Just a few snapshots of our two weeks...

Our two weeks in Liberia were blessed with God's gracious guidance, assurance, protection and provision...but also filled with a heaviness that is so hard to explain to those who have not been here.

 Our heart for special needs children is so intense it hurts sometimes.  The need is sooooo great for a place for these special children...there is nothing for them here...yet.  God is moving and working and he CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS!  I sometimes have a hard time seeing past the need of a malnourished and neglected special needs child...but God KNOW and LOVES each and every one of his children.  He has plans, and I know His Safe Haven is going to be a part of changing so many of these precious lives in this country and beyond!

  His Safe Haven is about faith...knowing God will provide in His timing and in His perfect will.  I KNOW He will bring people into our fold, I KNOW He will provide a means to see the building of our village, I KNOW He has very big plans for His Safe Haven.  The resting and the waiting is hard...but God's timing is absolutely perfect.

There is a lot to share about our intense two weeks...but I wanted to post pictures for those who have been waiting. Internet was horrible in Liberia, so I wasn't able to post much. Enjoy some snapshots of just some of our trip and I will be posting more later.

Pictures of the land!!

The first full day in Gbarnga we hiked through the land donated to His Safe Haven.  What a blessing to walk this beautiful land and touch the cornerstones.

This is such a wonderful picture of two cornerstones uniting together.  The old  cornerstone and our new cornerstone.  God has truly blessed us with this land.                              

                                          More hiking...and another cornerstone...

We placed the wonderful banner alongside the property for everyone to see! (Thank you Mike for the banner)!

                                           This is such a gorgeous piece of property!

                                               The banner behind us...

                                                        Liberian pineapple is like candy.

We donated soccer balls and goals for two communities here.

                                           The children were all so excited!

                                           Children in the village.

 I had to post a picture of my boy, Barry.  I haven't seen that smile for so long and loved catching up on smiles and lovin's...

                                             Thank you to so many wonderful donors for the food supplies.                                              We were able to purchase rice, oatmeal, rice cereal, formula and milk will last for the month.

                                            Thank you for the donation of supplies of toys, clothes
                                          diapers, vitamins, utensils, medicines, etc.  It's a great
                                           for these beautiful children!

Our sweet Sylvester is loving his new foster mom.  He was just recently rescued from a garbage dump from another organization and placed under our care.  He has the most sweetest disposition! All of God's children are such a blessing!  What a humbling opportunity we have to care for just a few.

IT'S OFFICIAL!!

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE LAND DEED FOR THE 10 ACRES DONATED TO HIS SAFE HAVEN!!!!

THIS IS SUCH A HUGE BLESSING! PRAISING GOD FOR THIS MIRACLE!

Looking to Liberia...

We are so very excited to be able to travel soon back to Liberia!! 

We will be spending time getting a lot of photos and hiring a videographer to capture needed footage to be able to share the vision and the need for His Safe Haven.  Our wish is to create a DVD to share with others, a glimpse of the desperate needs and the possible impact that HSH will have on 'special needs' children, as well as the surrounding community. 

Our trip agenda will be full, but we expect God to guide and orchestrate our every step! He always protects and guides us each and every trip!  We look forward to visiting very special friends that are considered part of our family, and loving on so many of the kids we have the privilege of spending time with!

We are in the third month of awaiting for the 501c3 approval. The process and wait is estimated at 3-12 months!
God has given HSH so many blessings in 2012,  including a wonderful board that has worked so hard in getting all the necessary information and documents to be at this point!  As we wait, we continue to become more excited at so many possibilities that 2013 hold!

God gave the vision for HSH, now we patiently wait to see it built!   He continues to bring more people into the HSH family, and we continue sharing the vision and the need whenever and wherever we can.

I look forward to sharing more milestones and huge praises in this next year!

If you would like to become involved in ANY capacity with HSH, or ever have any questions, please call or email me.  We are always looking for others that want to become involved!

Many Blessings to you and Happy New Year from His Safe Haven!

His Safe Haven Land Survey Done!

I felt so blessed when I received the pictures below. 

 This is the team hired locally to survey His Safe Haven's 10 acres.  From what I heard, it was a long, hard day, but they got it done!

 

                                       
                                                 I love seeing how beautiful this land is!

                                                    
                                                                   Time to eat!

 

 

 

* ...built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.  Ephesians 2:20

*Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:“‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes"'. Mark 12:10-11.

The picture below is my favorite.  This is one of the cornerstones on the land.  What a beautiful correlation of Christ as our cornerstone, and Christ the foundation of HSH .