My eyes were opened again this morning. We have done many things, and so now the hunger is back in my belly. I saw how hunger looks today. We were with Jacques for several hours getting introduced into the community. We met local officials and registered with the police station on our way to the school, HoPE school. Enrollment is now 148 students for 2009, and when you hear of how it began, it blows your mind to stand there in front of a community center and a school house filled with eager children.
The story begins with our program leader Jacques, a refugee, living in a house with eleven other refugee families. They were broke, hungry, and hopeless, but Jacques, a trained school teacher from the Congo, thought at the very least he could he could give the children an education. Ten years he has pursued the hope that he found that day, and it has since spread to volunteers from all over the world and to organizations from San Francisco to France. When you see how something can grow from what appears to be nothing, there is great reason to celebrate the hope that lives in people.
As we sat at Jacques' office discussing our goals for the upcoming week, we saw the heart and soul of a man who has sacrificed many things in his own life to make a better life for others. We have moments throughout the day when we feel helpless because of how big the issues are here. But helplessness has no future. Besides, it isn't how much you do; it is how much love you put into the doing that matters.
We send our love and we thank you for yours.
2 comments:
hi kiddoes. you're my heros. wonderfully well written sentiments. deeply moving. your courage and dedication continue to inspire. keep us posted as you can. much love. dud.
mdg...you and Jimbo are amazing. I thank God that you were strong enough to listen to your calling. In the New Testament we are taught "to love your fellow man as yourself,".....thank you for listening...
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