{"id":1700,"date":"2016-04-11T15:41:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/?post_type=blog_post&p=1700"},"modified":"2016-11-12T00:01:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T00:01:16","slug":"morgans-story","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"http:\/\/ezravisionministries.org\/dir\/blog-post\/morgans-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

I attend the University of Missouri and am blessed to play football for them. Most of my time is spent\u00a0going to class, studying, and practicing football. I have very little free time and couldn\u2019t wait for spring break in March. I heard about the medical mission through Ezra Vision Ministries and decided to spend\u00a0my spring break serving in Haiti.<\/p>\n

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Morgan, Lesa, and Jackson<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was one of the best decisions that I\u2019ve ever made! My trip to Haiti was an amazing and life-changing\u00a0trip! It was truly a blessing to be a part of a medical mission and serve the Lord and his people of Haiti.\u00a0The relationships I built in Haiti were of immeasurable value, and I pray it will be everlasting. In Haiti, I\u00a0had the opportunity to not only build a relationship with my team, but meet amazing people such as the\u00a0Ortiz family who are full time missionaries with four kids, a campus crew team who were from UCLA that\u00a0came to help build a wall, and of course the local Haitians. It was so awesome to see other people who\u00a0have so much love for the Lord and hearts to give.<\/p>\n

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Morgan, Lesa, the Ortiz family, and some local children<\/strong><\/p>\n

In our medical mission, we provided physicals and medical examinations to 129 children of the school in\u00a0Onaville, Haiti. There are so many needs in all aspects of their daily lives, such as food, water,\u00a0shelter, and as I mentioned, health. Most of the kids that we saw had never seen a doctor in their lives, so\u00a0it was a huge blessing to receive free assessments, medicine, and further direction for better health.\u00a0As we expected, we encountered many needs and conditions. Serving, working and spending time with\u00a0these kids was so fun and delightful! These were some of the cutest and most precious kids I have ever\u00a0encountered!<\/p>\n

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Morgan assisting with a medical exam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Morgan and some school chldren.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through my experience in Haiti, it taught me many life lessons that will carry with me forever. This\u00a0included a highlighted recognition of how self-absorbed our culture in America has become. I believe\u00a0that we are called to not give up our lives to empty materialist missions, but to give our full lives to the\u00a0Lord and his purpose. Now don\u2019t get me wrong, this can be done within a huge range of everyday\u00a0involvements because there is a need in all that we do. But do we really dedicate our WHOLE lives to\u00a0the Lord? It is important to \u201cnot waste your words, your time, your talent or treasure on empty\u00a0agendas.\u201d (Canon) Leave your mark, and make your stamp in Heaven. In the US, we are so truly\u00a0blessed in abundance. If we could only taste and see how the Lord is good. If everybody only recognized\u00a0this and decided to devote just simple pieces of their abundance, this world would be such a better\u00a0place. It was amazing to see how blessed many Haitians felt even as they had so little. It shows that in\u00a0this life, the Lord is truly all we should want and need. On my trip, I came to the realization of the Lord’s call on my life to really serve him in EVERYTHING that I\u00a0do from my sport in football, the classroom in school, and most certainly, the mission field as I definitely\u00a0plan to return!<\/p>\n

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Morgan and school kiddos after their medical exams.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Onaville cuties!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written by Morgan Steward<\/p>\n

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