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Name: Kiersten
Birthday: 11/17/1988
Gender: Female
Interests: Glorifying God however I can, World travel, forensics, guitar, singing, nouthetic counseling and I'm interested in my handsome future husband Nathan.
Expertise: Making Nathan smile!
Occupation: Foster Mother for Acres of Hop
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Member Since:
12/20/2006
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| I had a awesome time up country. I was able to meet some Liberians who were really on fire for God. It is very cool to think I will spend eternity in heaven getting to know these people better. I feel so blessed to be here.
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I hope to spend alot of my life in places like Tappita. Up country showed me a new part of Liberia I had not seen before.
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Dear Friends,
Wow! I've done the unthinkable, I got a blog. I always said I wouldn't get texting on my phone and I wouldn't get a blog on the computer. Well.... atleast I still don't have texting. Actually, I am very excited about having a way to report all the awesome ways I see God moving. For those who don't know, I am in Liberia right now as a foster mother for the orphanages of Acres of Hope, and also just to help out my extended family who live here any way I can. I think this blog will be a good way to report to the folks back home that I am still alive.
Life is good here. I have been pretty sick for the last week. It was assumed that I had just recontracted Typhoid, (I had Typhoid about two weeeks ago,) but now they think I might have some form of hepatitus. For those who don't know, differant forms of Hepatitus besides "B" can be transmitted a veriaty of ways. I am just so thankful that my family is being so wonderful and patiant while I am sick. If ya'll could put me on your prayer lists with pointers and exclamation marks pointing toward my name that would be great.
Nathan news!!! My sweet fiance got the skin cancer taken out of his side on monday. God is so Good to have had him going to the doctor for other reasons so they could discover and remove the cancer before it spread. Nathan was able to go to work that same day and is not really being bothered by it. He is so brave! I am so impressed by the way he has handled this. I knew before that Nathan was a very wise man, but every hard situation we go through I see it even more.
I am sorry to report that my dear cousin Joshua died last week. He was in surgery to remove fluid from around the cancerous tumors in his stomach and went into heart failure. He was 20-years-old when he died. Joshua was so humble and loving. Even when the tumors made it where he couldn't walk, he had his mom bring ingrediants to the table so he could make cookies for the nurses at the hospital. Here is a letter he had ready in case he died in surgery:
Dear prayer warriors,
You
may think that your prayers have failed. They have not. God has
worked a miracle in bringing one of His children home in a way that has
been an inspiration to hundreds. He has taken away all of my pain, and
I am happier now than I have ever been. For me to live is Christ, and
to die is gain. I know that I will be spending eternity with many of
you. For now, however, know that God is good, He is in control, and I
am with Him. Thank you for your prayers and support. I will see you
later.
Joshua
I am so happy that my cousin ran to the only one who can truly comfort us in our time of need. Joshua left this earth with the dignity that only a Prince of the King of Kings could have. I am honored to have been his cousin.
One of the orphans died the other night. I praise God that he is with Joshua in heaven now. I grieve though that the world may never know the sweet life that was lost on sunday. Please pray for strength and wisdom for the people like my cousin Melody who sacrifice so much to save childrens lives, the world is truly not worthy of these pilgrims.
God is showing that I cannot lean on anything or anyone but him. So much of what has happened in my life recently has made me weary. But when I look to God in my time of weakness he is waiting to comfort me. I am so excited about the things he is teaching me. I know that learning lessons will be hard but if pain and hardship mean seeing more of Christ, bring it on.
In good hands,
Kiersten
Psalm 31:15 "My times are in Your hand..."
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