Monday, March 29, 2010
Info for Canadian donors
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
What love looks like...
Monday, March 22, 2010
How your money is helping AIM help Haiti
Friday, March 19, 2010
Thank you!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Anthem for Haiti... check it out
Monday, March 15, 2010
0 degrees of separation
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Unexpected phone call...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Église Taberable du St. Ministère
Exciting news today! I've been matched with an individual Haitian church through AIM's
Church-to-Church Partnership Program that I will most likely get to visit while I am in Port-au-Prince. So, for the next few weeks/months I'm going to be praying specifically for its pastor and members. I'm so excited for this opportunity to connect with people over there this far ahead of my trip.
Below is what I already know about Pastor Erimus Bernadin and his church, Église Taberable du St. Ministère:
Number of people in their community: 1000 people
How many families affected: 23 families
Community needs: to be reconstructed
Vision for community:
- We need the church to preach the gospel of Christ
- We need a school to prepare children for the future
- We need a clinic to give medical care to people
Prayer needs: That God may have mercy for the nation and lead the people in the path of justice; then we’ll have testimonies for the glory of God.
Committee names: Erilme Lamour – construction supervisor; Chilene Jean – Teacher; Gladys P Dorval – Nurse; Abelard Belizaire – lawyer (student); Dieudonne Paul - reporter.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Reflections on divine pruning
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."~ James 1:2
My pastor has been drilling into us these past 6 weeks that “pain doesn’t always have to hurt,” and reflecting on some of the difficult times from this past year on my life it is so obvious how much good has come out of everything, including my trust in God having a GOOD plan for me. Even if I didn’t want to be having those trials at the time, I can genuinely say I would take them on again, without hesitation, in order to be who I am and where I am now. Without a question, I wouldn’t be going to Haiti. I wouldn’t be hanging out with a foster kid each week and seeing her come out of her shell and change in awesome ways before my eyes. I wouldn’t be the one being blessed by spending Saturdays in the park having Church with my homeless neighbours. I wouldn’t be one of the faces greeting people as they come in to the sanctuary on Sunday. NONE of this is me, it is all Christ working in me and it humbles and blesses me to have Him use me in these ways.
Today I was reminded that "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it " (Maya Angelou) :: Thank you Lord, for showing me who I am, what I can come out of, and what I can rise from in You. Amen ::
Monday, March 8, 2010
I Have a Dream... For Haiti
Friday, March 5, 2010
"The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart"
~A. W. Tozer
Go On a Mission Trip to Haiti with Adventures In Missions
Adventures in Missions (AIM) is the organization I'll be going to Haiti with in June. This video is just a brief snapshot of what I could be doing during my time there.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Fast Facts....
• The human loss from the 7.0 earthquake (and 33 aftershocks ranging from 4.2-5.9) is estimated around 212,000; 3 million people are now in need of emergency aid after major earthquake.
• 80% of the population in Haiti is living under the poverty line; it is one of the most densely populated and least developed countries in the Western Hemisphere.
• Most Haitians live on less than $2 a day.
• Haiti has no regular military forces. The Army, Navy, and Air Force have been demobilized.
• Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16%, none 1%, other 3% - Note: roughly half of the population practices voodoo.
• The Haiti telecommunications infrastructure is among the least developed in Latin America and the Caribbean.