Riches in Poverty

There are some ironies of life that transcend all explanation.

I found one in Haiti.

I expected that my trip there would impact my life, but never to the depth that it did! It was one of those I'll-never-be-the-same-again experiences.

I also never expected to be impacted the way that I was impacted!

As long as I've been a Christian, I've heard about the transforming power of Christ's love. (Longer, I'm sure, but what unbeliever ever listens to that!) But until I spent this time at Grace Children's Home, I never experienced it!

When you & I look at Grace Children's Home, we think "orphanage." Keith & Cindy would quickly correct you if they heard you say that: "We're NOT an orphanage, we're a family."

It's not a slogan... They are!

See, at Grace, they are not running an orphanage, (begin sarcastic voice) trying to give a bunch of under-privileged kids the opportunity of a lifetime: to be an American. (end sarcastic voice)

The truth is that at Grace, they have a family. They are a family! In fact, when you look at the 80 or so kids there, if you didn't know the kids came from different families, you'd think it was a strong family with 80 kids! Seriously!

It's incredible!

In fact, it's miraculous!

And that's really the point: this family is not knit together by DNA, but TPCL... The Transforming Power of Christ's Love! These kids have been touched by the Father's love & now have an earthly father & mother in Keith & Cindy.

If you've never seen this transforming power for yourself--or if you've seen it only to the extent that you're still able to explain it--then I invite you to join us in March as we take a team from our church down to Grace.

We're going down to be a blessing: "rich" Americans showing benevolence to "poor" Haitians, but I already know what's really going to happen: we're going to realize that they are rich, that we are poor... And we're going to be blessed more than be a blessing.

This is what happened to Jennifer & I experienced when we went down there.

Yes, indeed: we're going to see riches in poverty!