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Jul
20
Friday, July 18th, 2008 I got the news I had been waiting for – my job ceased to exist as of this day. I have never celebrated for losing anything, but I celebrated for being liberated from this job. There was so much negative energy from the day I started, I have no idea how I lasted a whole year there. I celebrate because this is the beginning of a brand new journey, the one that God is totally in control of. I now have to totally depend on him for everything in my life daily.
Jul
17
God continues to reveal himself to me through the Holy Spirit. Yesterday 07/17/08, I was prompted to read Psalm 23. No matter how much I tried to put that thought out of my mind – that thought stayed with me. So I finally read the Psalm at the end of the day. I was blessed. Today Thursday 07/18/08 my devotional time brought up the subject of “Why Pray”. I read from the book of Luke 11:1-13 about how Jesus taught his desciples the Lords prayer. This is one of my most favorites prayers, I could not stop praising God for directing me here, even though I pray this prayer everyday, it felt good to get a confirmation from my Lord and Savior.
PROJECTS
The house is looking good and I am trusting God with the launch of the vrbo business. I have to learn to let him take control and remember that I only work for him as the CEO. I am constantly on my knees for opportunities that will free me so that I can do what God created me to do, which is to serve others. I’m happier when I’m doing things for others, like caring and just listening to other people’s issues and finding solutions. I know that once the project takes off, many people will be blessed.
Ivy’s Closets, is becoming a reality. I have started the ground work, at the same time putting God first and remembering he is the CEO of all these projects I have brewing in my mind. July, 12th, 2008 I visited a second hand store…the assistant was very pleasant as she explained to me that a certain percentage of the sales goes to support Ugandan children, I was touched by this, since this is my area of interest too. The bad experience I got from this store on my second visit prompted me to think about opening a similar store, where love, kindness, respect, etc.. would be offered to those who come to shop, a store with a different atmosphere, a store where you can feel Christ Love. This is why I am now pursuing Ivy’s Closets with a new found passion.
I am trust and believing God, that a new birth is about to take place and I know if this is his will nothing will stand in the way of this project. I pray that Ivy’s Closets becomes a great household name so that the same concept can be duplicated nationwide.
Items sold in this store will help finance numerous missions which I have a heart for, to continue the legacy Ivy left for us. Ivy this is Loving Memory of You. The numerous children you found and left behind across the world will be blessed, thank you for loving everyone who ever crossed your path, we will continue to emulate your love for others
Jul
03
Our bags were packed and we left on Monday June 16th to complete the mission we started earlier in May.
West Palm Beach was such a refreshing time, it poured on the very first day we were there. We stayed at Yatch Club Drive, in apartment overlooking the intracoastal waterway, it was splendid. Vimbi arrived on Tuesday and we felt complete. Paula and I had some alone time whilst Vimbi watched the bunch, so we had our pedicures and manicures done. Feeling really beautiful, it was time plan the next move, so we decided to travel to the West Coast. Paula drove us to Naples, where we spent the night, its was just fabulous – all this in fond and loving memory of Ivy T. She loved to celebrate and do fun things. The next morning Thursday we drove to Sanibel island for a quick tour and play in the water, the kids loved Naples more than Sanibel, so did the two girls. I love those small Islands around Fort Myers, Marco Islands, Captiva, infact all of them. Adventure was not complete until we made to Jacksonville, where with the courtersy of Vimbi, we stayed at a Marriot Sawgrass Spa and Resort just a few miles from the beach. This place is breathtaking. Thanks Vimbi for allowing us the opportunity to be so spoilt, Ivy would have just had so much fun, this is the kind of stuff she loved to do.
We drove to the site on Friday June 20th from Jacksonville. Since we were driving South on I95 we caught a glimpse of a drive safely sign near the place the accident happened and Paula mentioned that this looked like the one FHP had put up in memory of Ivy. We were truly pleasently surprised and totally blessed as this is the sign that they put up even though it was put up a mile or so from the actual place. This is the first time in five years we had seen this. So it was a very emotional discovery. As though this was not enough pain already, a cop pulls up and informs us that he was on duty the night of the accident. It is really hard for me to describe my feelings at that moment, but I thank God, that I managed to compose myself and the girls did too.
Then we stopped over in Orlando, at the JW Marriot another treat through Vimbs, this place was even better than the Sawgrass Resort and Spa, we felt really spoilt. Spent two nights in Orlando, then drove back home to Palm Beach Gardens, where Judy DeWalt a long time friend of Ivy’s now mine put together such a spread in memory of Ivy. So many of her friends turned up for this memorial gathering. It was amazing how God just pulled all these people together, just like they would have done so if Ivy was still living. It was such a great and wonderful time to see so many people and friends gathered. My family and I cannot thank Judy enough.
Florida was truly a blast….Thank You Lord for the blessing and Thank You our dearest Ivy for the opportunity to celebrate your life. Thank You Roanne for allowing us to use the apartment.
May
23
May 20th 2008 I began what I call a count down. These are the last days Ivy walked on this earth. This is very painful, but I believe by writing it down my heart’s pieces come together. Yes there has been some mending, but the heart is a delicate thing. Wednesday night, May 21st Steven Curtis Chapman’s family lost their beloved daughter due to a tragic accident. My sincere condolences to the Curtis Family, I am sorry your daughter left you untimely at such a tender age. So long Mary, we will see you in heaven little darling.
This does not help a tender heart, but it only removes the scabs and creates a fresh wound. My family and I are meeting in Florida and this will coincide with June 20th, and we hope to travel to the site and see how the tree of life Wilfred and I planted is doing. We will have a great and wonderful time in West Palm Beach celebrating Ivy’s life and living life to the fullest which is what she loved the most. We plan to have a dinner with all her friends in memory of Ivy. I am working hard on turning on a new leaf so that my attention as well as energy will be diverted to things that really mattered to my daughter. I have a new project in the horizon – this will help free my time so that I can go and serve others.
Mar
15
Today, I got thinking about what I really want to do in my life and in the future. I feel it is time to branch out and start a business which will create an opportunity to fund the Ivy T Matsikidze Foundation. I have been looking into sevaral projects, but there is one which I believe would be very lucrative. Please watch this space for more details, and a chance for you to contribut to this worthy cause which will see orphanages built in Africa and around the world. I am believing God for all his promises and mercies which are new every morning. I am praying for my faith to be renewed and increased so that miracles will follow. Until then, I know God will steer me in the right direction.
Mar
07
This is my very first post on the website. I will try to put down as much detail as I can. Shortly things will start to roll for the Ivy T Matsikidze Foundation. This seems to occupy my thoughts more than anything else in life. I am ready to throw in the towel at my job and just plunge myself deep in things whic matter to God. I have asked myself this question so many times. What really is my purpose in life? What am I here for. I know our angel Ivy is watching from heaven and saying “you people still dont get it”
