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Help One Sunday
I really enjoyed speaking yesterday at Eastpoint Church in Newark Delaware. Eastpoint is a gracious community that already does great global work. It’s always a privilege to be a guest speaker, it takes a lot of trust for a pastor to allow an outsider to come share.
Some thoughts:- Great feedback from the congregation!
- 7-10 kids were sponsored.
- Multiple shirts sold for Haiti.
- Some cool one-time donations.
Our goal for HELP One Sundays are quite simple, we want to share about God’s heart for the orphan, and how God calls His church to respond to the crisis. Of course we also offer simple ways to serve the kids in need through sponsorships. We DO NOT ask churches to pay, our desire is to be a gift to the local church as we advocate for the orphan.
We’re also learning how to do this more effectively. We are grateful for churches that that take risk on a young organization like HELP. Thankfully, we’re getting a lot of support, and encouragement.This Sunday, we will be doing another HELP One Sunday at Chinese Christian Church in downtown Philly. Can’t wait for that! -
Atlanta Connections
I’m currently in a hotel room outside of Atlanta, after driving eight hours from Raleigh. On my way to Atlanta, I stopped in Charlotte and had lunch with Steve.God has answered some prayers, when I left this morning, I had no clue where I would be staying. Lucky for me a friend donated cash for a hotel room tonight, and tomorrow I’m staying with a family I’ve never met-God’s Kingdom at work.
In the morning I will meet with a church that is interested in doing some international work. Tomorrow night I get to reconnect with the Extreme Response boys (Jerry & Dan) in Atlanta. We spent five days together in Cairo last year. Good dudes, who are doing some great work!
Friday, I’m looking forward to hanging with Jeff Shinabarger in East Atlanta. I also have some other meetings lined-up. I love connecting with folks, dreaming together and seeing what God is going to do with each conversation!
That being said, traveling is tiring. I remember talking to Tom about this issues, if we are going to love and serve those in need, we will have to travel a lot, it’s our sacrifice to the Lord and on-behalf of those whom we advocate for. So I consider it a privilege to travel and share my passion to rescue and restore orphans and serve those in need.
