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My favorite part of any trip…

Posted in Family, Haiti, Kids, Videos, tagged , , , on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

From Port Au Prince to Miami to Dallas.  I made it back to Dallas tonight.  As I came down the elevator I was reminded what my favorite part of any trip is. 

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Two more aftershocks last night…

Posted in Haiti, Poverty, Videos, tagged , , on February 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »

We had two more aftershocks last night around 2 am. I’m learning that my belief in God’s sovereignty has been much more of an academic exercise then a heart felt understanding. My empathy for the Haitian people has skyrocketed. They’ve been living with this uncertainty every day since the quake. Every aftershock brings new terror. [...]

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There was no light in his eyes

Posted in Haiti, Orphan Care, Orphan Ministry, Photos, Poverty, tagged , , , , , on February 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Today we visited an orphanage that Pastor Bataille (our host) started.   There were about 24 boys at this orphanage.  When I got out of the vehicle I was immediately drawn to one little boy with a dusty button down shirt that was missing the middle button.  I went over and knelt down to get eye [...]

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The gospel is the foundation of orphan care…

Posted in Haiti, Orphan Care, Photos, Spirituality / Theology, tagged , , , , , on February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This morning Paul Myhill (President of World Orphans) & I had the opportunity to speak before 100 Haitian pastors at a Campus Crusade for Christ training conference in Port Au Prince.  The training was being led by Esperandieu Pierre – who I mentioned in my last post. Esperandieu asked us to cast vision & encourage [...]

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Haiti Update: Visiting HCRM Orphanage & GAiN

Posted in Adoption, Haiti, Orphan Care, Orphan Ministry, Photos, Poverty, tagged , , , , , , , on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

We had the opportunity to visit Haiti Children’s Rescue Mission yesterday. HCRM is filled with some kiddos that Hope for Orphans (my employer) has been advocating for. I’ve seen the faces of many of these children on computer in Dallas so it was especially sweet to see them face to face. HCRM was designed to [...]

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Why God does not treat me as a restavec…

Posted in Adoption, Haiti, Orphan Care, Poverty, Spirituality / Theology, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In some of the developing countries I’ve traveled there is a form of “adoption” that is generally accepted but which stands in opposition to the biblical concept. In Haiti it is called “restavec”….but it exists in other parts of the world.  For a simple point of reference here is how Wikipedia defines it: A restavec [...]

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Update from Haiti – 02/16/2010

Posted in Haiti, Orphan Care, Photos, Poverty, tagged , , , , , on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Today was a good laying the ground work day.  Our team met with CMBH (Southern Baptist Group in Haiti) & World Relief.  The net result of our time is that we will be able to meet with 46 churches in the coming week.  Definitely a great start to the church to church partnerships we are [...]

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Udpate from Haiti

Posted in Haiti, Orphan Care, Photos, Poverty, tagged , , , , , , on February 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Our team of 11 arrived in the Dominican Republic yesterday with no problems.  We stayed at a Clarion Inn in Santo Domingo and this morning at 7:30 we piled into a 20 person bus and headed out for Port Au Prince. All in all the drive from DR was smooth.  At one point along the [...]

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Haiti Trip: Prayer Requests

Posted in Haiti, Orphan Care, Spirituality / Theology, tagged , , , , , , on February 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Some folks have asked how they can pray for our team while in Haiti. We would love to have an army of believers praying daily for our work in Haiti. By way of reminder the overarching aim of the Haiti Orphan Relief Team (HORT) is to identify, train and resource Haitian churches to be the [...]

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Follow the Haiti Team on Twitter

Posted in Haiti, Orphan Care, Poverty, tagged , , , , , , on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The first deployment of the Haiti Orphan Relief Team leaves for Haiti on Valentine’s Day, February 14th.   One of things we’re hoping to do is keep up with the Twitter & blogs while we’re in country.  I’m not exactly sure what that will look like but if you’d like to follow along here are the Twitter usernames [...]

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