Sunday, September 9, 2012

St. Joseph's Home for Boys--performance in Lancaster, PA!!!

Hi all,

I just learned that the boys from St. Joseph's home (in Port-au-Prince) will be in Lancaster, PA on October 2 at 7pm to do a show!!!    


For those who may not know, I used to stay at St. Joseph's Home for Boys when I first went to Haiti.  This is an orphanage in PAP that takes in street boys, provides housing and schooling and skills.   It is a phenomenal organization, and Wings of Hope orphanage (of which I have spoken many times) is part of the same organization (known as Hearts With Haiti).  You may recall that after the earthquake of 2010 the entire structure of the Home for Boys was demolished.  One of the young men was on the top floor of the orphanage and had to jump out onto another building.  In the fall he broke his leg and was brought to the US for surgery.

I cannot speak highly enough about this organization.  They have been and remain a bright light and model of how to provide help in a context like Haiti.  

If you are available, I would ask that you seriously consider attending the Resurrection Theater of Haiti performance.  Jen and I have seen variations of it several times in PAP and it is amazing.  It's quite truly an artistic demonstration, put on by the boys themselves, of how God's love and compassion poured out into the lives of others can create a change from nothingness and hopelessness (street boys who are despised) to resurrected beings.


Also, they are in the process of raising more funds because of damage done to their new orphanage from the last tropical storm.  

See the attachment.  Please feel free to pass this along to others.  I'd love to see a big turnout to support this group.  


October 2, 2012
7:00pm
St. James Episcopal Church
119 N. Duke Street
Lancaster PA  17602



Ben

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