I took a moment to add up the giving to the "Haiti Medical Fund" for 2009 and was quite surprised to see that we doubled the 2008 giving!!!
In 2008 we collected over $6000, which was incredible and far beyond our expectations.
In 2009 we collected $13, 566!!! And these figures do not include other important donations such as school supplies, medications, toys, or airfare for heart patients.
Beyond the money, however, is the incredible encouragement from your emails and prayers. The value of these cannot be overstated.
There are things that we build that will fade and crumble over time, and there are other things that we build that have potential to last.
Unless the Lord builds the house, the laborers work in vain.
Unless the Lord builds the house, the laborers work in vain.
We pray for wisdom as we labor, that we would be attentive to the Architect, to the One who is working out all these marvelous plans in His own ways and His own timing.
The theme is fitting for the season. Advent is the time of waiting for the coming of the Messiah. We look over the Bible accounts and marvel and rejoice at God's plan and timing for Jesus as a baby.
We continue that anticipation even now for Christ's promised return.
And as we pray, "Lord Come", we apply this to our own lives and to the lives of our neighbors...including our Haitian neighbors in need.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
Ben and Jen
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