Haitian Artwork!!!

Help support Haitian artist and help me raise funds for my adoption by purchasing some of this awesome artwork!! 

I have many more words such as love, teach, believe, life, live, dream, family, hope, hockey, home, eat, drink, cheers, laugh, blessings, welcome, and memories. Also have larger crosses available too!! Will post pictures soon. 

Let me know if your interested!! 

P.S. Cute little boy and headlamp are not included! ;) 

Break is over...

We have reached the end of your Christmas/New Year/Independence day break...

The kids are finally get back to school tomorrow! It will be a good change in routine for all of us! 

Although we did have a wonderful time and lots of events that happened..

We enjoyed our days hanging out and playing.....

A few new pieces of clothing making them look stunning as always! And believe it or not. When I gave it one girl she was willing and ready to share with all of her 'sisters' and didn't claim it only as hers! They are so great!!

 

The kitchen staff worked hard in preparing a wonderful meal and desserts for the kids! 

What a treat they were!! 

We made Christmas decorations and were reminded of the real reason for the season.

 We loved taking photos of ourselves in front of our decorated christmas tree! :) 

We prepared for the acting out of the Nativity Scene...costumes and all!! :) 

Received special gifts and treats. 

The boys of course LOVED their new soccer jerseys and you will always see a few of them running around Grace Village with them on everyday!! 

We even had a special visitor come and visit us for Christmas! 

Oak was loved by many that day!! Who couldn't love that adorable little face!! 

 And for the big wonderful meal! The boys really knew how to pile up the food on their plates! It was great treat for them and they all loved it and all of those plates were clean by the time lunch was over!!

Anxiously waiting to dive in!!! 

We finished off the meal with delicious deserts made by our wonderful kitchen staff.

 We spent our nights worshiping the Lord and remembering HIS holy birth! 

Loved our fancy light decorations!! 

 It was hard to get a good photo...but our evening service was amazing. We held it outside on the basketball court and it was filled with about 500 kids! Kids sang, we worshiped, prayed, acting out the nativity scene, gave glory and thanks to God and handed out lots of wooden trucks and trains, soccer balls, babies and baby beds! It was a wonderful evening! 

 The kids spent hours playing with all their new toys!! 

We even fit in two weddings of our staff and had two weddings held at Grace Village!! There was also a day of baptisms!! So much good happening!! 

Congrats to Wesley and Leo and Gerdia and Joseph! May God richly bless your marriages! 

The older kids sang at Wesley and Leo's wedding!

Quality time with Lynoue at the wedding! :) Love this lady..she is simply amazing and has a heart of gold!

Even got to spend Christmas with this amazing guy and enjoy the wedding festivities! (well they are both pretty amazing guys I guess! But only one that I get see on his trips to Haiti..which thankfully happen often!!) 

We ended each day rejoicing in the beauty around us and counting our blessings.

And now we are refreshed and restored and ready to start the New Year off with a bang and continue to serve and love those around us as Jesus has called us to do. 

Wishing a Happy New Year filled with lots of love and blessings all year long!! 

Sending love from Haiti!! 

xoxoxo 

Another way to donate to the adoption fund :)

Another way to donate to the adoption fund: 

To make a tax-deductable donation. If you are wanting to do this option please go to the following website: (if you do this option it would be helpful if you were able to inform me of donations so that I can keep track and make sure they are being tracked correctly in their system. Not necessarily but helpful if possible) 

Voice of the Orphan Website info:

Donation Form to assist families with Adoption Costs:  http://tinyurl.com/voto-donate

If you use the web forms you can pay by check or credit card.  Our preference is for the eCheck since the fees are the lowest.  Alternately you can mail a check with Burmester, Jessica in the memo line to:

Voice of the Orphan
22 East Washington Street, Suite 600
Indianapolis, IN 46204

God bless you for your generous hearts! 

Putting the Puzzle Together!

As I begin this exciting journey of adopting, someone mentioned to me a very special and unique way to get people involved and to raise support! If you would like to contribute to making this adoption possible for a minimal price please see below for more details.

Help Put A Puzzle Together and Change a Life Forever!!

Buy a puzzle piece (or two or three or four..) and be apart of connecting a child who needs so much to someone who is ready to give them all the love and support that they need.

Each puzzle piece is $10.00. When you purchase a puzzle piece your name will be written on the matte of the picture frame. Once all the puzzle pieces are bought and the names are written on the matte it will be a constant reminder of all the wonderful, loving, caring and generous people who helped make this adoption possible! It will be a daily reminder of how blessed and thankful we are for your hearts and loving on us. 

To purchase a puzzle piece and be apart of helping put all the pieces together click on the link below when you reach the purchase page please write your name (message if desired) in the

'special instruction' box:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=LAKAPB75FSMBW&lc=US&item_name=Puzzle+Piece&item_number=2911&currency_code=USD&bn=PP-DonationsBF%3Abtn_donateCC_LG.gif%3ANonHosted

Thank you for your generosity and helping put all the pieces together!!

Below is the photo that I got made into a puzzle and will hopefully be put together with all of your names on it soon!! 

God bless you for your generous hearts! 

The start of something great!

Family and Friends,

As many of you know God has put Haiti on my heart for many years. Over the years I have fallen in love with the people and the country of Haiti. I am excited to tell you that I am in the process of adopting a child from the country that I love!! I am beyond blessed with all that God is doing in my life and I can’t wait to see what He has in store! I know that with Him all things are possible and as He leads me down this path I know He will provide all that I need!

As I follow God’s path not only for my own life but now also for the life of my son or daughter I ask for your prayers. Please pray that God’s hand would be in this process, that He would prepare my son or daughter’s heart and my heart for what the future holds, that the paperwork and whole adoption process would go smoothly, that He would give me wisdom and guidance in loving and taking care of my child, and that my child would grow up to love and follow Him in all they do.

This is a very exciting time and I am beyond thrilled at what the future holds.

Thank you for following me along on this journey and all your love and support. I know people often think I’m crazy for living life this way (and sometimes I probably am) but when God is at the center of it all it’s amazing how things work out and I continue to trust in that! This is the start of something great!! 

If you would like to donate specifically to the adoption process I will have more information to come and a variety of ways in which you can support making this all possible!

Blessings to you this holiday season and may you have a wonderful New Year!

Love

Jessica 

Christmas is in the air..

CHRISTmas is in the air....

The kids had a great day today decorate the Christmas tree, having holiday treats, making decorations and spending all day playing!! They are quite excited for 

tomorrow! On the 25th they will be putting on a 

Christmas program with a play and everything! :) 

Merry CHRISTmas from our home to yours!! Sending holiday wishes and lots of love from Haiti! 
  

3 accept Christ today!!

Today we rejoice as three people accepted Christ and were baptized. What a most 

wonderful Christmas present! God is so good! 

 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.   Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

 (Mark 16:15, 16 NIV)

Lord bless these individuals as they choose to live a life that is honoring and glorifying to you! 

Amen.