Give Me That Smile

       I just got back from a heartbreaking trip to Haiti. I have to tell you that, while the problems are enormous, there are no easy solutions. For me, this is extremely frustrating. And yet, in the midst of my frustration, I’m trying to remember a couple of vital truths.

       I have the privilege of joining the Haiti Orphan Relief Team (HORT) on their April 18-22 trip to Haiti. HORT is a cooperative effort of U.S. based ministries and disaster response experts that have joined together to respond to Haiti’s orphan crisis.

One of the major objectives of HORT is to provide U.S. churches with the opportunity to be a part of the solution to Haiti’s orphan crisis by coming alongside Haitian churches in church-to-church partnerships to initiate, strengthen and grow their outreach to orphans in their immediate communities. The Orphaned and Vulnerable Child Program (OVC) is one of the HORT initiatives established to help accomplish this major objective.

Biblical teaching on spiritual adoption and its implication for orphan care (Jason Weber and Dan Cruver)

Why the local church should care for orphaned and vulnerable children OVC program implementation

Church-to-church partnerships (expectations and roles)

A biblical look at the Restavec tradition in Haiti

My fellow teams members are: Scott Vair (World Orphans), Alan Hunt (World Orphans), Jason Weber (Hope for Orphans), Brad Powell (Northridge Church), and Michael Miller (Northridge Church).

Please pray for us and the Haitian pastors and orphans that we will serve while there. Our desire is to serve them wisely and faithfully in the name of Jesus. 


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Thanks
Mary Beth.