{"id":77,"date":"2011-01-16T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/2011\/01\/contagious-hope.html"},"modified":"2011-01-16T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-16T08:24:08","slug":"contagious-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/01\/contagious-hope.html","title":{"rendered":"Contagious Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>My friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/compassion.com\/\">Compassion International <\/a>have launched a great site to share stories of God at work in Haiti since last year&#8217;s earthquake. I&#8217;ve included an excerpt below, but please click through to the site to see the entire line of stories and videos of what is happening.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/i><br \/>-Dillon<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"haiti.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/209\/import\/haiti.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt\" height=\"166\" width=\"287\" \/><\/span><a href=\"Most%20of%20my%20trips%20with%20Compassion%20are%20filled%20with%20hope.%20The%20poverty%20I%20see%20on%20these%20trips%20is%20tempered%20with%20stories%20of%20hope%20and%20healing%20and%20perseverance.%20%20But%20my%20trip%20to%20Haiti%20was%20different.%20The%20stories%20of%20hope%20weren%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99t%20as%20evident.%20Instead%20of%20going%20out%20and%20hearing%20stories%20of%20rebuilding%20and%20joy,%20I%20sat%20at%20our%20hotel%20and%20read%20reports%20of%20political%20unrest%20on%20CNN.%20By%20the%20end%20of%20that%20first%20day,%20I%20felt%20restless%20and%20unsettled.%20%20I%20needed%20to%20see%20hope.%20%20I%20prowled%20our%20hotel%20grounds%20looking%20for%20it.%20But%20all%20I%20found%20was%20soggy%20political%20fliers%20and%20deflated%20Christmas%20decorations.%20I%20peered%20through%20the%20gates,%20but%20all%20I%20saw%20was%20a%20group%20of%20women%20and%20children%20sitting%20on%20the%20low%20cement%20wall%20that%20surrounded%20the%20tent%20city%20across%20the%20street.%20%20Hope%20wasn%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99t%20as%20easy%20for%20me%20to%20find%20in%20Haiti%20as%20I%20had%20anticipated.%20But%20I%20did%20eventually%20find%20it.%20%20I%20found%20hope%20in%20the%20Compassion%20employee%20and%20his%20wife%20who%20are%20moving%20to%20Haiti%20this%20month%20to%20help%20oversee%20the%20rebuilding%20process.%20I%20saw%20it%20in%20his%20joy,%20and%20his%20love%20for%20the%20Haitian%20people.%20I%20saw%20it%20in%20the%20Creole%20he%20spoke%20to%20the%20hotel%20staff%20and%20the%20private%20jokes%20they%20shared%20that%20the%20rest%20of%20us%20couldn%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99t%20understand.%20In%20his%20willingness%20to%20uproot%20his%20life%20and%20live%20in%20a%20city%20he%20loves.%20In%20a%20country%20that%20feels%20forgotten,%20he%20remembered.\">Contagious Hope <\/a><br \/>by Brandy Campbell<\/p>\n<p>Most of my trips with Compassion are filled with hope. The poverty I<br \/>\nsee on these trips is tempered with stories of hope and healing and<br \/>\nperseverance.<\/p>\n<p>But my trip to Haiti was different. The stories of hope weren&#8217;t as<br \/>\nevident. Instead of going out and hearing stories of rebuilding and joy,<br \/>\nI sat at our hotel and read reports of political unrest on CNN. By the<br \/>\nend of that first day, I felt restless and unsettled.<\/p>\n<p>I needed to see hope.<\/p>\n<p>I prowled our hotel grounds looking for it. But all I found was soggy<br \/>\npolitical fliers and deflated Christmas decorations. I peered through<br \/>\nthe gates, but all I saw was a group of women and children sitting on<br \/>\nthe low cement wall that surrounded the tent city across the street.<\/p>\n<p>Hope wasn&#8217;t as easy for me to find in Haiti as I had anticipated. But I did eventually find it.<\/p>\n<p>I found hope in the Compassion employee and his wife who are moving<br \/>\nto Haiti this month to help oversee the rebuilding process. I saw it in<br \/>\nhis joy, and his love for the Haitian people. I saw it in the Creole he<br \/>\nspoke to the hotel staff and the private jokes they shared that the rest<br \/>\nof us couldn&#8217;t understand. In his willingness to uproot his life and<br \/>\nlive in a city he loves. In a country that feels forgotten, he<br \/>\nremembered.<\/p>\n<p>Read the rest <a href=\"Most%20of%20my%20trips%20with%20Compassion%20are%20filled%20with%20hope.%20The%20poverty%20I%20see%20on%20these%20trips%20is%20tempered%20with%20stories%20of%20hope%20and%20healing%20and%20perseverance.%20%20But%20my%20trip%20to%20Haiti%20was%20different.%20The%20stories%20of%20hope%20weren%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99t%20as%20evident.%20Instead%20of%20going%20out%20and%20hearing%20stories%20of%20rebuilding%20and%20joy,%20I%20sat%20at%20our%20hotel%20and%20read%20reports%20of%20political%20unrest%20on%20CNN.%20By%20the%20end%20of%20that%20first%20day,%20I%20felt%20restless%20and%20unsettled.%20%20I%20needed%20to%20see%20hope.%20%20I%20prowled%20our%20hotel%20grounds%20looking%20for%20it.%20But%20all%20I%20found%20was%20soggy%20political%20fliers%20and%20deflated%20Christmas%20decorations.%20I%20peered%20through%20the%20gates,%20but%20all%20I%20saw%20was%20a%20group%20of%20women%20and%20children%20sitting%20on%20the%20low%20cement%20wall%20that%20surrounded%20the%20tent%20city%20across%20the%20street.%20%20Hope%20wasn%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99t%20as%20easy%20for%20me%20to%20find%20in%20Haiti%20as%20I%20had%20anticipated.%20But%20I%20did%20eventually%20find%20it.%20%20I%20found%20hope%20in%20the%20Compassion%20employee%20and%20his%20wife%20who%20are%20moving%20to%20Haiti%20this%20month%20to%20help%20oversee%20the%20rebuilding%20process.%20I%20saw%20it%20in%20his%20joy,%20and%20his%20love%20for%20the%20Haitian%20people.%20I%20saw%20it%20in%20the%20Creole%20he%20spoke%20to%20the%20hotel%20staff%20and%20the%20private%20jokes%20they%20shared%20that%20the%20rest%20of%20us%20couldn%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99t%20understand.%20In%20his%20willingness%20to%20uproot%20his%20life%20and%20live%20in%20a%20city%20he%20loves.%20In%20a%20country%20that%20feels%20forgotten,%20he%20remembered.\">here<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>DILLON<br \/>\nBURROUGHS is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith.<br \/>\nDillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has<br \/>\ninvestigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books<br \/>\ninclude Undefending Christianity, Not in My Town (with Charles J.<br \/>\nPowell), and Thirst No More (October). Discover more at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dillonburroughs.org\/\">DillonBurroughs.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friends at Compassion International have launched a great site to share stories of God at work in Haiti since last year&#8217;s earthquake. 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