Hearts for Haiti

It's been almost a month since I last posted.  I apologize for such a long absence, and I plan to be blogging much more regularly.  Since my last post, I've started a new job, went home to Indianapolis to visit my family, and turned 26.  But all of those things are silly and fleeting compared to what else has occurred since my last post... the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

One of the first things that went through my mind, as well as through the minds of many others who have interest in fighting child trafficking/exploitation, was what was rumored to have happened in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami: traffickers taking advantage of the chaos and newly orphaned children.  The news surrounding the "trafficking/adoption" controversy of Americans in Haiti this week serves to highlight the other risks children face after such a massive natural disaster. The bottom line is that extreme poverty already made child and human trafficking a reality in Haiti in the years before the earthquake. Now that the world has turned to look, I hope we can make some bit of good come out of the immense suffering by standing with Haiti and rebuilding the country with a traffick-free future.  You have probably been overwhelmed with requests to give, but if this moves you to give just a little more, consider donating to a trusted organization like World Vision, Partners in Health, World Relief, or the Red Cross.

I have so many things that I want to blog about that have piled up during my blogging break, but this one tops the list.  To keep both you and me from being overwhelmed by TMI, I'm going to try to post briefly on the things I think are worth taking a minute or two to check out.  So there might be a flurry of posts after this one.  Or at least to follow over the next week or so.

Thanks for sticking it out with me. <3