Tag: Haiti

Amos is home

Aaron Ivey Family
Aaron Ivey Family | Via Facebook.com

Some of you may recall the story of Amos and Aaron and Jamie Ivey last year.

Aaron and Jamie were in the process of adopting Amos from Haiti when last year’s horrific earthquake hit.

It was a trying week or so, but the family was finally re-united and able to bring Amos home for good only a “short” time after the earthquake.

Just five days after the earthquake, the video to Amos’ song was released…

And now a short (5 minute) documentary about the family being reunited has also been released and is available for downloading and viewing with your friends, family and faith community.

It’s a beautiful story and a beautiful companion video as well.

Check it out, share it with your friends and consider how God might be calling you to make a difference in the life of an orphan somewhere in the world.

(HT @chrisballman for the link)

Welcome to February

February 2010 wall calendar ~ happy valentine's day ~

Welcome to February!

Well, not quite I suppose — depending on when you read this.

But a few things to look forward to this month:

  • It’s Black History Month & the DCCCD African American Read-In
  • My sister Kara turns 25
  • Valentines Day
  • I turn 31
  • We’re scheduled to close on our new house in Forney at the end of the month…. YIKES! We still need a solid contract on our house!!!!

And a few things to look back on — aka the top posts from January 2010.

Honorable mention:
Top songs of 2009 – This was actually one of the top 5 viewed posts for the month, but it didn’t make the official list since I wrote it on Dec. 29, 2009 — it’s sooo last year 🙂

Did you miss any of those? Were there other favorites that didn’t make the list?

What would you like to see more of?

Here’s to more great conversations in 2010!

#justicefriday – This is how the world will end

Shared this on Twitter earlier this week and thought it was definitely worth sharing again here.

From Fireside International founder, Luke Renner and The Elms…

The video was filmed in Citè Soleil, Haiti on July 28, 2009, highlighting the beauty and strength of the Haitian people.

As you watch the video, consider what you can do to help the people of Haiti — and then do it.

All that good cancelled out with one lousy statement

This week, on the 700 Club, the Christian Broadcasting Network was raising funds to help send aid and relief to Haiti after their violent 7.0 earthquake Tuesday.

According to a press release:

(Pat Robertson) called for prayer for (Haiti). His humanitarian arm has been working to help thousands of people in Haiti over the last year, and they are currently launching a major relief and recovery effort to help the victims of this disaster. They have sent a shipment of millions of dollars worth of medications that is now in Haiti, and their disaster team leaders are expected to arrive tomorrow and begin operations to ease the suffering.

And yet no one’s going to remember that or even consider it because of a statement made by CBN founder, Pat Robertson…
Continue reading All that good cancelled out with one lousy statement

Orphans and the tragedy in Haiti

Earlier this week I shared a Tweet from a friend in Austin:

PRAYER: RT @eloranicole @tiffsoutherland: friend who was adopting from Haiti-met child-going this week 2 get her-found out child was killed

It was a hard Tweet to read (and share).

Essentially, this friend of a friend of a friend were in the process of adopting a little girl from Haiti. They were set to go to Haiti this week and pick her up – but discovered the girl had died in the earthquake.
Continue reading Orphans and the tragedy in Haiti

Ways to give aid for Haitian Relief

The following groups are on the ground and offering relief after the earthquake in Haiti yesterday.

Disasters Emergency Committee (UK): www.dec.org.uk

One Day’s Wages: onedayswages.org

Salvation Army (US): salvationarmy.org

Compassion International: compassion.org

Haiti Reborn: quixote.org/haiti

Church World Services: www.churchworldservice.org

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: www.pcusa.org

Direct Relief International

World Vision: donate.worldvision.org

Bright Hope: www.brighthope.org

UMC Disaster Response: secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations

UNICEF: www.unicefusa.org

Christian Aid: www.christianaid.org.uk

Americares: www.americares.org

Mercy Corps: donate.mercycorps.org

American Red Cross: newsroom.redcross.org

United Church of Christ: www.ucc.org

Doctors Without Borders: doctorswithoutborders.org

Disciple’s Week of Compassion: secure.groundspring.org

Episcopal Relief: www.er-d.org

Reformed Church in America: www.rca.org

Oxfam: www.oxfam.org

Habitat For Humanity: www.habitat.org

Haiti Emergency Relief Fund: www.haitiaction.net

My good buddy Chris Allman is currently next door to Haiti in the Dominican Republic. You can read some of his thoughts on his blog: chrisballman.blogspot.com

Additionally, just received word from Brandt Russo that all of the proceeds from Cant Ignore The Poor will go to Haitian Disaster Relief through http://www.mercycorps.org/.

HT to @brianmerritt for assembling the majority of this list