Hurting for others

Spanish Class

Hey Everyone! 

Another solid week of work.   One miracle we saw happened as we were heading over to the church for Spanish class.  Some guy in the street called us over to his little shop and gave us two plastic bags of bread and said "I know you have people that need it."  So, at the end of class we opened up the bags and offered it to everyone.  All of the Haitians started humbly and gratefully grabbing the bread and shoving it into their pockets.  It was difficult to see how important little rolls of bread were to them.  It made me think of how many times I have left food on my plate and not even thought twice about it.  

Another thing that stuck with me was a conversation I had this week with someone about how hot it is in the summer and how cold it is in the winter.  She said something like "the heat is bothersome, but the cold makes you suffer.  Not suffer from the actual cold, but suffer from seeing all the people without homes or tiny huts who don't have warm clothes.  It hurts."

I'm so grateful that here in Chile I've been able to recognize ALL of my blessings and how lucky I am.  I don't think I would recognize or appreciate these blessings if I hadn't actually lived here.   

We are now in the middle of Winter here.  Some days are freezing and it rains constantly.  Thank you, Natalee, for sending me "Hot Hands" to put in my boots.  It's so nice that my feet stay warm when we are working outside for most of the day on such cold days.  

All my love,

Elder Vincent

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