Give Your Heart

Why I am going to Haiti?

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. Isaiah 1:17

I love Jesus. He says to take care of widows and orphans. He also says that we should give big and step way out of our comfort zones. I feel like I am doing both. Do I have a little fear about going? Maybe a little. I haven't been on a plane in 10 years, I am going to another country which I have never done before and I am going with people I am not real close to. I hope to learn more about the people I am traveling with and myself.

I love my church and the vision that we have. We as a church have chosen to support an orphanage in Haiti. Our church believes that we help any way we can especially with our hearts. I don't want to give just to give, I want to help someone who really needs it, doesn't expect it and will use it the way it should be used.

I feel I am being called by God to go there. Don't know why me and why now, I just know I am supposed to go. When the He asks me to do something I want to do it, and I want to do it with all my heart.

We are called to give to others and give big, audacious some might say. Is this the right time to go in my life? I would say no. Can my family and I afford this trip? Not really. But what I have learned is that when we give everything we have to those in need with all our hearts, God smiles and life change happens. I am really looking forward to the life change that has happened in our orphanage and will come thanks to what I can give both with money and time. I am also looking forward to the life change this will bring in my life through this mission trip and also what the Lord has in store for me after. I really want to learn from people that have nothing but still have hope.

One of the organizations we work with is hunger relief international. Their vision is to seek a world in which children, their families and communities have access to basic necessities including nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, education, and health care. Check out their website www.hungerreliefinternational.org.

The population of Haiti is 9 million and they are the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. 70% of Haitians live on less that $2 a day and 54% live on less than $1 a day. The rate of illiteracy is 48% and unemployment is around 60%.

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

The point of this entry is not to convince you that you should donate to Haiti or volunteer to Haiti. The point is to show you where my heart is and what I believe and to get you to do something out of your comfort zone and find something that you love to do and give to for others.