Morning thought 5
Friday August 17th 2018
Good morning.
When we were in Romania in the
spring, it was of course much warmer than the previous visit when we were there
in December. This meant nobody was in danger of freezing to death if they had
no fuel for heating.
But there was need none the less.
People on too small or no pensions had little or no food, others faced eviction
because they could not afford to pay for their utilities or rent, others were
sick and could not afford the needed medication.
We went to the market and purchased
vegetables and fruit and took these to each person we visited. Because we were
with the social worker (who they trusted) they welcomed us and trusted us as
well, telling us their problems. We heard of countless medical conditions needing
investigation or medication, we saw and smelt problems with the damp. We saw
people trying to be self sufficient but unable to
because of , no
money to buy seeds, no money to buy chickens. So it went on - so many worthy
causes to be helped.
As always we
left over whelmed by the number and variety of needs. Having only limited
resources we could not help everyone we and had to choose who to help and who
not to help.
After much soul searching we chose to
help with seeds and chickens and we promised to see if there was any more money
for medical needs in the Mustard Seed account and to try to raise funds for the
new toilet. As you know from Monday the money has now come in for the building
of a new toilet. But other needs remain.
A prayer:
Lord give us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,
Courage to change those things we can
And Wisdom to know the difference.