Haitians In The Aftermath
I was asked today, “What happened in Haiti?” I thought they were kidding. This is being called potentially the worst natural disaster to ever hit. An estimated 500,000 people could be dead. The government has lost a majority of their leadership. Hospitals, government buildings, businesses and homes destroyed. Food and clean water running out. No medical attention is able to be given, there are very few medical personal still alive. Power is mostly out. Communication is down. What can be done?
Prayer and support. Several churches are starting to mobilize efforts to work together or work with organizations to make a difference and help.
“To whom much is given, much is expected.” If you are able to help and are interested in helping, below are several links and ideas to help make a small difference in Haiti.
On CNN, Anderson Cooper interviewed singer Wyclef and they are starting donations through texting YELE to 501 501 It will donate $5 to start…
I know there are several more than this. These are a few that I came across or have heard of. I know that as a church we are putting a plan in place to be rolled out through our blog or Facebook soon.
Whole Milk and Asparagus
There are some things in life that I don’t understand and maybe it’s not my place to. Maybe they are pet peeves maybe they are just my preference. For example: Why won’t college football go to a playoff system instead of using the stupid BCS system and allowing mid-major teams to ruin the bowl games. Why do women need to put mascara on while driving? They can’t get up 4 minutes earlier? I’m sure you have several things that you don’t understand as well.
Something else, why is it so healthy and promoted to drink whole milk as a kid to strengthen bones and teeth but then frowned upon as an adult because it will make you fat? Don’t you still need strong bones and teeth as an adult? Or why when you eat asparagus does it make your pee stink so bad? Once again things that I don’t understand.
I also don’t understand why you would not become a fan of Fellowship Student Ministries. So here is your chance to become a fan and stay up to date with what God is doing in our student program.
Social Media Revolution
LIFT Summer Camp 09
Parents, friends and family check back here regularly for updates each night (probably late) about the days activities at camp. My goal is to get a video of pictures that are happening each day at camp as well as video shots from throughout the day. Anything written will be under the blog tag and all video will be on the main tab located under the feature video. I will do my best we have 47 total with leaders and students.
You can also follow me on Twitter for constant updates of the days adventures.
If your on facebook you can follow me or follow the Fellowship Student Ministry group page.
Get Connected!
Thanks to Greg Davis, my blog now has integration with Facebook via a new feature called “Facebook Connect“. By connecting your Facebook profile with my blog, you can have trusted and authenticated social interaction, that you control the settings for.
By clicking the “Connect with Facebook” button on the right-hand side of the blog, you’ll have to authorize (“connect”) your Facebook profile with this site. You only have to do this once, then future visits to my site you’ll already be logged in via your Facebook account.
If you read this blog via a newsreader or via email subscriptions, please visit the site and “connect“. Other interactive features that this provides is the ability to easily share an interesting post with your friends on Facebook as well as the ability to automatically share comments you leave on a posted article into your Facebook news feed (you can turn that off if you like).
The beauty of social media is the ability and ease to connect with each other. Facebook Connect allows sites like this one to extend that integration and connection even beyond the boundaries of Facebook itself. Give it a try and let me know what you think! (Try connecting and leaving a comment on this post).
