I cannot believe it is now over 2 weeks ago that Haiti was hit with such a horrible earthquake. I thing I am probably the last blogger to weigh in on what has happened there. I guess I have struggled with what can be said that has not already been said, yet at the same time I would not want my silence on the matter to communicate a lack of compassion or concern. I have been humbled and brought to my knees by it.

I think for most of us it is impossible to fathom the amount of lose and destruction these people are dealing with. The scale of it is so huge I heard on the news that they figure it will be a ten year process of cleaning up and rebuilding Haiti. That is enormous. I think of the struggles that Dave and I have been through and when compared to what this nation is going through how small our struggles seem.

The images fill my mind and to be frank I don’t want to forget them. I do not want to get so wrapped up in my day to day activities that I forget. I do not want to be numb to the suffering of others. I sat watching the news one night with Hannah asleep at my side, (She has taken to getting out of bed and coming downstairs to me another post entirely) I saw little orphaned children in the street with one woman trying to care for all of them. They had no medical care next to no food or water only what this one woman could find. I could not help but compare them to Hannah who lay asleep, warm, with a full belly, beside her Momma. She knew if she woke from a scary dream how to find me. Than as I cried watching these little ones alone, hurting, injured, hungry, sitting in the street I could not help but think how I wish I could go and comfort them and bring them home with me. Of course I knew that was not realistic.

The one woman who was taking care of all these little orphans (many with injuries) was asked by the journalist if she was angry. “Oh no,” she replied, “this is where I have been placed and this is where I’ll stay.” She wasn’t angry that no aid had reached them she wasn’t mad at the countless people who walked by her and these children. She was committed to staying with them until such time as she was no longer needed until then she was prepared to stay on and serve and comfort these little one. She had in essence laid down her life for the lest of these. How am I laying down my life for the lest of these?