ORPHANAGE BUST OUT

While in Ducity, Haiti; one place, one group of people seemed to dominate our thoughts and conversations...the kids in the orphanage.  There was a group of 20 kids, 3 babies and about 17 in grades ranging from 1st grade through high school, living in a two-room building with a backyard.  These children knew two things, school and the orphanage.  They would wake up from their sleepover (17 kids smushed in one room) every day, get ready for school and spend a big chunk of their day at school.  They would get home, eat at the orphanage and then be locked inside that building until the next school day.  It was sad.  So we had a great plan.  Without any thought of being respectful or disrupting their culture, we were determined to get those kids to be able to go swimming at the river.  The leaders of the orphanage told us that we could select a handful of kids to go.  Weird?  They may not have trusted a group of teenagers from a foreign land with their kids.  We determined that we couldn't just leave some kids there.  So in what is not my most prould moment, we opened the gates and escaped with every kid from that orphange and ran to the river.  They showed us how to take a bath, how to dive off the rocks and the best spots for swimming.  And while what we did may have been totally illegal, it was great to see every kids smiling and just being kids!

MISSIONAL STORIES

Stories seem like a great way to build people's interest, and what a great deal for people to be able to read these for free before the $16.99 book comes out. In my new concept for blog space, thank you Randy, we are going to use the blog to share stories about how global ministry has changed the lives of people. Not only will this be a great tool to help people what change can take place, but it will serve as an avenue for CCC to be able to easily collect global stories.

WHAT A WEEK

You know how there is an exhausting week, but you look ahead and realize that rest is not far away. Well, I thought that this was the week, but not a chance. I have a meeting at work on Tuesday at exactly the same time as the meeting starts. Then, Tae Kwon Do is the same time as our Kid City meeting. Then I am trying to meet with all these people but have no availability. I am sure God will show me a way, and I knew that this Kid City thing was the wrong thing to do, but once again God has showed me that His way is the best way.

BLOG

You have to really wonder if this blog thing is a good idea. It sure doesn't seem like I have much to offer right now in regards to poverty.

BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS

I know that there are some people who want a change right now, but to do it right, for the long haul, it really seems like the process is going to take a little while, but that is ok. It's not like somebody is going to solve poverty before we get a chance.

KID CITY

The career began today, I think. And it seems like a good move. It is easy, or so it seems, and it gives me time to still do some stuff at home. So far so good, and it teaches me to be selfless.

MEETING ON SUNDAY

I am a guy who lives for the conclusion of events, tasks and goals. So while it has been really fun putting this vision together, that we have almost finished the task is quite an accomplishment. What seems a little daunting is that on Monday, it is time to go to work.