Just in case you missed it: Carson Wentz and Jordan Matthews go to Haiti
Recently Carson Wentz and Jordan Matthews reminded us that it’s more to these guys than a helmet and a set of shoulder pads.
Sometimes, in focusing on roster battles and contract negotiations, we can miss stories that are truly more important. Here’s one example of such a story. It involves the Philadelphia Eagles franchise quarterback, Carson Wentz, one of his favorite targets, Jordan Matthews, and a country in need that has seen more than its’ fair share of tragedy recently.
In a story that didn’t get a ton of burn, the Eagles signal caller and what is becoming one of his top targets and good friends left Miami International Airport for the island of Haiti. The weekend-long mission trip would serve as another lesson for all of us that life is more than about football. What the two young men came back home with was an experience they can treasure for the rest of their lives and a strengthened bond with one another.
Dealing with tragedy:
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Haiti’s sits on the island of Hispaniola which it shares with the Dominican Republic. The majority of us have seen this beautiful stretch of land ravaged by one natural disaster after another recently. Most recently, Hurricane Matthew left well over 40 inches of water in some areas. This was a tremendous blow to a country that was still dealing with the after effects of 7.0 earthquake in January of 2010. That was preceded, just two years earlier, by more hurricanes in 2008.
This country is still in need of help, and both Wentz and Matthews decided to offer some of theirs.
Making a difference:
Both Wentz and Matthews worship at Connect Church, which is located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The lead pastor there is Kyle Horner. He works with Mission of Hope. That’s a Christian organization that has dedicated itself to assisting Haiti in wake of the recent tragedy it’s seen. When Horner announced his intention to go to Haiti last weekend, Went and Matthews, being the leaders that they are, decided to step up as well.
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A much needed reminder for us all:
Sometimes, people help out of obligation. At other times, people wait until the holiday season to make differences in the lives of others. There’s nothing wrong with any of that, but this case is different. Wentz and Matthews were both scheduled to be at team OTAs a couple of days after their return. They didn’t spend the prior weekend partying or resting. They chose to do what they could to be a blessing to others. There was no special circumstance, occasion or selfish motive that made them do it.
This was just two members of one of the greatest franchises in professional sports taking time out of their schedule to serve as a benefit to others in an area where help is desperately needed. This was done in a time where we spend so much time talking about how privileged and selfish professional athletes are. They didn’t do it because they were getting paid or because they wanted attention. They did it because it was placed on their hearts to do so.
Guys like this make it easy to be an Eagles fan.