My brother and his family spent a few years in Haiti as missionaries. He has been back several times and I fully expect him to return....sooner rather than later. His heart is for Haiti. Therefore, my heart is for the people of Haiti.
My sisterfriend adopted a little girl from China last year. I feel like Chinadoll is part mine bc we were so involved in the process of bringing her home. My friend's heart is for adoption. Therefore, my heart is tender towards orphans and adoption.
I was RIVETED, bordering on OBSESSED and a Googling maniac with the unfolding events surrounding the Haitian orphans of BRESMA and the McMutrie sisters. Forever families not just in the USA but in other countries had adoptions in progress with these 150 children. I can not imagine the rollercoaster of emotions these families have endured the last week.
I prayed. My children and my husband prayed. Everytime I awoke in the night this weekend, I prayed for their safety. I envisioned huge angels encamped around these two tiny American women and their 150 children they were trying to protect, camped outside their crumbled orphanage building.
I found a blog or two with regular postings on the BRESMA situation. Then on Sunday, updates completely stopped. Silence. We felt like that was GOOD NEWS...meaning something was happening that didn't need to be shared. Something big. Something BIG that only our Father could orchestrate. Boy, was it EVER. I never dreamed it'd involve the Governor of Pennsylvania himself on a plane to Haiti to bring the McMutrie girls and their orphans home to their Forever Families. If you haven't seen the video of the children's arrival in Pittsburgh yesterday, click here. After watching Ali McMutrie's press conference statements, my 14 yr old Rayray said, "I want to be her friend."
The sisters did not come home together, however. 53 of the orphans came home on the plane with Ali McMutrie and the Governor, etc. One little toddler didn't make it on the plane. Jamie got off the plane and refused to leave Haiti without the one. She found the little girl at the American Embassy and arrived in Pittsburgh today.
These girls are shepherds over the tiniest and most fragile lambs. This story is a real life picture of Christ. He leaves the 99 safe sheep to go after the one lost lamb. He came after me. He came after you. He has not forgotten nor forsaken the people of Haiti.
He is Emanuel - God is With us, El Shaddai - All Sufficient. Our Hope endures the worst of conditions. Let the earth quake. Our hope is unchanged. (Natalie Grant)
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"O, afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires. I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels and all your walls of precious stones" Isaiah 54:14. Hannah said that what she thinks when she thinks of Haiti. I agree. :)
Your comments about Haiti made me believe in humanity again -- it's great to see that people do still care. We live in a world that's full of terror, sadness, and humanity that seems to be heading backwards. Great to see someone who cares, and who is trying to get that message out there.
Wow...great post and wonderful reminder that God is after each one of us & longs to involve us in caring for His children. I volunteer for Children's HopeChest and Tom Davis asked that I say thanks for expressing interest in his book "Scared" through the She Reads website. Having gone to Africa with HopeChest recently I know that the things Tom writes about in "Scared" are very real, very heart breaking situations for so many orphans in Africa right now. It's easy to feel paralyzed by the problems these children face, but I have come to realize that it takes so little to make a difference in an orphan's life. Children's HopeChest has lots of opportunities for you to be involved in impacting a child's life. If you'd like to learn more, email brandi@hopechest.org to find out how you might help bring hope to an orphan or visit www.hopechest.org. Thanks again for your interest in "Scared". The more we open ourselves up to embrace God's heart for the least of these, the more our lives are transformed into His likeness. God bless!
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