Urgent Need for Help in Haiti
ByBecause of the recent and horrific devastation caused by the earthquakes in Haiti, Compassion International is asking (pleading) for help.
Can you help?
Maybe some of you are already sponsoring a child through Compassion International. I wrote more about it here and urged you to consider monthly sponsorship if you and your family are able. Sponsoring a child through Compassion International has been a rich experience for us.
Now, with the urgent needs in Haiti, they have an even more important and immediate need. There are more than 65,000 children involved in the Compassion International program in Haiti. They need food, clothes and shelter…right now.
As my boys and I talk through the situation in Haiti and pray together for the children and their families, I feel both a peace and a panic. A peace, knowing that God is in Haiti, loving the people there, taking care of them, comforting them. And a panic, knowing that while my family sits here safely together in our warm home with our bellies full there are millions of people in Haiti who don’t even know where some of their family members are…or if they are still alive.
The thought brings me to my knees.
My feelings of panic won’t help the Haitians, but putting myself in their shoes and trying to understand what life must be like for them right now helps make me more aware of their needs. I’d want people to pray for my family…and I’d want to be able to feed my children.
So…we’re praying…and we’re giving some money. Because we have everything we need (plus about 2.4 million things we don’t). We can help these families.
I’d hope you’ll pray about how you can help the people in Haiti. And if you can give…please, please do.
You can trust that Compassion International will use EVERY PENNY of your donation for relief in Haiti. I love that.
Thank you so much for considering this.
The people in Haiti have been in our prayers as well. I was talking to my husband today how terrible it would be to be parents there and wondering about our children…perhaps missing? wounded in pain needing help? hungry? It’s hard to see your children suffer. But, there are literally thousands of people in need. Our prayers will make a difference.
I’m sure there are missionaries there too. We need to pray for them…if they are able, I know that this will be a time when people will seek God and they will be able to minister to the people spiritually as well.
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