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My JourneyTo Haiti and Beyond - Trusting God’s

TimingSusie Schuelke

My Life’s Timeline• 1986-2004: Raised in Small

Town Manawa, Wisconsin

• 2004-2008: Bachelor of Social Work Degree from UWEC

• 2008-2009: Americorps VISTA in Eau Claire

• 2009-2010: Started Graduate School & moved to Haiti full-time

• 2014: Back in WI… What’s next?

How I Landed in Haiti• March 2009 - first mission

trip to Servants of All Ministries in Haiti with a group of 20 from the Edge

• January 2010 - return to SOAM for 2-week trip with church from Rice Lake

• April 2010 - job offer from God’s Littlest Angels orphanage

• June 2010 - Moved to GLA and stayed there for 3.5 years

Where in the world is Haiti?!

Haitian Scenery

March 2009: One week at SOAM with the Edge

January 2010: Two weeks at SOAM - Earthquake

June 2010 - December 2013: God’s Littlest Angels Orphanage

More Than Adoption

My Role At GLA

Trusting God’s Timing• “Decision Making Crisis” Time

• Bachelors Degree• Grad school or not• Moving to Haiti• Move Back to States• Yesterday

• Go to the Lord in Prayer and the Word

• Seek Counsel from trusted advisors

• TRUST & BE PATIENT - God is Faithful

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

a time to search and a time to give up,a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,a time for war and a time for peace

Thank You for inviting me share my life & experiences

with you!