Here goes the story...I felt God asking me to take vitamins to the orphanage I was to stay at in Haiti. I prayed again...He said vitamins. So I asked at church and my plea to attain vitamins was announced weekly in the church bulletin. As June came closer and I only had about 10 bottles in donations I began to pray again. God said ask your nursing colleagues to help! Wow...this is great! So I went to the nursing administrator of my school and she was behind the idea 100%! I announced that day the need for vitamins and by the next day the vitamins began to pour into the classroom! I can not begin to tell you how my heart began to swell with this outpouring of love for these Haitian children and the need for medications and vitamins!
So this brings me back to American Airlines and the suitcase with 47 pounds of children's vitamins in it. I was standing in line preparing to check the suitcase in when I noticed a lady with very nice luggage, duct taping her suitcase with bright, neon orange tape. I watched her for several minutes and God said to me ( not verbally, but in my spirit) go and ask that woman if you can borrow her tape to tape up this suitcase. I'm like..what?? I have never flown on a commercial flight and now in the frenzy of everything You want me to go and ask this lady for her tape!? Really God...I just felt so weird about asking her for the tape. The feeling was so strong that I finally caved and went over to her, in front of everyone, and asked to use her tape. She just nonchalantly tossed the tape at me and said sure. So I frantically began to tape the suitcase up so I didn't hold up the line behind me. I taped and taped.
I didn't see the suitcase again until I got to the Haitian airport and I was so nervous about those vitamins spilling into the plane and the age of the suitcase that they were in, but as I looked around..there was my brown suitcase! Everything intact, but upon inspection the clasps at the top had come undone...the only thing that kept the suitcase from opening up was the orange duct tape. I cried a bit and then exclaimed to all the people I was with " The vitamins made it to Haiti!"
When I got to the orphanage that we were staying at I went to Miriam. Miriam began the orphanage 30 years ago and has such an amazing spirit and heart about her. I told her that I had a suitcase with 47 pounds of vitamins in it for the children and I also explained to her that God had told me that the vitamins were needed there. She began to tear up and she thanked me for listening to God. A new orphanage was opening up and she actually was going to it that week while I was there. She said the children were very, very sick in that orphanage and that many people had been praying for vitamins for the children there.
Humbling...truly and to all those who donated... friends and family alike.. I want to thank you! I want you all to know that you served a bigger purpose than you could ever imagine with a small bottle of children's vitamins. God used you and there is nothing greater in this life than to be used for a purpose bigger than ourselves and bigger than we can ever imagine! I pray this blesses you!
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