Global Axxess Haiti: A Kid Like Wally
The Compassion project we visited on this day was in one of the poorest slums in Port au Prince. In the midst of the sadness and filth, the kids were an absolute joy. … Continue reading
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Global Axxess Haiti: Wally Motivational Speaker Extraordinaire
At one of the Compassion projects, Brant and I were asked to say something inspiring to the kids. Brant knocked it of the park talking about Jesus, and how we will all be together in Heaven someday. I didn't do as well. … Continue reading
Global Axxess Haiti: Devastation
Taking a tour of Port au Prince is we stopped at the site of a 6 story hotel that was leveled in seconds. Sadly, this is a scene that is repeated all throughout the country. … Continue reading
Global Axxess Haiti: Jazz Hand Class
I really wanted to share my love of dance and jazz hands with the kids we met, but we had to do something else first. … Continue reading
Global Axxess: Haiti One Year Later • Day 3
So today was our last day in Haiti. When I went to Africa the first time my prayer was that I would never forget everything I saw. Following my second trip to Africa my prayer was that I would never get use to seeing poverty and pain. Now as I return from Haiti my prayer is that I will never accept this kind of poverty as God has given me the power to help… … Continue reading
Global Axxess: Haiti One Year Later • Day 2
I had a sobering thought as I tried to fall asleep last night. All day we had been touring a city in ruin. A city covered in rubble and Debris. As I laid in bed it hit me for the first time, we are in the very place we had watched fall apart from afar and what was to prevent it from happening again while we were here? As we… … Continue reading
Global Axxess: Haiti One Year Later • Day 1
Today was our first day in Haiti and words are hard to come by. Even after a year, the effects of the earthquake are still felt all over this city. Click here to look into the face of a child who desperately needs you. Families are living in make shift tent cities where disease and safety are major concerns. thousands and thousands of people here are still living in tents… … Continue reading
Haiti: One Year Later
&g I'm traveling to Haiti to see first hand the way Compassion has made a difference in the lives of the people who have lived through the horrific disasters there. Next week marks the one year anniversary of the 7.0 magnitude earth quake that killed thousands and in an instant made a million people homeless. Next week when I get back we will have an amazing opportunity for you to change the life of… … Continue reading
Good for the Sole
At church today our pastor made and unusual request of us that I absolutely loved. … Continue reading