tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post1956614650395057149..comments2023-09-18T08:44:40.951-05:00Comments on faith in community: Praying for HaitiDiane M. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-19128290075561784622010-01-17T20:55:04.803-06:002010-01-17T20:55:04.803-06:00We used to sponsor a young man in Haiti . . . I sp...We used to sponsor a young man in Haiti . . . I sponsored him for 14 years, from when he was 10 to when he was 24, but our link was broken when he outgrew the program. I've been finding it so hard to even think about Haiti because I will never know if Josue is still alive, and because he is just one among all the thousands affected.Ruth Hull Chatlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797146501548509911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-13811684084950133052010-01-17T16:55:50.156-06:002010-01-17T16:55:50.156-06:00poverty is part of it, density of population, espe...poverty is part of it, density of population, especially the density of poor construction, is another piece of the tragedy. It's horrific.<br /><br />I am thinking about you a lot these days.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-66939542308705776082010-01-17T11:02:36.837-06:002010-01-17T11:02:36.837-06:00I'm sort of compelled to watch the news. I ha...I'm sort of compelled to watch the news. I have to turn it off sometimes. But I think it is important to be linked to the humanity in another place, another culture, another level of financial situations. It is all too easy to get into a "blame the victim" mind set. If people here could only realize that poor people almost always work harder than anybody they know here, they would be humbled. They can only work with what they have.<br /><br />In another context one time a friend said to me, "I did the best with what I had at the time." That should be a life lesson for all of us. It is Grace when we find out later that we've made mistakes. It gives Hope in what we do now. It should make us less judgmental about the lives other people live, wherever they are.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com