Rearrange Our Priorities?
Do we need to rearrange our first world priorities?
Orphan
Fundraisers
http://apparentproject.org/ Exciting New Fundraising Option: Does your church, school, youth group, workplace need to raise funds to support a program, an upcoming event, or a short term mission? Tired of selling chocolate bars or tupperware? Help Haitians AND help your cause by hosting an Apparent Project Bracelet fundraiser. It works like this: We mail you [...]
A Parent’s Viewpoint – Guest Post Part 3 from Rori
Part #3 of the Series by Rori – read Part #1 Here and Part #2 Here My husband is a “nicknamer”! He gives nicknames to all our kids, our kid’s friends, and to so many people in our lives. He had a bit of difficulty saying many of the kids Haitian names, so the nicknames [...]
MRI RESULTS
We arrived at the Medical Center at 7 AM and Frantina did very well considering she could not have anything to eat since the night before! She has been really good the whole trip. I am really impressed with how happy she is and loves looking at all of the different things around her! They [...]
A Note from a Donor
I got this note earlier this week from one of the nursing students who I wrote about back in November. You can read it at http://godslittlestangelsinhaiti.org/2011/11/nursing-students-helping-gla/. In January, two of the nursing students who played a big part in the fundraiser for the GLA were in Haiti working at another organization. They were able to [...]
4:53 PM
Those of us who were involved with Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010 will always remember 4:53 PM that afternoon. That’s the time when, for 35 seconds, the earth shook violently under Port Au Prince Haiti. Hundreds of thousands died on that day and shortly after and for literally millions of people, the world changed forever. [...]
Opening Up the Doors to More Donors
Sounds like a good thing? Right? Yeah, it is. But here’s the thing – to get the door to stay open, we need to “prove” to the organization that is providing the opportunity that we have a certain level of supporters. Let me try to explain as briefly as possible: http://www.globalgiving.org/ provides a charitable giving [...]
Can We Be Too Bold?
I was reading in my personal devotions this morning and got to Genesis 18. That’s the story, not of Sodom and Gomorrah but of Abraham talking and having lunch with God before God and His angels went to Sodom and Gomorrah. Remember that story? Remember how Abraham asked God to change His mind 6 times? [...]