Cara will be following up tomorrow with something far more profound, but I thought I'd take a moment to thank you all. Many who read these posts ended up giving, and we raised more than we thought we would. I, personally, thought we wouldn't wear these shirts past the first eight or nine days, and here we are on the eve of the 30th.
If Africa is the Dark Continent, Haiti is a black hole that pulls certain mission-minded folks in for a lifetime, and compels others to forget it's right there next to certain other Caribbean destinations known for their fishing, food, or cigars. Then there was an earthquake. We had the boys home before any of that (praise the Lord, because I'm sure we would have been very freaked out if they had still been there, as many other adoptive parents were).
The quake happened more than a year ago. People have moved on. But I would like to remind the believers who are reading this that Jesus said the sum of the law was to love God and your neighbors. They, as a country, are about as close to needy neighbors as we have. Unless, of course, I'm underestimating the situation in Canada.
I still think the best part of all of this is that these are loans, and not handouts. When the loans are repaid, the money can be loaned out again.
Okay, the real best part is that tomorrow, for a family of four, decisions will have to be made about what shirts we'll be putting on in the morning.
God bless.
GG
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