Blist...Catching up your blog with a list

Sometimes when I get behind on blogging, I just push the thought away and avoid writing anything down because I’ve missed too much.  Makes perfect sense, yes?

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Because the solution of not blogging at all does what?

Puts me more behind.

Brilliant.

This is quite logical and works well for me.

Not.

So then I put it on my to-do list…”write a blog post”

And then I wonder-

Where do I start? Which photos do I even include?

Maybe I should just take a picture of all my pictures and say…

There.

See.

Proof I’ve been alive for the last month.

The cycle continues…I get more behind…I digress and I still have no blog post.

But today, the insanity stops. 

I’ll put my love for lists to use and will catch this thing up!

I’ll call it a blist…blog/list.

Let’s get crackin’ shall we?

This last month has been a whirlwind!

Not a tornado, blender or vacuum kind of whirlwind.

This kind-

…we traveled thousands of miles for Christmas, leaving behind a houseful of guests.
(Enter crazy overprotective mom action trying to get everything ready before we left, lists, notes, the whole nine yards)

…friends & family blessed our socks off with donations, hospitality, love, hugs, Christmas jollities, catching up, cooking, fireplace chatting, frigid temperature gasping and enough coffee to float ourselves back to Haiti in a boat built of Christmas cookies

...we met this sweet little bundle of tiny. She was at one of our orphanage partners and she needed some additional support and care for her 3 lb 12 ounce self. God provided an opening at another place where she can get that TLC. In the meantime, I got to snuggle her for an entire afternoon. Be jealous. She’s a fighter and her cry means business. What a reminder of how precious each life truly is!

…we hosted several families in January; some visiting their children and others bringing their little ones home…oh happy day!

…my parents & sister visited and we. had. a. blast. They're the best.

…early surprise birthday

…cruised to the top of a mountain. The view was truly spectacular. I thought I was dreaming.

…went to the beach=glorious.

…we had 16 people at the dinner table one night. It was awesome.

…we’ve visited several orphanages lately and had the privilege of bringing donations given by my parents’ church, friends, adoptive families, etc…it is wonderful to see such specific, tangible needs being met. It’s humbling to be thanked over and over for things that we simply are delivering. People’s generosity and kindness continues to blow me away. Everywhere we turn someone is stepping up to see what they can do.

…seriously killer sunsets have left me awe-struck.

…we still narrate goat and cow conversations on our walks. Don’t be alarmed.

…we hosted a Super Bowl party. You know what this means? We’re making friends!

…God provided a vehicle!! I cannot tell you what this has done for us to be mobile! Its like the day a baby learns to walk and things are never the same. I’m not exaggerating when I say it has changed our world.

…I will never drive it. Ever. Because driving in Haiti is like a video game gone wrong. But, I’m a very happy backseat driver…I mean passenger.

…God continues to sustain us each day as we seek Him. We desire to serve Him with all that we have and appreciate our time in Haiti for however long it may be.