Saturday

On the last Saturday of each month we distribute food to needy families with children under 18 in the household. We gave food for over 300 people. And, because we recently received additional donations from the US, each family got a 1/2 gallon jar of peanut butter besides the usual soy bulgar, beans and cooking oil. We had just begun when there was a downpour. Hurriedly we pulled the open sacks into shelter and covered the other sacks sitting out in the open. When the rain subsided we began again. In the moving of sacks, etc, some of the beans and bulgar fell on the ground. Even though it was covered with water and mud, some of the children went on hands and knees trying to gather up every bit they could. I also saw a thin grandmother doing the same. It is difficult for me to watch that - and realize I am so blessed in this world!

I wanted to add a few pictures to this posting, but the internet is too slow tonight and it wouldn't upload - so it will have to be another time. We continue distributing cholera supplies - and "begging" organizations like UNICEF and AmeriCares - for additional supplies. Our biggest need is for chlorox, soap, and buckets. They are handed out as fast as they come in.

Time to call it a night. Don't forget to thank the Lord for your daily blessings - and say a prayer for the Haitian people. Peace. Mary Ann