Comments on: Help Zakk look phresh this Thanksgiving.

By: @TheKryptonian

@TheKryptonian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:36:11 +0000

Jon/anyone who wants to help: I (and my grassroots band of friends in Franklin, TN) support a rural church near Jacmel, Haiti called Restoration Ministries. Little by little, we've been helping them to impact their community through mission trips and sending resources via our Bible study/non-profit, The Conduit. We've been blessed to be able to help them start a feeding program for children in the area (they feed around 80 kids 3 times a week). We also help facilitate and support a child sponsorship program ($30 a month sends them to school, feeds them, and empowers their family to support themselves). Restoration Ministries has been struggling to finish a building which will house that feeding program, as well as the local pastor, supplies, and battered women. Right now we have to pay to rent a house for those purposes, and it's very expensive. We really need that to be finished by December, so we are launching an initiative to raise the final $15,000 needed. Our future goals are to build a well next year, and eventually establish an orphan village. Would you consider another fundraising challenge (or just donate) to help Restoration Ministries achieve those community-reaching and Kingdom-building goals? If so, I'd also like to invite readers to consider joining one of our mission trips to Jacmel. We have been taking several annual trips over the past few years, and I have one open June 17-24. For more info, please visit www.restorehaiti.com and www.conduitmission.org Tweet at me!

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:17:15 +0000

don't know if it really counts, but one time i met one of my youth group advisers in the wild. . .

was 12, and very much the "quiet awkward girl" which made the encounter even worse.

i was sitting at a bus stop, waiting for my mom to pick me up, when my adviser rolls up in his car. We exchange "hellos" and he tries to talk to to me for a few minutes during the red light that has stopped him. i see the light turn green, so i hurriedly say, "Oh, bye *****.", but the traffic doesn't move immediately. . . so he's sitting there for like a good 30-45 seconds after i said good bye. . .

Then he made fun of me later at youth group saying, "Oh, hey guys, don't try to talk to Maggie when you're in your car. She'll say bye to you like 5 minutes before you leave."

ah, youth group. . . i kinda miss those days! (again, twas a awkward place to be being an awkward, quiet girl)

By: Kyle Reed

Kyle Reed — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:06:43 +0000

I guess that makes me feel a little better or actually worse that I am mentioned in the same breathe as a metrosexual worship leader. This could drive me to give more money.

By: Wes Molebash

Wes Molebash — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:16:28 +0000

Zakk hasn't donated, either. He's saving up for a skin exfoliant.

By: Kyle Reed

Kyle Reed — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:43 +0000

I wish I had a million dollars to give to this, but I barely have 1 dollar.
I hope zakk understands.

By: Ben Behrens

Ben Behrens — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:39:40 +0000

Last I checked, it's still Monday. By the way, if you come to Perth, I'll bbq a steak for you.

By: joanna

joanna — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:55:14 +0000

I really hope it isn't thursday here already *nervously checks phone*