I am reading through James in the mornings with the kids...this is the book they chose. We usually just read about 10 verses each day while they are eating breakfast. They both have their own Bibles with neat little application and further study features that bring the Scriptures to their level, so some mornings we don't read, we just go over one of those. There tends to be a lot of explaining and plenty of questions. I benefit from it as much as they do, if not more. We finished Chapter One this morning, which closes with this verse: "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27
How timely? Because I can't get these people off of my mind and heart, I wanted to share another organization we are going to support. It is Vision of Hope Ministries Haiti. Our church sends missions groups to work beside this organization on a regular basis. Our youth pastor's daughter, Brittany, is working closely with Pastor Henoc of this ministry, as she teaches in a Christian school in Cap Haitian and cares for 11 children orphaned by the hurricanes a couple of years ago. These unbelievably poor people are doing whatever they can to help take care of those who were hurt and displaced by the earthquake, even as they grieve the loss of some of their own friends and family. Oh, that I could be so selfless!
On a related note, I did get an email from one of my students that lives in Haiti. He said he and his family are okay and are just waiting with hope to hear from other family and friends.
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