Shaun Groves
“Karen, I’m sorry but I can’t go to Haiti with you guys,” I wrote on November 19, 2009.
Karen, who works for Compassion International in Canada, asked me to co-lead the trip that would show Canadian pastors how Compassion was partnering with churches in Port-au-Prince to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the city’s most impoverished children.
As much as I wanted to spend time with my friend Karen and the children Compassion serves, I told her I was traveling a great deal in the weeks leading up to her trip in January.
”I’m trying to imagine what my family and I will be needing after all that [travel] and I don’t think a trip to Haiti would be the wisest commitment to make.”
Then the earth shook on January 12, 2010.
Karen was in Port-au-Prince and I was safe at home.
JessicaB says:
The way that whole thing happened just renews my faith.
Coincidences, schmoincidences.
Kelli says:
Evidences of a God who is all knowing. Evidences of a God who is full control when it seems that even the Earth beneath our feet is failing us. Life, and death, do not happen by chance.
Thanks for sharing.
Rebecca says:
Thanks for the reminder Shaun–powerful.
JessicaB says:
Shaun-Powerful sounds like a great super hero name. 🙂
Megan @ Faith Like Mustard says:
“…the Internet is not a cold, metallic cluster of soulless machines. It’s people. And God loves to work through people to do His will on earth.”
Yay, internet! 🙂
JessicaB says:
Fo real. I almost tweeted that exact excerpt!
debra parker says:
“…the Internet is not a cold, metallic cluster of soulless machines. It’s people. And God loves to work through people to do His will on earth.”
this was so proved with how we & our internet friends got our son home from Haiti after the quake.
Sarah says:
“I won’t forget to remember”
A quote from Home Alone 2? Yep, but I think it fits in this instance. 🙂 Thanks for helping us not forget to remember the people of Haiti.
sarah says:
What an incredible story-you in the palm of God’s hand.
Karen at Compassion Canada says:
Thank you for remembering Haiti Shaun … Today has been more difficult than I anticipated but what brings joy and HOPE to my heart for Haiti is people like you and friends of Compassion who believe God hasn’t forgotten about Haiti either!! While the media is focused on all the work that is yet to be done (and for this I am grateful as there is still so much to do to raise this country from the rubble) they gave neglected to report on the positive aspects the Church is involved in. GOD has not forgotten Haiti — He will build His Church and the gates if he’ll will not prevail against it. Check out this short video to see some GOOD NEWS of what God is doing thru the local body of Christ in Haiti : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0mXQuV-JE.
Karen at Compassion Canada says:
I really shouldn’t post when it’s so late (and I am incapable of spelling or proofreading). That last comment should read: “and the gates of HELL will not prevail …)” okay then – it’s been a long day — God Bless you Shaun for all you do for the children we serve!!