My heart is so heavy for Haiti today.
That’s all I know to say, really.
But if you would like to help with the relief efforts going on in Haiti, please consider making a one-time donation to Compassion’s Disaster Relief Fund. You can donate as little or as much as you’d like; it only takes one look at the photographs coming out of Haiti to know that the needs are mind-boggling.
Thanks, y’all.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I was there 10 years ago. I was so overwhelmed THEN by the poverty, homelessness, rampant crime; really a true hopelessness seemed to permeate the entire country. I hardly have had a day since that Haiti wasn’t on my mind.
I can’t imagine how things will get better now after this. I’m thankful that our loving, caring, all-knowing Father has a plan.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
So sad.
You can also text “DISASTER” to 90999 to donate $10 to Compassion or you can text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross for disaster relief.
My prayers are with Haiti.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
My heart is heavy as well, so terribly sad. I’ve read every report on the web I can find and have prayed for them all day.
January 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I thought Compassion would have something for Haiti and you would have the link. Thanks.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Me too. I woke up this morning and caught some video footage on The Weather Channel website and I was shocked. Being a builder, and not far away (I’m in Florida) makes me want to just go help… but I don’t know how that would work. It seems like they’re going to have a real mess. I’ll send my few readers over here to see your link to the Compassion Fund. Thanks for putting it up.
Tim
January 13th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
I just got home and heard about this. So sad.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
One of the poorest third world countries already – what a tragedy. They will have needs we cannot even begin to comprehend. They barely have the basics as it is – we are so blessed here in our snug homes with running water, indoor plumbing, and more than one spare outfit to put on….
January 13th, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
I can’t even begin to comprehend the hurt. And I feel so completely helpless. Thanks for sharing the link.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Help will come – there are already loads of supplies but no way to deliver them – good to get people to give. Our church youth have gone there several times to serve – tonight in our prayer time DH and I were both struck with “wars and rumors of wars . . . nation will rise against nation . . there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.” Indeed – come Lord Jesus.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
I feel my mind and my heart holding back as I look at the images coming out of that place. I find myself not wanting to go there, to imagine what it would be like. The people there have no choice but to deal with the grim reality. Who am I to avoid thinking too much about the devastation?? thanks for the link.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I can not even wrap my mind around it all. Thank you for the link.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:09 am
World Vision and Partners in Health are good ones to support as well, particularly as they have operations all over the country. Ministries/nonprofits working out of PAP are just as devastated as everyone else. WV and PIH are still functional.
January 14th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Foxnews.com has a slide show. Slide 13 has a little boy with a heartbreakingly sad face. It haunts me. I have seen my own babies make that face, but I have always been able to make that face melt away into a smile and a giggle. This boy’s sad face is too much. I can’t make it go away.
I’ve held my babies tighter and prayed for those babies with all my heart and cried an ugly cry over it.
January 14th, 2010 at 9:39 am
We have been so worried, our sponsored child lives in the Petit Goave region. I’ve been on the Compassion site almost non-stop to try to find out new information. It feels so helpless to just pray and send money. I feel compelled to go, to help more. Such a poor nation already, and then the amount of devastation we see on TV and the images, my heart aches for all of Haiti.
January 14th, 2010 at 10:11 am
I just blogged about this, too. It seems to be on everyone’s mind. I’ve got to break away from the news to teach the kids…
January 14th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Thanks for giving us this opporutnity to help. My heart just aches!
January 14th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Thanks, Sophie, for speaking for our Compassion family in Haiti.
BLOGGERS: You can grab several Help Haiti banners here: http://bit.ly/HaitiBanners They link to Compassion International’s Haiti Earthquake donation page.
January 14th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
I have been looking for a charity to give to to help Haiti and I saw that Compassion International was helping there. I remembered how you traveled with them a while back and I have some questions I’d like to ask you about their organization. I am reading their site, but would like to know more from your perspective. Can you please email me? Thanks.
January 14th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
I’m a broke college student. I felt terrible, but I knew I didn’t have money to give, even a little bit. But when I watched the pictures on the news, I scraped together $10 to donate through the Red Cross cell phone donation line. I know not everyone can, but if you can spare even a few bucks, it will mean so much.
January 15th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
It’s awful! I just can’t get the images out of my mind. We are going to sit down as a family tonight and talk about what we can give. I want the kids to be involved, as well.