Connect 2 Ministries partners with Children’s Hunger Fund to serve the local church in Haiti. We are honored to have our Founder, Greg Barshaw, featured in the Children’s Hunger Fund Poverty Encounter online series. Watch the video to learn more about what life is like as a child in Haiti and how you can pray for the Haitian people.
Back in January, I traveled to Haiti to help with a team from the U.S. as they worked on a service project and ministered to the children at the Regency Children’s Home. I’m excited to share some excerpts from the journal I kept during my trip. Sunday, January 26th The team and I headed to the Children’s Home with two translators. When we got there, we went inside to see all the children. They were so excited to see us. We ended up hanging out with them and waiting for them to eat. It is unbelievable to see 100+ kids [...]
This week, as I was scrolling through my same-old Instagram feed, I came across a rather triggering post. I follow a humorous account that posts different things sure to make the Christ-follower laugh. However, this post was anything but funny. The post read: “Most Short-Term Missions Trips Are Just Vacations That Make You Feel Better About Yourself.” This thought made me nervous. “Do people actually believe this? This must be entirely satirical.” Yet sadly, many people in the comment section entirely dismissed the importance of emotional human connection and even more importantly: the severity of the need to spread [...]
