Standing On The Shoulders – Many Hands for Haiti

God’s Path

by Tim Brand | Dec 9, 2018 | Standing On The Shoulders

Jean Ronel (right) greeting a friend during ‘Little Church’ on the Many Hands campus Sitting in the Santo Domingo airport, Jean Ronel Joseph was at the end of himself. Earlier in the year, he had been selected to attend Bible School in Grenadines, a very...

I’m With You

by Tim Brand | Dec 2, 2018 | Standing On The Shoulders

Tim and Lucia visit a family at the Philadelphia Baptist Church in Pignon On April 12, 2012, Bob Goff published Love Does. I love this book, as Bob covers a variety of topics about how to discover a secretly incredible life in an ordinary world. It’s whimsical,...

Angel Among Us

by Tim Brand | Nov 16, 2018 | Standing On The Shoulders

Pastor Francois and his new Moto from Ride for a Cause I love to play the “What if?” game, as alternative outcomes fascinate me. I think it is why I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books so much as a kid. I was recently reading Acts 9 and a major “What if?” moment...

Love Them With the Love of Jesus

by Tim Brand | Nov 12, 2018 | Standing On The Shoulders

Karmen during a trip to Haiti, 2009 Wrapping up a long day at the Many Hands Market, Karmen catches a glimpse of a car pulling up outside the store. Out pops a four-year-old boy named Avery and a single-parent mother, Andrea. Karmen has gotten to know this family of...

Kicking the Butt and Taking the Names

by Tim Brand | Oct 31, 2018 | Standing On The Shoulders

Jean Rene sitting on the Twa-Moto Sitting on a blue, Hadjin motorcycle, I ask Jean Rene, “Jene Rene, what are we going to do today?” In a thick, heavy Haitian accent, Jean Rene answers back, “We are kicking the butt… and taking the names!” I bust out laughing, as Jean...

Kingdom Talents

by Tim Brand | Oct 25, 2018 | Standing On The Shoulders

Dean (L) and Paula (R) visiting a family In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus tells the parable of the talents. This is a great story and typically focuses on the one steward who did not multiply the money, but rather returned only what he was given. I don’t want to focus on...