{"id":341,"date":"2013-02-14T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/14\/valentines-day-lets-share-the-love"},"modified":"2019-11-22T14:51:22","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:43:00","slug":"valentines-day-lets-share-the-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findingahealingplace.com\/valentines-day-lets-share-the-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day &#8211; Let&#8217;s Share the Love!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012617coverphoto.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012617coverphoto.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>On March 16, 2013 a team of seven will depart for Haiti once again.&nbsp; Some of us know each other; others of us will be meeting for the first time.&nbsp; Our common ground is a strong desire to &#8220;share the love&#8221; in Haiti!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012120-fbblog.jpg\" style=\"clear:right;float:right;height:268px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;width:321px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"263\" src=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012120-fbblog.jpg?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012060-tt.jpg\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012060-tt.jpg?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong><em>&#8220;Jesus loves the little children &#8212; all the children of the world!&#8221;&nbsp; These are &#8220;our children&#8221; in Haiti!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012139-ss.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012139-ss.jpg?w=259\" width=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>She was such a sweetheart &#8212; so sick from malnourishment.&nbsp; She is our neighbor, a child precious in the sight of God.&nbsp; A soul who longs to be fed &#8212; both physically and spiritually.&nbsp; Oh, what a privilege it is to help!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012168-fb-blog.jpg\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"280\" src=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012168-fb-blog.jpg?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012170-rr.jpg\" style=\"clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012170-rr.jpg?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We even got to&nbsp;help with&nbsp;hair cutting day at the orphanage!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012086-fbblog.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012086-fbblog.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">\ufeffWords can&#8217;t express the joy it was to be part of the hands and feet that handed out rice to those who hadn&#8217;t eaten anything for days!&nbsp; God bless those who gave so generously back home&nbsp;so that the team could be the deliverers of this labor of love!&nbsp; I&#8217;ll never eat a grain of rice again without saying a prayer of thanks &#8212; and without the desire to share!&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;clear:both;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012133-fb.jpg\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"249\" src=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012133-fb.jpg?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012137.jpg\" style=\"clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012137.jpg?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Wash day is every day at the orphanage!&nbsp; And, great care is taken to grow fresh garden vegetables &#8212; not easy to do in the blazing heat and drought of the summer!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012223-tt-usethisone.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012223-tt-usethisone.jpg?w=245\" width=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<p>These children wait &#8212; and wait &#8212; and hope &#8212; and pray that someone will come!&nbsp; Someone who will hold them,&nbsp;teach them, talk with them, and care!!!&nbsp; They long for the hands and feet of Jesus to walk and talk among them!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012217-tt.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/findingahealingplace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/haiti2012217-tt.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\">Never will I forget what the interpreter told me:&nbsp; &#8220;The girls are very shy &#8212; they don&#8217;t know how to act.&nbsp; Nobody has ever told them that they are beautiful before.&#8221;&nbsp; I cried.&nbsp; I still pray and cry for these lovely girls!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\">I could post so many more pictures &#8212; tons of them.&nbsp; I took over a thousand while in Haiti last year.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because I wanted to capture as much as I could so that my heart would never again grow cold or luke warm to the needs of others.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\">I&#8217;ll be leaving again for Haiti in just a few weeks &#8212; March 16, 2013.&nbsp; If your heart is moved to &#8220;share the love&#8221;,&nbsp;will you help by giving towards this trip for the children?&nbsp;&nbsp; They need food.&nbsp; They need love.&nbsp; They need medical help.&nbsp; They need Jesus.&nbsp; They need people to roll up their sleeves and go.&nbsp; They need people to give of their finances.&nbsp; Just $5 &#8212; the cost of a specialty drink in the United States &#8212; can help feed&nbsp;so many children!&nbsp; You have no idea how far a bag of rice can stretch!&nbsp; &nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\">If you&#8217;d like to help &#8220;share the love&#8221;, please do it right now while your heart is moved.&nbsp; Click on the link and give.&nbsp; I promise you that every cent will be used for this cause.&nbsp; There are no hidden agendas.&nbsp; No hidden administrative costs.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somersetchurchofchrist.com\/ministries\/donate-haiti-2013\/\">Yes, I will give to the Haiti mission 2013 trip<\/a> :\ufeff&nbsp; On behalf of the children, thank you so very, very much!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012356-blog.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findingahealingplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/haiti2012356-blog.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;clear:both;text-align:justify;\">Haiti &#8212; a land of so much natural beauty, but filled with so much pain!&nbsp; Thank you!&nbsp; Thank you for helping!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\">For the children, <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarahinton.com\/\">Clara Hinton <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:justify;\">PS&nbsp; I apologize for not having all of my photos lined up properly and for not having all of my script &#8220;just so&#8221;, but I&#8217;m still in the learning stages of blogging.&nbsp; Thanks for understanding!&nbsp; I&#8217;m still very much a work in progress!&nbsp; 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