Giving Haiti a BrighterDay.

And the grand total is....

$559 raised for Haiti!

Wow.

Thank you to Jennifer, Kirra, Aubrey, Samantha, Rickesha, Jessica, Ashley, Maggie, Lynn, Rachel, Shannon, Sara, Sarah, Alissa, Mary Ellen, Mel, Erin, Caylee, Shanon, Allison, Katrina, Deb, Brandi, Katrina, and Linda for your generous hearts for Haiti and for purchasing something from BrighterDay. You all have kept me very busy over the last few days and for the week to come as I package up and send your orders. (It's the best kind of busy!) :)

Thank you to the many, many others who have spread the word through their blogs or via Facebook about this opportunity to give.

Thank you, Lord Jesus, for blessing this effort far beyond my own short-sighted belief. Thank you that your will, even when we don't understand it, is perfect.

Thank you for your lavish love for your children in Haiti.

When I see these images...

{all images via FoxNews.com}

I quickly realize that $559 is the very least we can do.

But it's still something.

I pray that God would multiply these funds and direct them exactly where they're needed most desperately. I'll be sending the money today to World Vision.

"But you, O God, do see trouble and grief;

you consider it to take it in hand.

The victim commits himself to you;

you are the helper of the fatherless.

You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted;

you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

defending the fatherless and the oppressed,

in order that man, who is of the earth,

may terrify no more."

- Psalm 10:14, 17, 18