Looking Good in Haiti

I wish I had taken a picture tonight of me in my clothes that I will be wearing in Haiti. They are clothes that I am borrowing from dad, from his Mission Trip to Nicaragua. But as Jessica kindly reminded me, "I don't think they are going to care what you are wearing!" Not only are they all in the khaki family, but all of the shirts are at least 2 sizes too big!! I am gonna look awesome!

The rest of the trip is coming together nicely as well. I was able to expedite my passport and it should be here in about 2 weeks! Lets just pray that it actually comes through in time! The next thing on my list is to get my shot records and get shots that I need to be able to go! Yuck!

Our team is growing...we will now be joined by my head volleyball coach and her husband. I am very excited about this, to be able to see how God has softened their hearts for the Haitian people. It is also nice to see them away from work!

If you are looking for a way to help...we are accepting donations to cover trip expenses and supplies for the school and orphanage that we will be working with. Feel free to e-mail me and I will give you the contact information.

Thanks for all your prayers and support!!

Prayer for Haiti

I am coming to you today on a more serious note...I know everyone has heard about everything going on in Haiti, I just wanted to take a few moments to let you know how you can be praying for them.

At this point there are still people missing and ones that have not been identified. Please pray for the families that still have not been able to locate their loved ones.

Haiti is a place that has a lot of orphanages to begin with and now the number of orphans has pretty much trippled. Please pray for the orphanages and their lack of supplies. There are many children that need to be taken care of and need supplies to meet basic needs.

On a more personal note...I have recently joined a team to go to Haiti and help get the schools up and running again. There is a school that we will be working with to clean it up and make it safe and clean for the children. We will also be taking supplies for a local orphanage and anything else that we can gather that we know they are in need of. All of the details are still in the works. Please pray for the team as we prepare for the trip and prepare our hearts for what we will encounter. Each one of us feels a call from God to go and serve. At this point the only thing holding me back is the fear that my passport is not up to date. If it is not I will be heading to Houston to get one on short notice, or praying for the possibility of a temporary passport. This is a very important detail, as I do not want to get to Haiti and not be able to get back :/ so I am trusting in God to make sure this gets taken care of!!!

kid or coach...

Tonight was our volleyball banquet. It was a time to come together as a program and look back on what an amazing season we had. This was definately one of the most interesting banquets I have been to...

I have been sick lately and can't seem to shake this congestion, so the first thing I did when I walked in was go to the bathroom to blow my nose. In there with me was one of my players moms who proceeded to ask me about my weight loss, how much it was, and how I did it. I was pretty excited to share my success and hope for continuing to get in better shape. Oh but the conversation did not stop there, the next thing she told me was that her current husband and ex-husband both noticed me when I walked in and said "wow Coach Vick looks really good." I may not be married yet, but apparently I have plenty of options...

Later on in the evening it was my turn to introduce my team and give a little speech. The speech part went pretty well, but the trouble came when it was time to introduce the team. Before I started calling out their names I said "Now here is your 2008 JV volleyball team." The second it came out of my mouth I knew it wasn't right...I looked down at the head coach who was shaking her head and laughing at me saying "uh no it's not." Oops, I tried to explain myself by saying that I subtracted too many years, which just made things worse. What I ment was that I was overthinking the new year, and was thinking that it just turned to 2009 not 2010...wow how time flies. Anyway, I ended my speech with, "wow last years speech was so much better!!" I blame it on the cough meds!

It's a good think I do not embarass easily, because there were plenty of things that happened that could have made my face turn red. Of course the speech was at the top of the list. There was also the picture of me on the video with my head tossed back, my leg kicked up and my tongue sticking out!! Just like as a kid! At the end of the night the girls have a dance. The first song that played was the Cupid Shuffle and guess who was out there leading the group...that's right, ME!! We do the Cupid Shuffle every day in my Adaptive PE class at school, so I got really excited at another opportunity to perform. At the end of the song it faded into the next, the first line...apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fir...that's when I walked off the floor and told the girls they were on their own on this one. So I ask you...kid or coach?

With all of the crazy things that happened it was still a great night of celebration with my girls! I am sad to see them move on, but I am already looking forward to next season!!

Alright all you bloggers out there...my sisters have been trying to get me to have a blog for a while now and I am finally giving in!! Well technically I started this blog about a year or so ago, but never did anything with it. I can't promise that I will be faithful to it or that I will have anything interesting to talk about, but I am willing to give it a shot! so to Erin and Jess...HAPPY NOW???