links on Facebook

I posted a few links on my FB page. Check them out.

One is a link to Aaron Ivey's page - he and his wife, Jamie, are huge advocates for Haiti. Two of their 4 children are from there. Story came home a few months ago, but Amos is still there waiting for final papers.
Dear friends of ours - Dave and Kim Rhodes - are also adopting from Haiti. Frankie's picture hangs on our refrigerator, and my kids talk often of him. When I heard about the earthquake my first thoughts were for the Rhodes and Iveys.
I'm praying specifically for Frankie, Amos and all the other children in the orphanages there. I'm praying for their safety. I'm praying for their hearts and minds. I'm praying that the adoptions will be expedited and not slowed down for another 2 years. I'm praying for these families to have all their children home soon.

I also put a link on there to Don Miller's response to the comment made by Pat Robertson about Haiti. I liked it because I thought it was much less about Pat Robertson and much more about believers. I'm annoyed by Christians who want to argue rather than love, defend rather than do, be angry rather than forgive. All you're doing is the same thing that I've been doing for years - talk from your fearful view of God and how He feels about you. And you truly don't understand how God feels about you or you wouldn't spend your time being angry and defensive. As a recovering legalist myself, I understand.

I also put a link on there to Compassion's site. Straight up, they're the real deal. And in times like this they are an easy place to go and donate resources. Several friends are anxiously waiting to hear about their sponsored children in Haiti. We also have not heard from the Compassion offices there in Haiti - they were in a devastated part of town. My mind has been consumed with thoughts of their families the past 2 days.

It's surreal to me to have all of these thoughts on my mind but to do practically pick up my crying 2 year old and get ready to pack up Christmas decorations. I pray that I will not buy into the lies from Satan that I'm an awful person because I have so much in comparison to the Haitian people. I pray I will accept the resources God has given me and use them for His glory. I pray I will not spend my energy being frustrated at ignorant people. I pray I will look for ways to tell people that God loves them perfectly.

Now I must finish because there's a 2 month old sleeping somewhere - I need to remember where I left her. :)