| It is so often that our prayers of gratefulness are followed by prayers asking for something else. We take time to thank God for the things He has given us, but we follow it up almost immediately by asking for more.
Every day, I thank God for those of you who have walked alongside us over the last 13 years. I thank Him for your time, for your generosity, and for your continued prayers and support. But, as I am most certainly human, those prayers of thanks typically end with me asking Him to show more people the work He is doing in the beautiful country of Haiti. I frequently ask Him to lay it upon the hearts of others to support the work we are doing, or to remind those who are blessed to continue being blessings to others.
With no degree of uncertainty, I truly believe that this 60 Minutes segment with Mitch Albom and Anderson Cooper was one of God’s unique ways of answering some of those prayers.
As many of you know, our American team has been unable to safely go to the compound for the last couple of years. While we are continuing all of our hard work there through our very capable Haitian staff, it can feel increasingly difficult to share our story, our progress, and our good work when many of the photos and videos we receive are sent from phones that are older than half of the children in the school.
At the beginning of our time in Haiti, we were blessed with the partnership of Next Step Ministries and their amazing staff. During that time, we were able to capture the most beautiful photos and video footage as our dreams and hard work came to life. Since then, we have had to become increasingly creative in how we illustrate the work we are doing and the beauty of the Fond Blanc community. But, like I said before, God has such amazing and unique ways of answering our prayers.
I would ask each and every one of you to take 14 minutes out of your day to watch this 60 Minutes segment on Mitch Albom’s Have Faith Haiti orphanage. This segment does such a beautiful job of sharing the realities of what it means to be a place of support and education for children in a country that is struggling so profoundly. The daily lives shown so closely reflect those of our children and staff in Fond Blanc, both the good and the difficult, that it made my heart ache. |
