To infinity...AND BEYOND!!!

"To infinity...AND BEYOND!!" is Malachi's new favorite phrase in life. He grabs his little Buzz Lightyear figurine, runs full force to Steve or I, and throws his arms up in sheer excitement for us to say, "To infinity...AND BEYOND!!!"

Seeing the pure delight on his face when we say such a simple (and silly) phrase just makes us giggle! He knows that Buzz is connected to that phrase. He knows that Buzz will always go to infinity and beyond. We have claimed such a promise in our amazing Lord recently. He has promised to "generously provide all we need" and will give us "everything we need and plenty left over to share with others" (2 Corinthians 9:8). We have clung to that promise since October of last year when we stopped receiving paychecks from OM:G. I can't tell you how hard it is, as a parent, to not know where your next few bucks are coming from. It's absolutely a wild ride!! But we serve a God who will ALWAYS go to infinity and beyond for His children. And He has. Thanks to the incredible provision of our Father and His gentle leading of some of you to help us along financially in our journey, we are still kickin'! We're still stickin' it to Satan on the island! We're still pressing on to rebuild the homes and hearts of so many "forgotten" after the storm.

So, again, from the bottoms and tops of our hearts, we THANK YOU for your support!!

Spring Break brought over 300 volunteers to the island!! Steve and the rest of the staff (including some week-long interns) did an AMAZING job at lovin' on homeowners as well as the volunteers! We got the incredible privilege of having three of our former students, Jacy, Austin, and Blake, come intern for the week! It was a "proud parent" moment that Steve and I had seeing them live out their faith in such a way...alongside of us! After the week was done, we invited the three of them to our house for lunch so we could catch up and just enjoy each other's company. They are incredible witnesses of the taste they've had of our Lord (Psalm 34:8)!!

We could go on forever about the work that was done this month, but here are a few highlights: 2 of our newest homeowners (newest to our database) fell in love with Jesus, three volunteers met Jesus during Spring Break and were baptized in the ocean, lots molded sheetrock was torn out (imagine living with that for over two years), new sheetrock and frames were built, indoor plumbing was installed, tile was donated and installed beautifully, painting, painting, and more painting was done, and most importantly, Christ was definitely glorified!!! We are in awe!!

Please continue to pray that we can go to infinity and beyond these next two weeks!! (After April 9th, there aren't any volunteers until mid-May so we will get some time as a family before the crazy busy season is in full swing.)

In Him.
Steve, Molly, Malachi, and Zeek

**please also pray for Zeek right now. He's fighting some upper respiratory virus. Poor baby!! Also, Malachi returns to the ENT on April 8th for a new hearing test and evaluation. Thank you!!!!!!