Cati Goes to Haiti

Grandpa Wally Campbell The last six weeks have been a whirlwind of my time. I've had the intention of sitting to write this post for about 2 weeks, but simply haven't had the time. I think it's because God was doing work behind the scenes and redeeming a few situations and helping me to get my head right, so I can hopefully encourage others. In the last 2 weeks I have said goodbye to a lot of things. Saying Goodbye to Grandpa  The world lost a great man on October 2. This is made much easier knowing that he is knowing walking on streets of gold with Jesus. I had the blessing of being able to travel back from Haiti to see him before he passed and spend the following week with friends and family. ((It was an adventure to get there -- see my plane picture, but so glad that I could make the trip.)) My brother wrote a BEAUTIFUL tribute of our grandpa. You can read it here . Yes, they are PUSHING the plane after a flat tire.  Saying Goodbye to Comfort For those ...

Moses wants to come to school. They are precious in His sight.  Jesus loves the little children of the world.  I don't really know exactly where to begin today. So, I'm just going to type and see where it goes... News channels, magazines, Facebook, newspapers, Twitter, and Instagram seem to always be filled with the latest reports of people acting against someone different from themselves.  Beliefs.  Race.  Gender.  Age. Politics.  You name it...someone has done something malicious.  It's heartbreaking and it is NOT OKAY.  I can hardly stand to watch the news or scroll my Facebook because it's honestly so depressing and it makes my heart sad to know that people would act in such ways.  God created us to be in relationship with people -- and not just people that are like us. He created us to be unified in His name. Serving Him TOGETHER as ONE BODY .  "Diversity is a gospel matter."  This quote comes ou...

By now I'm sure that many of you have heard...things in Haiti got a little bit tense last week and especially over the weekend. I thought that I would give you an "official" update of how things are and also a little perspective. The last thing in the world that I want is for anyone to think that this place is dangerous or a "lost cause." One thing I know to be true, is that social media and other news outlets do not always portray the full story, or for that matter, the full truth. So, let me give you a little bit of background... Last week, the government made an announcement that they would be increasing fuel prices on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene. These fuel increases varied anywhere from 36-49%. That's a huge increase, right? It would be a large increase in America too. Just as any American would be enraged by an increase that steep, so were the people of Haiti. Fuel is a huge part of life here -- transportation, generators, many forms of work, and...