Tonight was awesome. This week has been awesome. It didn't start out that way but seriously, God has been actively teaching Mark and I some things that we think are going to change our world and hopefully others' too!
Tonight I went to The View Christian Church to view a presentation by Shelley Clay. Her husband Corrigan grew up in the same church my sisters and I did... they are the one's living in Haiti that I think I've blogged a little about before. She goes back to Haiti on the 23rd and tonight she had set up all the jewelry the people involved in their ministry have made. It's amazing!!!!!!! I wish I had more money so I could give more and buy more and just get more people to buy more!!! I bought a few bracelets that are simply beautiful! On each piece of jewelry they put a tag with information about the person who made the item and their photo... so neat to see how we can actively help people who are literally starving and need to see God's love.
The Clay's ministry is so in line with Mark and my giftings... I think I may actually be running their etsy site soon. They don't sell online yet and I've set up several etsy shops and I would be SO BLESSED to help out in that way! I'm seeing more and more how much of my time is spent on my personal pursuits and I'm seeing more clearly just how full of sin that is! God calls us to be filled with Him and to die to ourselves yet in America, it is completely fine to spend your time on things that benefit you. It's as if Christians here no longer believe that God's Spirit renews you when you spend your efforts on loving and serving His people. We seem to have forgotten that Jesus said it was better for Him to go so that we could have His Spirit and do great works in His name. How is this possible???
Anyway, I'm saving that subject for a different blog and a different day :) What I really want to do is spread the word about what Corrigan and Shelley are doing!! Here's their blog and you can see their official website from there. Once I get my hands on more of that jewelry I will let you know. I am really excited to see what God will do with us. Our debts are a burden right now... we can't just pick up and leave unless God takes care of those or something... not that we are going to head anywhere right now, but we just realize what a selfish thing all our debts are. After hearing about Haiti (even pre-earthquake) I desire to be more grateful and to use my resources in a way that enables others to feel God's love, even if it causes me to sacrifice things that seem like "normal" things to have. Haiti's EMPLOYMENT rate was only 11% BEFORE the earthquake!!!! The average person makes $400 a year!!! I am just baffled more and more by how many of us in America are so spoiled and don't even know it! How can so many of us only see our own problems and never care to help out somewhere else? I never want to be that kind of American ever again.
Tonight I went to The View Christian Church to view a presentation by Shelley Clay. Her husband Corrigan grew up in the same church my sisters and I did... they are the one's living in Haiti that I think I've blogged a little about before. She goes back to Haiti on the 23rd and tonight she had set up all the jewelry the people involved in their ministry have made. It's amazing!!!!!!! I wish I had more money so I could give more and buy more and just get more people to buy more!!! I bought a few bracelets that are simply beautiful! On each piece of jewelry they put a tag with information about the person who made the item and their photo... so neat to see how we can actively help people who are literally starving and need to see God's love.
The Clay's ministry is so in line with Mark and my giftings... I think I may actually be running their etsy site soon. They don't sell online yet and I've set up several etsy shops and I would be SO BLESSED to help out in that way! I'm seeing more and more how much of my time is spent on my personal pursuits and I'm seeing more clearly just how full of sin that is! God calls us to be filled with Him and to die to ourselves yet in America, it is completely fine to spend your time on things that benefit you. It's as if Christians here no longer believe that God's Spirit renews you when you spend your efforts on loving and serving His people. We seem to have forgotten that Jesus said it was better for Him to go so that we could have His Spirit and do great works in His name. How is this possible???
Anyway, I'm saving that subject for a different blog and a different day :) What I really want to do is spread the word about what Corrigan and Shelley are doing!! Here's their blog and you can see their official website from there. Once I get my hands on more of that jewelry I will let you know. I am really excited to see what God will do with us. Our debts are a burden right now... we can't just pick up and leave unless God takes care of those or something... not that we are going to head anywhere right now, but we just realize what a selfish thing all our debts are. After hearing about Haiti (even pre-earthquake) I desire to be more grateful and to use my resources in a way that enables others to feel God's love, even if it causes me to sacrifice things that seem like "normal" things to have. Haiti's EMPLOYMENT rate was only 11% BEFORE the earthquake!!!! The average person makes $400 a year!!! I am just baffled more and more by how many of us in America are so spoiled and don't even know it! How can so many of us only see our own problems and never care to help out somewhere else? I never want to be that kind of American ever again.
