Visitors

There were 2 visitors who stood out among the rest; a young girl and an older woman, one leading the other by the hand. Just to hear the description I, like most people, would imagine the woman holding the hand of the young girl, with the young girl following. But, no. I was wrong, again. The young girl, the child, was holding the hand of the woman. The woman could not see very well. She followed the child, the child led her. There has to be love here. And with love, then there can be life.

The woman could not have made the journey alone. We all have limitations that prevent us from making the journey alone. Live in Love and you will never walk alone.

Torn shirts, broken sandals, dirty faces, and runny noses. But always smiling and thankful for the fact that we were there. How great is that. And the smiles on our faces showed how thankful we were to be there as well. Having nothing and having everything...it can happen, when we realize that having nothing is all the "stuff" that we thing we have until it's taken away from us, and having everything is simply having a faith in the one who is our Father. I saw it all today. The have's and the have not's.

I have been thinking about that child alot since yesterday and then later the child with progressed bone cancer in her femur whose mother Glenn had to tell there is nothing more that can be done for her baby. Or the pregnant mother who came in early in the morning in pain and on a day that was supposed to be joyous, ended in tragedy as the baby did not survive. Or the little girl with the third degree burns that we treat everyday. Hearing her screams and cries for help as we change her bandages will forever haunt me. And the fact that she leaves the clinic STILL with a smile and waves to me is beyond anything I can grasp. Without medical attention this child would have died. A life taken, a life given. The one given as a grace from God. I have to believe that the people are inherently good people, with good intentions, and virtues. I believe all that, is hidden under the hardship of living in poverty and abondonment. Sometimes people do things to survive that are not very pleasant. But there is something more that we intend to do and that is to make ourselves aware of who we are, not what we are: vulnerable, fallible, and weak souls, who struggle every day to do the best we can, knowing that He is in control of everything. Just like the mob of people today whose only mission is to survive today. And for all of that...

....we give thanks always...He is in control and we believe in Him. Simple as that.