Sunday Morning

It is always hard to communicate how devastating the poverty we see is. It is tough to escape the feeling of hopelessness that we are surrounded by. I feel as though i am too often looking for the magic bullet to see change in this community. Our work continues and poverty and hopelessness continue. It seems we are pushing against the tide it just keeps coming. We did another medical clinic yesterday and although I'm sure we helped some i keep thinking of the people we saw that came again with the same problems the last time I was here. How do we affect people for the long term. I think I understand the spiritual answer to that. It is just difficult to see the constancy of despair. We have been helping a widow and her eight children for about a year. I am starting to see a change in the widow she seems to feel more hopeful as we seek to represent Jesus love to her. But just yesterday she brought her eldest daughter to the clinic three months pregnant with the father nowhere to be found. So now there are nine children to feed and one less to help provide. I don't know what to do. Just when I feel we are making some headway the situation worsens. Please pray for this young girl as she faces the difficult unknown. We will continue to try and represent jesus to this family and provide them with tangible hope in seemingly impossible circumstances. Join with us as the Lord leads you.

Merry Christmas

Brian