Tuesday night we were on the skype conference call with Miguel. His story was breaking our hearts. A bunch of us were crowded in the room at the Hylton's house. Brittany, Jeff and Alycea Hylton's ten year-old (w/ the cowboy hat in the picture), was listening.

Miguel told the story of the Haitian mom who had to take her daughter whose leg had just been amputated back with her to Port-au-Prince to find her other two kids. And it hit Brittany in a way that she just had to do something. But what?

Then she realized what she could do. Brittany has a dream of owning a horse. For five years she has been putting money in a jar to save up and buy a horse. She has been a great saver. Everything goes into that dream.

And Brittany realized, "I can help the people of Haiti by trading in my dream of a horse and giving the money to them." So she emptied her piggy bank and gave everything she owned to the people of Haiti.

Her example preaches a sermon to my soul this morning. What will I give to the people of Haiti? What will you give? If we can learn from Brittany, the sacrifice to bring hope may be steep. But for people like the Haitian mom risking everything to find her lost children, it may be the only hope she has.