Confirmation from God

Dear Readers,
Did you ever have a problem with doubting yourself? This has been an issue with which I have dealt since childhood, so when I received a sense of confirmation from God yesterday, I was and still am overjoyed!!! The doubt was: am I doing the right thing by painting prayers for Haiti and blogging about it; the confirmation is that a friend of mine asked to buy Painted Prayer for Haiti #2 when she gets some money in Feb.!!!
I plan to use the money to open a special savings account to save money to take my husband, our teenage son, and myself on a mission trip to Haiti next winter. My husband, Roger, and our son, Seth, are as just as excited as I am about the idea.
Of course I worry about exposing our son to so much poverty and suffering at a young age, but that is the point of this trip. I know it will transform him into a person who will spend his life serving others in a compassionate way, no matter what career he chooses. He already is a caring kid, but this will make him more so.
Plus it will give him a chance to do some fun things along the way, like snorkeling in the coral reef and enjoying the beauty of the tropics in some of the more remote areas of Haiti.
In our little household, we call ourselves, "The Trowbridge Trio." The dynamic in our family has been especially sweet, since I resolved to give up criticizing others. It's amazing how even parenting a teenager can be done without criticism! I simply ask him politely to do what I would like him to do and to my amazement, he does it most of the time!!!
This dream of taking our trip is bonding us even more closely. There is nothing like feeling close to our kid again after feeling distant for the last year, when I was in a power struggle with him. My loved ones advised me to lighten up on him and I did. Thank you, Jesus for good advice from those who love me!!!
I love my life! I love God and my family and my friends! I love my work! I am in love!!! It feels soooooo GOOD!!!