poverty

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  on destitute teens and barbies

  now serving, poverty, SERVE 30 comments

  I know a teenager who is destitute. The same girl steals. Of course she does. That’s what happens when you lack everything. So when it came time to divvy extra Christmas cash, this girl did not make the cut. While others offered up her name, I shook my head. Tsk. [...]

   
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  the @helponenow bloggers guide to empowering haiti’s future

  activist faith, haiti, poverty, SERVE, the unlikely missionary 10 comments

  “No education, no future. With education, dreams come true!” I discovered these words scribbled in chalk on a door while visiting a very poor community during a  recent mission trip. It’s a statement that’s stuck with me as I’ve visited other communities and saw the quality of education (or lack [...]

   
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  together, our stories change things: #powerofwe

  activist faith, haiti, missions, orphan care, poverty, SERVE, the unlikely missionary 14 comments

  I’ve really been having a tough time holding it together over the past week. Even as I sit here a few days after my return home, drinking my Rebo (Haitian Coffee), my eyes fill with tears as I think about the work I’ve done. I saw first-hand how stories have changed [...]

   
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  in which God is up to something

  activist faith, haiti, missions, orphan care, poverty, SERVE, the unlikely missionary 27 comments

  Sometimes you just never know what God is up to. On our final full day on the ground in Haiti we had plans to head out of the Port-au-Prince area to visit a village called Drouin. When we were planning this trip, our visit to Drouin seemed mission critical. This [...]

   
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  on the importance of coming back

  activist faith, haiti, missions, orphan care, poverty, SERVE, the unlikely missionary 25 comments

  I can’t remember the last time I cried like this. As we entered the gates on the opposite side of the property, all I wanted to do was run as fast as I could to see the completed playground that my son helped build. But I showed patience. I contained [...]

   
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  sometimes it’s messy work

  activist faith, haiti, missions, orphan care, poverty, SERVE, the unlikely missionary 14 comments

  Paint streaks decorated the legs of his jeans. As he came out to greet us, Richard held a paintbrush in one hand and a piece of his artwork in the other. As we discussed the success of the microloan experiment he was a part of, it was obvious he loves his [...]

   
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  three reasons to follow the @helponenow haiti bloggers

  activist faith, haiti, missions, orphan care, poverty, SERVE, the unlikely missionary 10 comments

    I’ve had some very mixed emotions as I prepare for this trip with Help One Now’s Haiti Bloggers. At times I can hardly contain my excitement as I think about traveling to the place I’ve grown to love. Not to mention the people… some are Haitian friends who I [...]