Remembering Haiti

Today is the two year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. I was blessed with the opportunity to go down to Haiti the summer after the quake. It was one of the most life changing trips that I have ever been on. I have gotten to travel quite a bit over my lifetime and usually by the end of the trip, I am ready to come home. With my trip to Haiti, I wanted to stay. When I got back to America, I only wanted to go back. I left a piece of my heart there. I hope one day that I get to go back. I miss the people. They had more joy than I have ever seen and yet they had absolutely nothing. I could say lots about Haiti but I believe that pictures can say more than words....

Precious children in one of the IDP camps (internally displaced people)

The streets were still covered with debris- there is not a lot of equipment available to comeclean it up.

Distributing food at an IDP camp! It was a little intense at times!

College students we got to work with throughout the summer

Morning routine- LOVED IT!!!

LOVE.

Our translator and friends- Denis!

Human Trafficking

Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day! I love that this is now something that is more public! About 6 years ago, I started learning about human trafficking and instantly my heart was broken. It floored me that there were people who werebeing sold. I live in a world that I am free to do what I want, free to be me, free to take risks, to try new things and to go where I want. To think that there are people that at this moment who dont have that freedoms that I have is awful. It is hard to think about because the problem is huge. There are mass amounts of people who are enslaved and at times it seems overwhelming. But to stay neutral is actually making a choice. The more people become aware for this, the better we are to fight it. I am confident of this, the only way we will see change is if God shows up! To fight human trafficking without the gospel is to only solve half the problem. People need to know that healing and hope can be found in Christ. He is the one who saves, he is the one who redeems and makes all things new! I need to become more diligent about praying and going before the Lord and asking him to move!!

A New Beginning

With everything changing in my life, I decided to embark on the world of blogging. The whole world of blogs has always scared me a little bit and mostly because my writing skills are quite awful. I had my mother edit my papers through college and if I am honest, I will still send her stuff to look over. But, it is a new year and chance to do new things. The last year has consisted of lots of new things and I have a feeling the next couple of years will only bring more! To catch you up on the new things, here they are....

Newly engaged this year...then

Newly married to this handsome fella (I am one lucky girl)

New Job- well new role- Interim City Director of Student Venture

We get to all work with high school students in wonderful north atlanta. This is our staff team that is on the field working right now, we have 3 more joining us soon!

New Apartment (with new husband of course :)

There is just a few of the new things in my life this past year, there are many more to share! Hope you enjoy!!