Comments on: why i’m going to haiti

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:55:00 +0000

I’ll definitely be praying for your trip…but I always wanted to say…

It is with eager expectation and great hope that I look towards a day when the “small ‘representative sample’ of the youth worker community” includes more than one female who is “(not technically a youth worker, but we’re going to make her an honorary one for this trip!)” (- per your “youth ministry advance team: haiti” post)…

By: youth ministry advance team: haiti — whyismarko

youth ministry advance team: haiti — whyismarko — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:01:40 +0000

[...] week, i blogged about the (still hard for me to believe) reality that i’m going to haiti in a week and a half. as [...]

By: Julia Neph

Julia Neph — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:22:33 +0000

Mark, I just wanted to let you know that I think it’s great that you are going. I went out to Gulfport, Mississippi with the Red Cross, after Hurricane Katrina for 3 weeks, and lived on a cot in an airplane hanger. I cried alot because of the destruction I saw, and I’d never done anything like it before and was a bit homesick and maybe even scared. But given the chance I would do it again in a second. I listen to God when he speaks to me, and at that time I had the time, energy, enthusiasm and love in my heart for others in need, that made it very easy for me to make the decision to go. The people you will be helping will be so grateful that others cared enough to come and help them, it will cease to be about you in any way, as the days go by and you will be energized by the need you will see. God will be w/ you on your trip. Just remember that this is a chance for you to give of yourself, and many millions of people here in this country wish they could but can’t. You are lucky to have the opportunity, be thankful for it. I have a local newspaper article about my trip, I can email it to you if you send me you’re email address, it tells a bit more about my state of mind at the time.

By: Patti-Mom

Patti-Mom — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:10:02 +0000

Blessings will flow … so glad you’re going … I will be praying for your team daily!

By: Sarah Wadi

Sarah Wadi — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:09 +0000

Hey my names Sarah. My youth pastor Tim is going with you to Haiti and i just wanted you to know that Im praying for all of you and praying that God will use you all in a big way! God Bless!

By: Ken Rawson

Ken Rawson — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:50:59 +0000

Glad you’re going bro! wish I could be with you!

By: christine

christine — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:12:12 +0000

Mark, thank you for your continued transparency and for being a person who seems to really wrestle with things, rather than quickly assenting. I look forward to following your journey . . . both to Haiti and into this new year of changes for you and your family.

Crystal, I understand your heart-pull to Haiti . . . please be careful just now, though, as most of the international groups involved in adoption ethics strongly urge that children NOT be taken out of country until it can be verified that there are no living relatives, and that just plain takes time. There are so many challenges in international adoption, and uprooting kids in times of natural disasters isn’t always the best option. There are wonderful groups in Haiti such as SOS Villages that are meeting needs of children in amazing ways. There aren’t quick fixes to such tragedies. Truly wish you well. From one adoptive mother to another.

By: Chris Condit

Chris Condit — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:31:52 +0000

Mark
God bless bro! I pray God opens up incredible doors for you as you will be His hands & feet there. I’m jealous, I’d love to have the opportunity to serve there.

By: Jeff Goins

Jeff Goins — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:58:48 +0000

Renee, great response. I have felt that frustration, too. I actually sensed God saying that the focus and priority that we as a western church have begun placing on Haiti is how he feels about the WHOLE WORLD. It’s not that we should diminish what has happened in Haiti, but rather that our compassion for all impoverished, destitute, and despairing parts of the world needs to be increased.

By: Jeff Goins

Jeff Goins — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:48:17 +0000

This was awesome.