Hope for Haiti: You Move, God Moves

   4,000 Bracelets = 1 Home for 13 Orphans

This is about much more than simply buying a paracord bracelet (or two or ten).  I do hope that as a reader of this blog, you will engage with your purchase of  some "Hope for Haiti" collection bracelets.  I do hope that you will share the story of the urgent need to get this home built as quickly as humanly possible.  But this is bigger than that.

This is about moving forward with what we KNOW from Scripture about God's heart toward orphans and what we KNOW about his unlimited resources.  The only thing standing between us and God's desire for this orphan home is faith.  This is about God's people moving toward something bigger than us, trusting in the Father to the fatherless to accomplish His will for His glory.

If you were not in attendance last November 20 when Pastor Shannon O'Dell from Brand New Church preached at CHC at the end of our Sun Stand Still series, I want to let you in on a phrase that has become part of our lexicon:  "You move, God moves."  Shannon spoke of the potential of God's people that often goes unrealized because we fail to move.  He is waiting for us to move in faith toward Him so that He can show Himself strong on our behalf to the rest of the world that does not know Him.

I met with a group of people last night to train them to make "Hope for Haiti" paracord bracelets.  Many of them had spent a week at the House of Abraham earlier this year on a mission trip through IsleGo Missions.  Their hearts burn for the need of "our babies."

The bracelets are in the colors of Haiti's flag.  We will be selling them for $10 each at the CHC Connections Bookstore on Sunday -- limited supply this week but more to come as our supplies arrive early next week.  We moved.  We will be selling them at carnivals and farmer's markets and flea markets, wherever we get a chance.  We're moving.

But that's not enough.  We need you, as an orphan care champion, to pray that God would do what we already know He desires to do.  Then, what else can you do?  Can you make bracelets?  Awesome, we're going to need a lot of them.  Can you sell bracelets?  Great, we need a much larger reach than our church.  You move, God moves.

Thanks for reading.  Now move.

Al