TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Orphan Care, Ways to Partner Hai 0 Comment
I need to acknowledge and thank Jon Acuff for this post idea. You can find his take on it at The Bible as a Self Help Book? His article prompted me to take a closer look at Jeremiah 1:7-8. 7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must [...]
Molly Little KidzKorner, Orphan Care, Our Kids 0 Comment
For the last week Kim Patton visiting us with a team from Ontario, Canada, has been using her skills on the tiny folk of Toddler House. We had over a dozen kids that we’ve taken particular note of having stiff upper bodies, or limited neck movement. Kim set up covering one of our folding [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Orphan Care, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 0 Comment
A friend of mine wrote this on her blog. You can read the entire post at Truly Yours. I’m only going to reprint part of it. I think that Allison does a very good job at explaining what is going on inside kids who are struggling with the loss and the challenges that orphans face. [...]
TomVanderwell Notes from the NICU, Ways to Partner God's Littlest Angels, Haiti 0 Comment
I was talking to Susan and Jean because I got an e-mail from a supporter who was asking what our most immediate need in terms of medical equipment was. What Susan and Jean told me we need two new suction machines – portable ones. Suction machines (said the non-medical guy)? Seriously? Apparently, suction machines are [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Orphan Care, Video Awakening, Haiti, Poor 1 Comment
I’ve mentioned before that I am privileged to talk to so many of you and I know that many of you are feeling “empty” and feeling that you should be doing something more but you aren’t sure what. We had a sermon in our church this past Sunday about the Parable of the Good Samaritan. [...]
TomVanderwell Haiti News Democ, Haiti 0 Comment
A friend of mine who works in Port Au Prince posted this and asked for people to share it and take part in the survey if they felt they knew enough about Haiti and its government to respond intelligently. Please help propagate the following survey: The state and the prospects for Democracy in Haiti Aim [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Ways to Partner 5 Comments
I have to admit, it was with a very heavy heart that I sent out the prayer requests Saturday night. It is so much easier to talk about things that are going well. It’s so much easier to talk about success stories – kids that are getting healthy, laws that are improving for the kids. [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU, Our Kids God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 1 Comment
Cry Haiti: A Roll Of Thunder Sunday, 19 February 2012A Roll Of ThunderI have a baby who is sick, so sick. We drew some blood from her a couple of weeks ago. Although the results are not in yet, I know, deep down what they will show – that the HIV virus is winning the [...]