I'm Partnering with Mission E4

I became aware of Mission E4 several years ago from my good friend and theatre buddie, Chelle who had been working with this group  for many years.  I first thought of going on a Mission trip in early  2017.  I work in a school though and can only go over the summer and unfortunately it did not work out that July.  However, it stayed in the back of my mind.  I started sponsoring a child in early 2018 and  was all set and ready to go meet him that summer, but due to political instability my long awaited trip was cancelled.  Finally in 2019,  I was able to get there and met Samson.  The trip had many touching moments but getting to meet him and his mother and see exactly where and who I was helping was surreal.  Here was this child that did not know me. We spoke different languages, but yet we felt connected immediately.   Once I returned to the US, I vowed to find sponsors for other children  just like him who need food, medical care an education and  hope that their lives could get better.

In January 2022,  in honor of the anniversary of Scott Long's death, I decided to sponsor another child at one of our new schools in  Belloc.  I hope to meet Rose some day in the future.

It's amazing how far your dollars can go in Haiti.   Entire communities are being improved for eternity and what helps one, benefits all.  It's truly amazing.

Haiti  is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has 10 million people.  I am often asked if I am really "making a difference" and I think of this card I carry in my wallet with this story...

A little boy walked carefully along a crowded beach,  where hundreds of starfish washed up within his reach  up as far as the eye could see.  So one by one he rescued them, and then heard a stranger's call, "It won't make a difference, you cannot save them all."  However, as he tossed another back  toward the ocean's setting sun, he replied with deep  compassion, "it made a difference to that one."