Comments on: Haitian Grace and the Global Food Crisis http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/ Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dana http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-12563 Dana Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:57:12 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-12563 What a good reminder of how much we have to be grateful for here. It's too easy to get caught up in "woe is me" but all it takes is a letter form one of my children, or a glimpse of their pictures, to remind me of just how much I have to be grateful for and how much I take for granted. What a good reminder of how much we have to be grateful for here. It’s too easy to get caught up in “woe is me” but all it takes is a letter form one of my children, or a glimpse of their pictures, to remind me of just how much I have to be grateful for and how much I take for granted.

]]> By: Vicki Small http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Vicki Small Thu, 01 May 2008 15:24:21 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-702 My heart broke, not long ago, when I read about the dirt "cookies" many of the poorest Haitians eat to ease the hunger pangs. I need my heart broken often, to counteract the consumerist in me and kick me out of my own pity parties. Lord, help me to get over myself, out of myself, and take new steps to make more contacts to reach more people who will release more children from poverty, in Your name! My heart broke, not long ago, when I read about the dirt “cookies” many of the poorest Haitians eat to ease the hunger pangs. I need my heart broken often, to counteract the consumerist in me and kick me out of my own pity parties.

Lord, help me to get over myself, out of myself, and take new steps to make more contacts to reach more people who will release more children from poverty, in Your name!

]]> By: Amber Van Schooneveld http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Amber Van Schooneveld Thu, 01 May 2008 14:23:07 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-698 Hi Joyce, You can also check Haiti's country news page on Compassion's web site. An update was posted April 29. Here's the address: http://www.compassion.com/sponsordonor/countrynews/ha/default.htm Hi Joyce, You can also check Haiti’s country news page on Compassion’s web site. An update was posted April 29. Here’s the address:
http://www.compassion.com/sponsordonor/countrynews/ha/default.htm

]]> By: Joyce T http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Joyce T Thu, 01 May 2008 01:47:36 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-693 Thank you, Amber, for helping me know how to pray. I have felt so helpless as I read the news, see the photographs, and think of my sponsored teenager in Haiti -- who has 10 sibs including a newborn. Please keep on reporting what you know of the situation there, and suggesting ways to pray for the desperate people in Haiti. Thank you, Amber, for helping me know how to pray. I have felt so helpless as I read the news, see the photographs, and think of my sponsored teenager in Haiti — who has 10 sibs including a newborn. Please keep on reporting what you know of the situation there, and suggesting ways to pray for the desperate people in Haiti.

]]> By: Stevi Ferguson http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Stevi Ferguson Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:44:42 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-671 Last night, a group of us who were in Honduras in March got together to talk about the transition back to life in the U.S. and the challenges we've faced. We decided that it's OK to feel the tension of knowing the reality of the poverty we saw, while living in the midst of plenty in the U.S. It's OK to feel uncomfortable, so long as that discomfort moves us to action - whether through prayer, through giving, through going again, or through reaching out to the hurting in our own backyards. Last night, a group of us who were in Honduras in March got together to talk about the transition back to life in the U.S. and the challenges we’ve faced. We decided that it’s OK to feel the tension of knowing the reality of the poverty we saw, while living in the midst of plenty in the U.S. It’s OK to feel uncomfortable, so long as that discomfort moves us to action – whether through prayer, through giving, through going again, or through reaching out to the hurting in our own backyards.

]]> By: Ian Durias http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Ian Durias Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:47:03 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-670 Praying... (And you do a really good Valley-Girl voice. Grin.) Praying…

(And you do a really good Valley-Girl voice. Grin.)

]]> By: Amber Van Schooneveld http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Amber Van Schooneveld Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:21:24 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-668 Thanks, all--I'm humbled by your comments! Thanks, all–I’m humbled by your comments!

]]> By: Compassion dave http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Compassion dave Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:39:19 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-662 Thank you Amber for that reality check. By the way (<i>and speaking of reality checks</i>), I am really digging <b>"Hope Lives".</b> I am beginning to think it's going to be 'one of those books' everyone needs to read. God bless. cd Thank you Amber for that reality check. By the way (and speaking of reality checks), I am really digging “Hope Lives”. I am beginning to think it’s going to be ‘one of those books’ everyone needs to read.

God bless.

cd

]]> By: Dionna http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Dionna Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:17:10 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-657 I wrote a similiar post last week. I had been feeling sorry for myself because of grocery costs when I thought of the little girl I sponsor in Haiti. It's all about perspective isn't it? I wrote a similiar post last week. I had been feeling sorry for myself because of grocery costs when I thought of the little girl I sponsor in Haiti.
It’s all about perspective isn’t it?

]]> By: Larry Strohl http://blog.compassion.com/haitian-grace-and-the-global-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Larry Strohl Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:19:50 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=311#comment-656 My son and I just returned from Haiti in March after 9 days there. Let me say to all who think that they understand poverty, please visit Haiti. We helped build a church and also held bible school for the kids. My whole life changed when a woman came up to me and asked if I would be willing to take her child home with me so she wouldn't starve to death. Another thing that tugs at my heart is holding a child that's crying from hunger. If you really want to understand the pain and suffering while being blessed at the same time visit Haiti, I beg you do this. May you feel GOD beside you. Larry My son and I just returned from Haiti in March after 9 days there. Let me say to all who think that they understand poverty, please visit Haiti. We helped build a church and also held bible school for the kids. My whole life changed when a woman came up to me and asked if I would be willing to take her child home with me so she wouldn’t starve to death. Another thing that tugs at my heart is holding a child that’s crying from hunger. If you really want to understand the pain and suffering while being blessed at the same time visit Haiti, I beg you do this.
May you feel GOD beside you.

Larry

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