Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Heartbroken

Ask and you shall receive ... I've prayed so many times that God would open my heart, my eyes, my mind, my soul to what He wants. For the past few weeks He has opened all of the above to the country of Haiti. Two of our friends returned from there about two weeks ago on separate mission trips. Most of the stories they shared made my tummy turn and brought me to tears ... spoke to my heart in ways I didn't see coming. My cousin is there right now and our friends/ neighbors (a couple in our small group, in fact) will be leaving for their very first mission trip on July 8 to, you guessed it ... Haiti. I'm looking forward to being educated even more as they return and share their own stories with us, as well. The conditions of and stories about the Haitian people ... the Haitian children are unbelievable. So much brokenness. It's heart wrenching and I'm sincerely heartbroken for them.

Where there is an endless amount of need, there is a lot of good being done, also. Because of our friends, we now know about the following organizations:


and


Praying for God to prepare us, lead us and give us clarity as to what He wants us to do with all He has revealed.

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