.
Love, prayers and hugs,
Kae
Being fairly new to the mission field (not even two years in), I worry so much about my kids. Reading about your incredible daughter makes me want to be a better mother to my own kids. Prayers for your family, and thanks for the update on Baby Miles. We went to missionary training with Jared and Jalayne and we are praying for them!
Praying for Malaria to go far away. Quickly.
Truly, Malaria is the thing I currently worry about most when thinking about taking the kids to Kenya. They're just so little and Malaria is so scary to me.
BUT, like you said. He called us NOW. And I'm trusting that He knows what in the Malaria he's doing.
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