http://www.barnabastask.org The Toughest assignment you'll ever love! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1158" align="alignleft" width="130" caption="I wish I could have a cup of coffee with you"][/caption] I would love to sit and have a cup of coffee with you. There is a lot happening.  Here's a few things that are on my mind: I had coffee with a leading pastor in Santiago, Dominican ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/03/i-have-not-arrived-yet-join-me-in-the-journey-i/ If you read carefully the first four verses of Philippians, Chapter Two, there is an obvious attempt for Paul to bring discipleship to a new level. If His love has any difference in your life If being a community in the Spirit means anything to you If you have Heart, if ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/03/1134/ Being in Haiti was emotionally draining for me.  It just hit me hard as I pondered the fate of so many.  I did have more than one moment of laughter though. Can I share one with you? [caption id="attachment_1129" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="MRE's from Switzerland at the airport in Puerto ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/03/more-than-one-moment-of-laughter/ [caption id="attachment_1104" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Children are left without care"][/caption] I originally intended to crop this photo on the left but felt what I was trying to say is better said by the photo itself. There is a very real sense of hopelessness for the kids in Haiti, and for that matter ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/03/haiti-the-heart-and-soul-of-human-suffering-iii-its-about-kids-there-and-everywhere/ [caption id="attachment_1055" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Location where medical team will be"][/caption] Heart and Soul of Human Suffering A primary reason I came to Haiti now was to connect and get a handle on an assignment that is complicated. I have been asked by the ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/03/heart-and-soul-of-human-suffering-ii/ [caption id="attachment_1030" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Heart and Soul"][/caption] My time has been a mixed bag of emotions.  The first I ever came to Haiti was in 1981.  I spoke at a countrywide youth convention.  Ron Hittenberger was interpreting for me.  As is the case many times, the lights went out while ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/03/heart-and-soul-of-human-suffering/ I fly to Haiti today. Sorry, no photos.  In Miami, I will board a chartered plane with relief workers going to provide compassion.   We will land in the dark I imagine. Flying into Port Au Prince has always been a different feeling for me.  The view from the plane ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/02/haiti-in-the-dark/ I believe Haiti's greatest days are before them. In the midst of rubble and despair there is something in my spirit that says, "the greatest days are ahead." Along with the determined efforts of many to rebuild I echo as well the reality of rebuilding the very spiritual ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/02/haitis-greatest-days-are-ahead-of-them/ Dear Bill Clinton: Haiti is off the front page.  It is a natural thing.  Other news will take its’ place and life goes on.  The Disaster Relief First Responder stage is over.   The Olympics are here. Haiti will now move into the new territory of starting over again.  I talked with ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/02/dear-bill-clinton/ Churches across Haiti rallied yesterday to pray and fast for their country and mourn the death of loved ones.  To date, more than 200,000 people have lost their lives.  I was in the capital city of Port Au Prince yesterday and observed literally thousands of people not only at the ... http://www.barnabastask.org/2010/02/haiti-update/