UPDATED!
The funk is still there. But at least there is a way to help.
My first instinct is to “go”. But that is simply not a reality.
So we shall give instead.
And if the Lord calls us, in a year…or two…or three…we shall go and be the hands and feet that we can’t be in this moment now.
I know many people here are hurting financially. But you can still help. I’ve read of others planning on just eating rice and beans, and using that extra money they saved to donate. Skip going out to eat this month. Stay inside for date night…make a nice meal and rent a movie from the library…and donate what you would have spent.
We are SO blessed in this country, and I have no doubt that each of us can find a creative way to give to those who so desperately need it!
What can you do…
1. Pray. For those hurting. For those rescuing. For those mourning. For those separated by distance. For those waiting for news. Pray.
2. Give. We will be giving money directly to a Christian ministry, yet to be decided.
A complete list of ministries who will directly help the people of Haiti.
Let’s get those dollars flowing to those who NEED them. Desperately need them.
If you plan to blog about ways you are helping, be sure to link up at Money Saving Mom and let us know you’ve joined in the Help for Haiti campaign. I’ll be dropping links and comments all over the place today…and I encourage you to do the same.
Let’s raise some $$$$!!!!!!!
$5 feeds our family dinner. I know that $5 would feed AT LEAST 10, maybe 20, Haitians! That being said…
For each link or comment left on this post, Steve and I will donate $5, up to $500, for the relief efforts in Haiti. Simply tell us in what ways you have given, or plan to give to those in Haiti.
UPDATED! We’ve already hit the $500 goal…thank you! Please keep leaving comments and linking up, as Steve and I will discuss and plan how we can give long term to the relief efforts! Perhaps earmarking $ for a trip to help rebuild, or to give again in 6 months, as the need will still be great, long after the media coverage wanes.
Keep linking and commenting on others’ posts…the more comments…the more $$$ raised for those in need!!!
So link up and comment away…
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What a wonderful idea! Thank you for doing this.
Happy to know that this simple comment can help those in need.
I’m praying for those affected…
~Liz
Amazingly wonderful idea! Our prayers and thoughts are with all of those in Haiti and their extended families throughout the world.
Thank you Erin for doing this! What a wonderful thing.
Still determining where to give….thank you for doing this.
Praying for these people. Thank you for joining in on the effort to help them rebuild their lives.
Such a great thing you’re doing! I’ll spread the word.
Thank you for helping in this way!!! My prayers are with Haiti… God Bless you and yours!
Thanks for doing this.
I love your website, thanks! Thanks for helping the Haitians, too!
Thank you for your generous heart, Erin!!
Thank you for doing this! Each individual person may not be able to do much, but together, we can do something HUGE!!!! Praying and donating to the American Red Cross and Compassion International are the oways I’ve helped…so far!;)
Thank you so much for doing this. I have been so saddened for the people of Haiti.
We’ve already donated to Red Cross via text, as well as donating to Catholic Relief Services. Our church will be taking up a second collection this weekend to send to Haiti as well. Thanks for your generosity.
We donated through Samaritan’s Purse. It was really neat to sit down as a family and decide which ministry we wanted to donate through. Dylan understood that Samaritan’s Purse is the same ministry that does Operation Christmas Child and that’s why we chose them.
Thanks for all you do, and God bless you!
What a wonderful thing your doing. I am praying for everyone there also.
I dontated to Concern Worldwide and my company will be effectively doubling the amt through our matching program. My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this tragedy. thanks for doing this!
Thank you Erin for doing this!
Thank You for thinking of those in need.
This is a great idea! Not sure where we are going to give yet but thanks for the ideas!
Thanks for doing this!
Wow you are so generous. Pray Pray Pray.
Besides eating from our emergency supply this week (we’ve donated the weekly food allowance) I’ve donated my saved up “mypoints” to the red cross. (For some odd reason, that was harder for me to do than eating rice for the next week…) Thank you, you are blessing so many.
Thanks–we’re giving to Catholic Relief Services.
We will be donating to my friends who are missionaries there through Haitian Christian Projects and also to Lifeline because our church is very involved with them and we have a couple people there right now. A friend of mine is also doing a peanut butter drive and clothing drive that we will be contributing to and helping with. I am with you, if my husband and I could go, we would! Its been 7 years since I was there and that is entirely too long! But all in God’s timing…
Thank you Erin! We plan to donate or make a UMCOR Kit or two. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti.
We gave through Doctors without Borders and the American Red Cross. I also asked my employer to give and she donated $5,000 to Doctors without Borders. I am hoping many more feel the urge to give something to help these people who so desperately need it.
This tragedy out of all of them seems worse to me for some reason. Maybe it is the lack of goverment and help these people have in their own country, the severity of their lives prior to this horrific event or just the images that are seered into my mind’s eye. I have been in a 7.0 earthquake and the aftershocks and it is terrifying but that was California. Haiti is like nothing I have seen before… thank you for giving!
I found you through the Thursday Night Dinners blog. Bless you for your generosity!
Thank you! At this time I am scouring leaving comments, saying prayers, and trying to catch up on the news!
Thank you!
this is a great idea. thank you so much for doing this
I love seeing the world come together to help those in need! It gives me lots of hope!
We donated through sending the text message to 90999 with Haiti in the message. Thanks for your generosity!
Awesome idea!! Thank you for doing this!!
thanks for giving us the opportunity to help by leaving a comment
Thank you for being so generous! Hubby and I will be figuring out how much we can donate to Doctors Without Borders….
Your post inspired me to organize an office fundraiser. Our company is going to donate, as are the employees. Thank you for the inspiration!
We donated through World Vision and I have been praying for everyone involved.
This is a great idea! Right now we are praying, I expect that our church will be taking an offering this weekend and we will probably give there.
What a kind and generous thing – I think I will do something similar
Helping in every way I can find. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Thank you for helping the people of Haiti!
I now have hope for Haiti! Utilizing the social networking media for such a worthy cause as this is amazing and I am grateful to have a way to help in the small way that I can. Thank you for such a wonderful idea and a way to make a difference in this world.
Wish I could do more, thank goodness you and others can. Blessings on Haiti and you all!
Our church had a mission group down there when it happened, and they’re thankfully making it home today after a stop in Santo Domingo last night. In their honor our church is going to be doing as much as it can; our group was down there working at a school we helped build some time back. My family has personally donated to the Red Cross, and we plan to put together “goodie” bags that one of our local Methodist churches is collecting of bandaids, toothpaste, and other items for personal hygiene. I am in a Haiti funk as well and can’t quite snap out of it. It’s even crossed my mind that there will be so many more children whose parents were lost in the quake and that maybe my family should consider adopting (I myself was adopted and I’ve always considered doing so myself). Thank you so much for doing this.
@Sara,
Glad your church family is safe. And do pray about adoption! There will be great need for that!!!
I am praying for the people there and the people going over to help.
Thank you for doing this!
Thank you so much!! You don’t know how much this means to those of us with family over there! May the blessings be returned unto you a thousand fold AMEIN!
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