All through the morning I have been tearing up.
And it's all about the same thing-We need to do something for Haiti. Yes, many countries have things go wrong and I haven't felt so compelled as I have now to do something. The tsunami was bad, but it didn't call me to action. It didn't hurt my heart as much as it should/could have. But this one, this one is getting me.
I just read Kristin's blog about my youth group at home. They raised $1200 in one night of youth group. Unbelievable. Tears.
One of my 8th grade students is from Haiti. His brother is in 6th grade and his sister is in my 1st grade Spanish class. They got a call from the grandparents yesterday and reported that they were okay, but he hasn't heard from any other family members that are there. Cousins, Aunts and Uncles, are somewhere in the country of Haiti.
To be so far away and be in that constant fear is unreal. Tears.
We need to do something. God's timing is perfect because we had a chapel message yesterday about "taking the shot". About how a 9 year old kid decided to take a shot, actually, 2,057 freethrow shots, to raise money to support 8 World Vision kids for 2 years. He was 9. HE didn't make all of those shots. But it wasn't about making the shot. It was about taking the shot. Tears.
All of the kids in my school heard this message and they are pumped. They want to do something.
And now we have something to do it for. We can't let the fire die but we have to figure out what to do. What will work? What can elementary kids do? 3rd graders were brainstorming-what can I do well? What do I have a passion for? They want to be sponsored for how many pages they read, or how many baskets they can make, or tackles or whatever else they can think of.
Please be in prayer, first of all, for the Adriens. And for everyone else in Haiti.
2nd, please pray that we figure out the best way to do something. Anything.
