Enough

We started our day at morning Mass with the Sisters in a humble chapel rich in piety and devotion.  The message was about leading by action rather than by words, and having faith that our actions, to the best of our ability, are enough.

Enough.

Haiti is a country to enormous need.  What can I do that is enough? 

Today I got to witness first hand the results of my efforts.  Last spring I helped fundraise for a new roof at Reiser Heights primary school that would allow children who were receiving education in a dark, run down outbuilding to move into the main building of Reiser Heights.  The community room at Reiser Heights was not being used due to a leaky roof.  We fund raised and put a new roof on the community room.  We put partitions in that community room to house the children.  Today the children were IN this bright and cheerful space receiving an education.  Glory be to God!

We distributed shoes, backpacks and Creole children's Bibles generously donated by friends and supporters of our cause.  Children were delighted!

We delivered 35 boxes of Feed My Starving Children Food that will nourish these children.  We gave them candy.  We brought a keyboard, and under the leadership of one of our ever energetic and talented team members, we had a concert outside of the school building that started with a Michael Jackson medley, proceeded to Children's worship songs clumsily sang by our team in Creole, a bit of Haitian Hip Hop and ended up with kids surrounding the keyboard and having a blast making their own music.  

Is it enough?  God's plans are perfect.  I only need to listen and obey.

Peace,
Joyce