Burden for Desire
This summer I decided to take my 16 year old son, Jackson, on a trip that would possibly help reduce some of the materialism he struggles with. We decided to join my sister, Pam and her family on a trip with their church to Haiti. My amazing niece, Paige, asked for the trip for her senior trip!!! We took a short 3 hour flight and stepped off of the plane to a completely different world. I have been on mission trips before, to Russia and Mexico, but I have never experienced a place that was anything like Haiti. Little did I know that not only would the goal I had for Jackson be accomplished, my own heart would be transformed. Jackson and I in the airport, VERY early in the morning. My sister Pam and her amazing family. This is on the beach in Haiti, hard to believe such poverty is literally steps away from this beauty. Often we read in the Bible about helping widows and orphans, or feeding the needy, and we are at a bit of a loss as to how to accomplish that. Well
