A big THANK YOU to all of you who have been praying for us! Many of you know it's been a difficult week for us here. We have had many up's and down's with our adoptions and we have been battling with various other problems to boot!

Lauren's scalp is SO MUCH better! Priase God for that! I am still putting medicated cream on a couple little spots twice a day but the difference is incredible!

Jordan has had a strange spot on her leg for a while now. It looked like ringworm at first, so I got on that fast with the nystatin and it looked as if it went away almost completly. It just looked like a dry patch. Now it is reddening and starting to pus and hurt her. I've been putting stuff on it for at least a week but it doesn't seem to do any good!
Dawson has been saying his tummy hurts and believe it or not, the boy is FINALLY getting fed up with rice! He just doesn't eat much even when I ask what I could make him that he likes he says he's just not hungry.....very strange for a growing 9 year old!
Lauren has had coughing fits since we have been here and the last little bit has been worse I think. I thought it started when she laid down. She would start to cough and then have these coughing fits where I thought she was coughing up a lung! I would get her to the bathroom because we thought she might throw up and a couple times she has had a bunch of thick clear liquid come up. It is quite scary. I want to take her to a dr. this week.
Kira and Lainey have the ever running noses, and Sheldon has just been feeling 'gross' for over a week now. I am running around being 'nurse' and hoping I don't get something! It just wouldn't be a good time! hehe...

In the midst of all this caos, we have been reminded on numerous occasions in the last little while, that the battle is not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual powers in high places. This is sometimes so hard to remember. Thank you to my friend who gave us that very timely word form the Lord. This is an interesting parallel to what has been going on in Jacmel the last while. The people here are celbrating Carnival. I think I mentioned it already. They dress up like devils, or the like, and go about the streets putting coal or oil on people they come across, rocking vehicles they can bring to a stop, and whatever else they find 'fun' to do. It's a BIG party and people come from all over to participate. We have asked many people here what it's about and they have different answers. Some say it stems from Voo Doo practises and there is a lot of symbolism through out the whole festival. Some say its just for fun. Many people don't even know what they are celebrating, they just always have. To us, it is obvious it isn't anything good! We saw people's bodies slicked with oil and faces painted white with 'blood' dripping. Ugly masks and people tied to each other. Many carried bats...one a hand gun.... It made me think about Jesus saying "a kingdom divided against itself can not stand..." All these things can't be godly in any way, shape, or form, so they must be evil but mostly people don't even think about it. Then I think about us. We have this 'battle' going on all around us and mostly we don't even think about it! We do things or things are done to us and often we don't look past it to the war that is waging. We get distracted by the people or the things happening now and loose the bigger picture.

Well. It's late and I'm starting to fade. Love to you all In Jesus'name! Thanks again for your prayers and support. We are counting down one week today until we pick up Sheldon parents in Port! Will write soon!