Farewell, Bangladesh

Samaritan’s Purse closed the RCU (Rohingya Care Unit) at Memorial Christian Hospital in Bangladesh at the end of May. We had such an incredible SP team and local staff as well as the MCH team. There truly are no words to fully express the entire experience in Bangladesh. The only way I know how to describe it is the toughest yet most rewarding time of my life; we saw and experienced great tragedy yet witnessed the miraculous.

Home

I arrived home from Bangladesh on May 30th, and Seth arrived home on May 31st. We had some much needed time together for a couple of days in North Carolina. We then took our nephew, Trey on vacation as a graduation gift. We had the best time at the beach and enjoyed one-on-one time with our nephew. Seth stayed home for a couple of days after vacation, and we rode the motorcycle on the Blue Ridge Parkway; such great beauty in NC!!

Seth then headed back to Puerto Rico. I stayed behind at home for most of June to rest, work and enjoy friends and family. I was able to meet a dear friend and her daughter in NYC for a fun girls’ weekend, my longtime bestie came to visit, and my mom and two aunts visited as well. It was such a blessing to be surrounded by friends and family after being in Bangladesh for a couple of months.

Puerto Rico

Seth has been serving in Puerto Rico since early March with Samaritan’s Purse and will be here indefinitely. He is flying the helicopter for three SP programs. One is a solar power program. He is flying the team up into remote mountainous areas where they are installing solar power to homes that are still without power.

The second is a church and home roof rebuilding project where he is flying the teams into remote areas in the mountains that are very hard to access by road. The teams are installing roofs on churches and homes that are still under blue SP tarps 10 months after the hurricane.

The third, and most challenging project is sling loading generators, solar lights, and Bibles to remote churches. The churches are then distributing the items to families still in need and expecting power to be returned in the coming months, but they are still in need of a more immediate short term solution.

I arrived in Puerto Rico in late June. It is so nice to be back and see so much progress since last being here in December. I am enjoying getting to know the team here and putting faces to names of people Seth has told me about over the last several months.

I will be flying back to NC some to work as there are currently no positions available here in Puerto Rico. It will be tough to leave as we are finally back together again, but we know God has a plan and purpose for Seth being here now.

Prayer

• Wisdom and clear direction from the Lord moving forward
• We will remain kingdom focused in all that we do
• We will be able to be together/serve together long term in the same location
• Safety for Seth as he flies each day