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I’m going to Haiti

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Brett in God

Every now and then life gift wraps a monumental opportunity and sneaks it under the tree. That’s what happened this past weekend.

My friend Chris has been in Haiti since shortly after the earthquake on January 12. He’s been there working with an organization called Employ Haiti. EH goes into disaster areas immediately after the event to help build businesses and give people work. They’ve had tremendous success doing this in post-war Iraq and after Hurricane Katrina as well. So I’ll be heading into Port-au-Prince this weekend with Chris and three other good friends. We’ll be flying into the Dominican Republic and then making the 6-9 hour drive into Port-au-Prince. We’ll be there Friday to Monday.

What will we be doing? Well, that’s yet to be determined. We’re hoping to make our way into some of the tent cities and offer help if possible. I’m not going with delusions of rescuing babies from the rubble and being an American Superman. But hopefully we can offer some help, however small.

Several of you have already asked how you can help:

1. PRAY – I know. I know. This is the first thing people ask for when they go on a trip like this, and sometimes I think they’re just pre-conditioned to say it but not really mean it. But I could not be more sincere when I say that I want and need your prayers. This is a highly unstable region right now with the possibility of more earthquakes and other things that will keep my mom up at night. I’m not a fearful person. God is sovereign. He is in control. Amidst the greatest chaos and suffering, my life sits quietly in his hands. But please pray for our group–Chris, Collin, Thomas, Matt, and Brett.

2. GIVE – I’ve been researching online and reaching out to people who are on the ground in Haiti to try and determine the greatest needs. Lots of different opinions–food, clothing, shoes, tents. We’ll be limited with what we can bring in, but I’m hoping to pack my bags to the brim. I’m funding this trip personally, but if you’d like to help out with some of these needs, just shoot me an email at iamtrappstratgmaildotcom.

I’ll be tweeting, facebooking, and updating TRAPPSTR.com as much as possible. You can follow along on Twitter here and facebook here. We’ll be videoing and taking lots of pictures along the way as well.

I’ll let you know more as we get closer to leaving. Thanks, friends.

P.S. Can you do me a favor? Pass the link to this post along to everyone you know and ask them to pray. That would mean a lot. Here’s the link: http://TRAPPSTR.com/?p=885