Sunday, January 22, 2017

Just go!

As I get ready to leave for Haiti tomorrow, I reflect on my journey to mission work.....
In spring of 2013, I was asked to donate a family photography session for a benefit to help support a couple wanting to adopt a little boy from Haiti (he is still in Haiti). The family who purchased the session are friends of the couple. The family I was photographing was very involved with Haiti missionary work. During the 2 hour session, we had plenty of time to talk about their faith journey in Haiti. They invited me to go to Haiti with their organization, Healing Haiti. In the back of my mind, I thought "yeah, someday that'd be cool" maybe in 5-10 years. I had envisioned doing mission work in Africa since I was a teenager. Later that year, my good friend Eileen signed-up with Reiser Relief for her first to Haiti January 2014. After her return, I made the decision not to wait, it was my time. Fast forward...


Tomorrow, Jamie & I will be taking Alex with us on our 4th mission trip in a little over 2 years to Haiti with Reiser Relief, my first trip as a co-leader with Eileen. I feel extremely blessed that I listened to my call to Haiti. I have learned so much from the people there. My only regret is that I didn't go when I was younger/sooner. I have several friends and family with a genuine desire to go somewhere to serve others. My advice is, don't wait, just "go!". If you don't have money, raise it. If you don't have time off work, ask for it. If you're not sure it's your time, pray about it. Some people go once and that's enough for them. Others have a seed that plants inside of them. That seed can grow depths of roots in each person. If you want to learn more about trips to Haiti let me know. If you or your friends/family are doing mission work somewhere else, I would love to hear about it.

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