Have you ever sat in silence thinking of what’s going on around you?  My daughter’s sound asleep and I don’t get many moments like these, so I’m basking in it.  But, the silence doesn’t feel that warm to me.  Because when I stop and unwind, I begin to think about what’s going on in the world…and, all I can see in the background are images of our children.  If Haiti had been the US would we had responded the same?  Or are we just a product of selfishness and greed.  It’s definitely something to think about.  No matter where you stand politically, the situation in Haiti is beyond heart wrenching.  I was chatting with a friend earlier today and we were trying to come up with the words to describe what’s going on over there and we came up with words like, pitiful, sad, heart wrenching, devastating, and many others.  Yet, none of them seemed to describe the emotion we felt in our hearts, nor the sadness of those children left without a family, or loved ones who don’t know whether their people are alive or dead. 

Choose to pull a little bit out of the coffee money, or whatever you splurge on each week.  For me, it’s clothes.  And NO it’s not clothes for ME!  It’s clothes for my daughter.  I almost cried last night as I was going through her closet to donate clothing my daughter’s outgrown, just thinking about the thousands of innocent, pure and loving children of Haiti, without a family, without clothing, yet still full of hope. 

Here are several places you can give a gift of love to these precious people. 

American Red Cross and designate Haiti Relief and Development

Doctors without Borders

World Vision

Max Lucado’s Message for Haiti Fundraising Efforts (Because I thought his perspective is much more representative of the Christian faith and this situation).

xoxo, Amy