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I was sitting on my couch….

watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, digesting everything that was talked about in therapy earlier that day.  My therapist was shedding some light on how I was to start picking up the pieces in my life.  She explained to me how the very first steps that were needed, were to start working on my self-esteem and confidence.  She went on to tell me how it was important to start small with daily activities of doing something good for others, which would in turn start making me feel better about myself.  I know right…. what a concept.

It was during that exact moment that I swear I heard someone whisper in my ear…….. mission trip.  I’ve since come to believe that the author of that whisper was Jesus.  I don’t know if it was therapy, or Anthony Bourdain on TV exploring some desolate part of the world, but a light went on in my head.  Of course, a mission trip not only involves doing something good for others, but it would pull me out of my comfort zone and the dark time I was being swallowed by.  I literally grabbed my computer and googled mission trips, and the very first search item I clicked on was Healing Haiti Missions.  Within minutes, I signed up and picked a week that would work for me.  I was all in on letting the Holy Spirit do some of the heavy lifting in my life.

I arrived in Haiti not knowing anything about what the week was going to hold for me, or how it would change my life.  But what I really was not prepared for was the overwhelming emotion of feeling closer to Jesus than ever before.  Words won’t do this justice, but you get this feeling that Jesus is walking right beside you.  Haiti is a country with tremendous problems and limitations.  What infrastructure they do have is often swallowed by corruption and extreme poverty.  There are very few answers on how to fix things that seem so beyond repair.  But I do believe if anyone can do it, it will be the beautiful people of Haiti.  Their strength and conviction, along with their faith and the love they share is truly inspiring and a gift from God.  Our mission in Haiti was not to fix anything, not to bring answers to the many problems they face, not even to be a shoulder to lean on.  Our mission was to love them, and serve them in the Lord's name.  And that we did.  From the streets of Cite Soleil, to the home for sick & dying children.  From the gates of Grace Village to the elders living in the hills of Titanyen.  God is good.

With the week ending, and the long journey home upon me, I found myself dealing with all the emotions that seemed to flood my heart.  Unknowingly, I started writing the song, My Girl Haiti.  At this point, I had put down music for over a year and had no intentions of restoring that part of my life.  But the Holy Spirit had a different plan.  By the end of the flight, I had the song completed and knew I had to record it.  When that was completed, I turned it over to Healing Haiti and they created the video you see now.  It was at that moment another whisper came to my ear………. Christian music.   Boom, the Holy Spirit strikes again!

And this is where I am now - a country boy, writing Christian music, trying to walk by faith and living each day in celebration of Jesus.   God is good.

If you’d like to learn more about Healing Haiti Missions, please click the link: www.healinghaiti.org