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how haiti changed my life

missions, the latest 0 comments

The current challenge before me is to explain that in one post. Don’t think I can even begin to do it, so I’m making this a 3 part series. And I hope I can do it in that! Ha! It’s hard to know where to start in telling the story [...]
hunger pains

authentic christianity, the latest 3 comments

Read Matthew 14:13-21 Working in the church I have seen and interacted with people living in complete poverty. Over the years I have given a family a basket of food from the food pantry when they come knocking on the church door at 4:45 on a Friday afternoon and I [...]
[study] social media has made teens more aware of needs of others

activist faith, engaged in culture, poverty, the latest 9 comments

According to a new 30 Hour Famine study, almost half (44 percent) of American teens say they’ve become more aware of the needs of others thanks to their social media usage. The survey commissioned by World Vision, a relief and development group, revealed that four out of five teens (80 [...]
selling a spiderman kite

dominican republic '11, missions, perspectives, poverty, the latest 13 comments

They were literally everywhere! One thing that certainly stands out as we drove through Santo Domingo (and other cities in the Dominican Republic) was the massive amount of street vendors. And no, I don’t mean sidewalk vendors. I mean street vendors. These are dudes that walk around on the street [...]
books, poverty, and marriage: [january 2011 top content]

connect, the latest 7 comments

In an effort to better understand what’s bringing people to BibleDude.net (and what’s keeping them here), I’ve been looking at my Google Analytics a little closer. The list below represents the top 10 posts by pageviews during the month of January 2011. I notice a few interesting trends here… book [...]
how to plan a [garage sale for orphans]

engaged in culture, missions, technology, the latest 3 comments

Our family is pretty geeked about this year’s Christmas project! The needs of people in Haiti have been a special focus for us this year, and my son Samuel (the cute, red-headed one) really wanted to do something special for the kids down there. When I told him about a [...]
they came for the turkey, and we gave them The Lamb

ministry, missions, SERVE, the latest 3 comments

I had to do it. When I heard what my friends at Harvest Tabernacle were doing for Thanksgiving, I just knew that I had to be a part of it. Every year this church gives away turkeys (and other food items) to hundreds of area families that wouldn’t be able [...]
the importance of play [guest post from @chrismarlow]

engaged in culture, missions, the latest 6 comments

Message from Dan King: This year for Christmas my seven year-old son wanted to do something special for someone less fortunate. And when we talked about the playground in Haiti project with Chris Marlow’s Garage Sale for Orphans, we knew it was exactly what we wanted to take on. You [...]
poverty [not just a third-world problem]

culture, homeless, the latest 0 comments

People go to bed hungry every night, and it’s easy to see it in third-world countries all around the world. But the truth is that there are millions of people right here in the United States that don’t know where their next meal is coming from. What do you need [...]
[the #haiti diaries] the face of hunger

haiti '10, missions, the latest 18 comments

I’ve never seen such extreme hunger. It was a hot day. A really hot day. Our team just spent about two hours packed into a school bus to get here, and then boarded the rickety wooden boats to cross Lake Azuei to get to this village. It was isolated from [...]
#haiti mission twitter updates for 2010-08-15

haiti '10 1 comment

NEW POST: #haiti mission twitter updates for 2010-08-14: – NEW POST: #haiti mission twitter… http://goo.gl/fb/RywTQ # We’re loading up the bus with our bags now. One stop at a church service and then we’re off to the airport. Hard to say goodbye… #haiti # It’s difficult to see some of [...]