CONNECTED!

Over four million meals in one location!  I stood in awe as we wandered through the massive warehouse at Mission of Hope, a partner of Feed My Starving Children in Haiti!  I couldn’t believe in what I was seeing.  I marveled as I thought of the thousands of hours, people, and donations that had come together to make such a sight possible.  There were meals from all over. From sites, and MobilePacks.  It was incredible!

I watched with such joy as the Haitian boys came from the soccer field into the feeding center.  The bowls lined up, cooked and served by our team.  As each boy came forward to receive their meal, they were met with food, and true smiles of joy.  It was a priceless moment as I watched it all come together. We carried in boxes to an orphanage in Port au Prince. Ten simple boxes delivered in love and again with joy. Soccer games, songs, arts and crafts, laughing, bubbles, snacks, smiles, giggles, and kids.  All connected in love as our team loved with reckless abandon. It was a truly a sight of a kingdom to come.  

3:45 am as 15 people gathered at the Minneapolis airport.  A partnership with Healing Haiti and Feed My Starving Children came together with Incarnation Lutheran Church, a Mobile Pack Host Church and another MobilePack Host from New Jersey.  Fifteen people stepping out in faith and trust into a journey of love, compassion, exploration, and self discovery.  

Snapshots, from eight days in a far off place called Haiti.  Snapshots, that standing alone are simply moments.  And yet told together, they are connected.  Connected in a story united in the simple commandment to love God and to love others.  Connected in the gospel.  

In an incredible tapestry, God has woven all of these moments, people, and pieces together.  A wonderful church in Minnesota, Incarnation, that has made it part of their DNA to partner with Feed My Starving Children to pack meals for God’s children, hungry in body and spirit. An amazing organization, Mission of Hope, that partners with Feed My Starving Children, to feed 90,000 Haitian children a day.  And an orphanage that has taken in God’s children to love and care for them.  10 simple boxes of food to help feed and nuture them.  And a team, of 15 simple folks who have journeyed to Haiti, to serve, live, and love in obedience and faithfulness.

Simple moments all connected to tell a beautiful story of 15 people who will never be the same because they have tasted and seen that the Lord is good.  And He is faithful as He brings it all together in His mercy that light may shine in the darkness and His children will be loved.  Connected!