Today, Matt and Nicole and Haley joined the Casa de Esperanza team. This has been their dream for five years. Maybe even longer for Nicole. Five years ago Matt and Nicole were not even married. They wanted to get married, quit college and move to Honduras. Marc talked them into not quitting school and we gave our blessings for them to get married.
After marriage, Nicole still had a year of school and Matt had a year and a half. They thought they would move to Honduras as soon as Matt had a diploma in his hand. At that time, they were expecting a baby. So they waited some more. They moved to Baton Rouge, found jobs, and began to prepare to be a family, not a couple. They began worshiping at South Baton Rouge Church of Christ. Through events that only God could orchestrate, that church later agreed to be their sending congregation as they continued to dream of being in Honduras.
The mission committee and elders at South Baton Rouge are a wise group. They have required much of Matt and Nicole as they prepared to move to the mission field. All of these things have been good things. Matt and Nicole now agree all those classes and a year of language school were good, even though at the time they thought it was another detour. They now claim that God's timing is perfect. It always is.
This morning, they left Baton Rouge at 6:30 to embark on the next chapter of their lives. Matt and Nicole managed to move to a foreign country, with a baby, in six suitcases. Quite an accomplishment in itself.
Yes, they are family, but I am still very proud of them and their journey to make their dreams come true.
If interested, you can read of their adventures at http://mandnfitz.blogspot.com
We always welcome more help at Casa and this is no exception. Matt, Nicole, and Haley, we welcome you to the Casa team.
Terri
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