Hot Chocolate for Haiti

Hot Chocolate for Haiti

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by Josh Agerton in Formation

A few weeks ago our church and community learned a great deal about how to love from a young girl named Kirra Hawke.  Just a few days after the crisis in Haiti, Kirra’s heart was stirred to do something.  She had an idea…something God put into her heart, and she went for it -”Hot Chocolate for Haiti”.

P1030573(2)So over the next few days she organized herself – making signs, gathering supplies, and spreading the word, all with a little help from her parents, Trudi and Brett.  Then on Sunday January 31st in the Camden Ridge neighborhood of Auburn, Kirra set up her little card table and put out the signs, balloons and marshmallows.  In the next two hours the glass jar on the table filled up to a total $280.  But this grew even more when a neighbor, moved by the cause, offered to match the funds dollar for dollar…taking it up to $560.  The next week Kirra sent the entire $560 to the UNICEF, going to help aid orphaned children in Haiti.

What an amazing story that shows us what it looks like to love as Christ: a young girl rallying a neighborhood on a cold day to send money to those in need.  This is the wisdom of God that is poured into children that we often overlook and don’t see.  We’re too busy, too sophisticated, or just too self-centered to get it.  But Kirra’s heart got it.  We all have much to learn from her.

Kirra, thank you for teaching me and Cornerstone Church how to see and love the world like Jesus.  You are a champion and a true daughter of the King!

“It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love we put into them that matters.”  Mother Teresa

Tags: choctolate, haiti, Kirra Hawke, Love

7 Responses to “Hot Chocolate for Haiti”

  1. Lee UNITED STATES

    15. Feb, 2010

    beautiful story bro. thanks for sharing.

  2. Belinda AUSTRALIA

    15. Feb, 2010

    She also inspired her cousins all the way in australia to do the same. We had lemonade , and didn’t earn quite as much as Kirra, but I was proud that my girls could learn from Kirra the joy of giving to others in need.

  3. lynn UNITED STATES

    15. Feb, 2010

    OH, to be the hands and feet of Jesus!! Kirra..walking the talk….and loving with her heart! Thanks for telling the world about a precious young lady who cared enough to make an impact. Great post!!

  4. Shauna CANADA

    16. Feb, 2010

    She as well as her brother Kobe inspired her cousins here in Delaware too. Unfortunately the snow storms have kept our stand off the corner…but her little cousins Paige and Laila emptied their piggy banks and donated to their school’s Haiti Fund! What a precious gift the Lord has given us…such caring children!!!

  5. Trudi UNITED STATES

    16. Feb, 2010

    Yes Josh… Thank you for sharing! (Glad to see our families are giving you some love too!)

    It’s quite the experience to be humbled by your own child…

    Its no secret that you have a way with words and that last line brought me to tears! My prayer is that, her whole life long, she will know that, believe it in her heart and come to understand the power in it!

  6. Josh Agerton

    16. Feb, 2010

    Trudi…I know about God teaching and humbling you through your own child…happens to me all the time.

    Good to hear how thier story impacted cousins far away. I wonder how many other people this impacted and spurred on to think beyond themselves with this situation that we don’t even know about. This is the kind of thing that Christ magnifies in people’s hearts. We have much to learn from our kids.

    Thanks for being such great friends – We love Team Hawke!

    j

  7. Peggy

    19. Feb, 2010

    Such a wonderful story. Kirra, you have revealed the love and compassion you have in your heart for others, as shown by your actions. Great job.

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