It's happening. It's actually happening! After seven months of living back in the states- processing, asking questions, seeking God, and stilling my heart- I'm returning to Haiti!

I'm not sure that I could find the words to describe all that it is that I am feeling as this reality sets in. I'm excited. Anxious. Tears come to my eyes as I realize just how soon I will be seeing the kids again. That I will be hearing the familiar hum of Creole around me, and will be reunited with all of the friends and people I built such deep relationships with while I was there.
But instead of going on and on about all of the excitement in my heart (which I know I could definitely do), I'm just going to get right to it.

Many of you have been following my journey for a while and know me, know who I am, and what God has been doing in my heart with the Haitian people, and with the children that I lived with and helped take care of in the orphanage in Santo.

This time, when I return to Haiti, I will not be living at the orphanage. Although I would still very much like to live consistently with the kids, I know that I need to spend time educating myself, learning, and wrestling through some things so that I can hopefully begin to better bring lasting, real change into their lives, and to understand what my role needs to look like with this orphanage, and in Haiti.

So after much prayer, seeking God, and discussion with people that I trust, I am excited to be pursuing an opportunity I have been given to shadow a woman who I met during my time spent in Haiti, who is an advocate and lawyer for an adoption agency. I am so excited to tap into the pool of wisdom and knowledge that she holds. Whether thats learning how to run a non- profit organization in Haiti, to how the adoption process really works, to just how to do normal, every-day life skills in the country, there is just so much I am so excited to learn from her.

I am hoping to shadow her for around two months, beginning on October 8th, and I will need to raise $3500 to cover living expenses (as the cost of living is higher in the area I will be living in, Petionville), to cover transportation costs to travel back and forth to the orphanage, and to various other locations, and to covers costs so that I can help pour in to some projects we will be assisting some partnering ministries and friends with.

I am trusting that during the course of these few months, God will further direct and lead me concerning many things, especially with that of my role at the orphanage. Unless led otherwise, after job-shadowing, I will then be shadowing at Operation Love The Children of Haiti, which is a larger orphanage in Leogane, where I will be observing what a healthy-run orphanage looks like, and what kinds of things work, and what do not. I would be aiming at raising $1,000 a month to shadow there for a month or two. This would cover living expenses, and to help with needs of the orphanage.

I am in the beginning stages of serving overseas- of just starting out, and figuring out how all of this works. It can be overwhelming. I am young, with limited resources, and a small knowledge of how to raise the means to do all of what I am feeling so called to.
And I am young. But with a big call on my heart, an incredible community who urges me forward, and a faithful God who incessantly proves his faithfulness and gives me every reason to always trust that He will come through.
I am not only looking to raise those one-time support costs, but to begin raising monthly support so that I will be able to continually live and serve overseas. In whatever way you might be feeling led to support me- whether that's by these specific costs, or monthly support, or even by faithfully praying for me as I return to Haiti- know that it encourages me beyond reason. I deeply appreciate all of the ways God provides, especially those in which He uses His people.
If you feel led to financially support me, please send any checks or monies to:

1410 Oregon Hill Grace Chapel

Morris, PA 16938

with an attached note designating the support to my name.

If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to contact me!

Thanks for continuing to walk alongside, and journey with me as I return to Haiti in October!
Much love,
-Courtney
courtneydibble@gmail.com
570-463-2847