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Acts 2:45 – “They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.”

CNN – Hundreds . . . thousands . . . maybe tens of thousands dead . . .

Acts 4:33 – “And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy person among them.”

CNN – People buried . . . no electricity . . . sense of terror . . .

So I hurried through the text, pointing out in the beginning that Acts is about the early church doing — by the power of the Resurrected One — what Jesus had taught and practiced in Luke. Then at the end, we talked about Haiti. About its lack of safety net (no fire department to call if your baby is trapped, no 911 to call if your spouse is bleeding to death), about its extreme poverty (poorest country in the Western hemisphere), but also about its pockets of deep faith.

We threw up baskets at the doors, and the class dropped in $763 plus about $20 in change. Then four of them counted the money quickly, and took it to ACU administrators (who are always anxious for the students to be involved in urgent needs like this). I think the whole student body will be given a chance to join in this contribution.

How about you? Haiti depends on our response. As Nicholas Kristof wrote, “Today we are all Haitians.”

Perhaps your church has some connections there. If not, I have a lot of confidence in the good people at Manna Global Ministries. They have people who’ve lived in Haiti, who are fluent in Creole, who know the culture, who will be there tomorrow. Keep an eye on their website for specific ways to help.