Come Together Now

In January the Nashville music community gathered at Ocean Way Studios and recorded this special song in support of Haiti! Check this out...sooooo powerful! You'll hear from Michael W Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Toby Mac, Natalie Grant, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Wynona, Mark Hall, Nicole C Mullen, Matt Maher, and MANY more!

100% of the proceeds of this song are being donated directly to Haiti relief efforts through The American Red Cross and Samaritan's Purse.

Thank you to David Emmerson at 104.9 The River for sharing it with me via Facebook!

Come Together Now (Music City Unites For Haiti) from Music City Unites For Haiti on Vimeo.

Hope Hope Hope for Haiti!

I love it when a plan comes together!  Part of the vision of Into the Field is to be a facilitator between ministries, and that is exactly what is happening!

I've shared before about both Wild Olive Tees and Eyes Wide Open International, and how much of a fan I am of both. 

Now they're teaming up to make an impact on the lives of those surviving the devistating earthquake in Haiti!

Wild Olive Tees has designed a FANTASTIC new shirt!  100% of the proceeds from this "HOPE" shirt will go to Haiti via Eyes Wide Open International!

You also have the ability to purchase a shirt and have it donated to be taken down and delivered to a much deserving Haitian!

The shirt features Matthew 12:21: "...and His name will be the HOPE of all the world."

Check it out!

God in Motion!

There's a song that some of my friends will remember which goes, "It's a world that's changing faster everyday..."  Do you ever feel like that?  That the world is going by faster and faster?

What about the speed that God moves?  Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting and waiting and waiting for Him to do something - ANYTHING - and then all of a sudden BAM He kicks things into such a high gear that I'm afraid that there's no way that I can keep up. 

That's how I'm feeling right now.

The last 36 hours He's been working overtime - and its incredible!  As just a sample...

• Into the Field now has a fund - The Into the Field Servant Fund - with the Columbus Stewardship Foundation which allows us to receive cash as well as non-cash (i.e. stock, etc.) gifts.
• A significant gift that we were expecting for one of our Ministry Charity Projects ("MCP", a ministry we're working with that utilizes the 501c3 status of Into the Field for it's fundraising, support, etc.) not only came, but was DOUBLE the amount that we were expecting.
• Wild Olive Tees - which is an incredible t-shirt ministry started by an amazing friend of mine and two of her friends - has decided to design and sell a shirt whose proceeds will all go towards children in Haiti, and they've decided to donate the funds (and t-shirt donations) through another one of Into the Field's Ministry Charity Projects (Eyes Wide Open).  Not only will this generate important funds for the children of Haiti, but it will also increase the exposure of Into the Field and Eyes Wide Open International to a much larger and broader audience (which means we're now scrambling to get the EWOI website done by TOMORROW.
• I entered the last year of my 30's and am excited about it.
• Was able to connect Wild Olive Tees, Orphan World Relief (another MCP), and a local Christian media outlet...there may be some great and HUGE opportunities in front of us!
• Suddenly we're getting a lot of interest from people in participating in Team Up 4 Orphans - a charity running team (participating in the May 1 Cap City 1/2 Marathon in Columbus) raising money to benefit Doma International and orphans worldwide.
• Was offered an opportunity to promote chinaconnect (another MCP which is sharing the love of Christ to the people of China through service and relationship) to a group of servant-minded people.

And that's not even all of it!  WOW!  He's been busy and I'm exhausted and energized all at the same time!

Keep bringing it on, God!  I've got my XS Energy Drink and my Rhodiola and am ready to run!