Why
Am I Going to Haiti?
Rob
and Beth Crittenden are in my supper club.
For years, I have heard them speak fondly of the Haitian people, and it
has always seemed to be a remote, desolate place where “some other” admirable person
was trying to help. When I read Rob’s
report to Session about how dangerously unclean the water is in Haiti, I was
struck with a picture in my mind of very senseless, preventable disease and death
in a country so close to our own. I thought, “They can’t even wash their hands
safely! Someone should do something
about this! What good is an education if
those we are teaching do not have the very basic needs to sustain life?” And then, later on, a thought – no, a feeling
– came to me. “How can I help?”
I’m
not an engineer. I’m not a water
expert. I am just a middle-aged, rough-around-the-edges
mom. There are a thousand reasons for me NOT to
travel to Haiti. But I have been praying
that through our team, we can bring a bit of Hope to a desperate situation. If
even one life is saved by our efforts, any discomfort to me will have been
worth it.
Lori
Earls
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