Meet Pierre
Pierre turned 4 in July.
He loves playing with his friends and to sing and that makes me smile.
He wants to be a driver when he grows up (and Jon LOVES driving)
He is a happy kindergartner.
He is now a part of our family.
A couple of months ago our church introduced us to the organization, Mission of Hope.
"As an organization following Jesus Christ, Mission of Hope exists to bring life transformation to every man, woman, and child in Haiti. We desire to serve the nation of Haiti, and see lives changed."
A MOH postcard has been on our fridge ever since then but it wasn't until Sunday that we actually did something with it. Sunday's service was about giving. Why give? Because God willingly and freely gives us so much undeserved love and forgiveness. Our pastor challenged us to give. He told us that if we make more than $2,000 a YEAR that we are richer than 80% of the world. If we make more than $25,000 a year, we are richer than 99% of the world. I am guessing you are very rich. He challenged us to tithe, which is to give the first 10% of your income, for 3 months and promised God would deliver. God has given me life and freedom, why is it so hard to give back to Him? He even said that if after 3 months we regret giving that 10%, our church will refund us. Isn't that amazing.
I've felt very vulnerable lately. And the good kind of vulnerable. I feel like my heart is so open and thirsting for God to work inside me. I feel like He wants me to do something great. I am just not sure what that is. After hearing those statistics and thinking about the postcard on our fridge, we immediately went home and adopted little Pierre. Did you know that $35 a month sends him to school, gives him food, clothing and medicine? $35 is a date night. Or an unnecessary trip to Forever 21. But now...we are saving his life.
So today I ask you for prayers. Prayers for Pierre and his friends at the Grand Chemin Housing Project in Haiti. Prayer that someone finds the kindness in their heart to share their wealth. To save a life.
We can't wait to get to know Pierre through letters and notes. It's been 3 days and we've already talked about visiting Haiti someday (our church does a lot of work there).
20 comments:
wow! that is so amazing ruthie! pierre is so blessed, and God is working wonders through you! :) I am already loving Gateway and will continue to attend there, and hopefully get involved in this MOH project!
Wow, that is something to think about! Pierre is so lucky to have you and your husband as his sponsors. What an truly amazing thing you two are doing!
Congratulations on the new family member. How inspirational. I didn't realize those statistics about making $25,000 dollars! Thanks for the eye-opening post this morning. Praying you and Jon have clarity and drive to pursue your Haiti calling!!
Amazing! this really is something to think about.
YAY! He is such a cutie...congrats on the new family member :) xo
This is awesome and really hits home for me. What a blessing! I'm actually traveling to Haiti with my church in December for a week and have been looking forward to it for so long. Haiti is definitely something that God has put on my heart, and I will most certainly be praying for Pierre. You guys are amazing.
This is awesome Ruthie! Travis and I adopted Sunday from the MOH a year ago and the excitement we get when he sends a letter/picture/update is untouchable! It's a very fun experience and glad you are blogging about such a good cause!
This is honestly going to be the biggest blessing ever for you. I sponsored my first child (through Compassion International) a little over 2 months ago and now I'm up to 3 kids and 2 others that I correspond with. It is the best feeling in the world knowing someone out there is praying for you while you pray for them, and blessing each other so much from across the world. One of my girls is from Haiti too and one of the boys I write with is as well, I love that country. I just received my 1st letters from both of them. It's SO exciting when the letters start coming in!
Wow Ruthie! What a wonderful thing you and Jon are doing! Prayers for the two of you and for your little Pierre!
Ruthie - you are amazing! This is such a wonderful gift you are giving this little boy. Makes my heart so happy!!!
How wonderful Ruthie! Such a great thing knowing how you are helping someone. Pierre is going to be so happy and his life will be forever changed.
Wow! This is so powerful, Ruthie! I'm so proud of you! And these are such interesting facts. I'm still working towards finding a cause I believe in, but I do donate to multiple chairities.
Aw, he is so cute! We sponsor a child through Compassion which is probably pretty similar, as far as the organization goes! Congratulations!!
You couldn't have sponsored a cuter kid! I know you'll both be blessed through this. :)
That is so amazing, and he is such a sweet looking kid! I hope you both will be blessed!
Wow! This is amazing. What a blessing for all involved. I need to look into this. Thank you for sharing!
I have always wanted to sponsor a child and you just gave me the push that I needed. :)
This is so awesome! It touches my heart in such a deep way!!! I'm so happy/proud of you guys!!! <3 He is just SO CUTE!
You and your husband are an amazing couple! This made my heart smile and made me check my own life...and I know that this post has encouraged me to do more than I am doing! Thanks for this! He is adorable! I hope you get to meet him one day!
That is so great of you Ruthie!!
Becca
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