In the midst of all the troubling news it might be easy
to let this “little” event slip under the radar.
Our first senior, “Uncle” Alphonse, has moved into the
building we’ve been working to complete for the past several years.
If you scroll back to past postings on this blog, you
will see the entire project from beginning to end, with a lot of adventures in
between, making it possible to complete the seniors’ facility and allow folks
to move in. This is a moment to
celebrate!
Yet.
It is vulnerable people like Alphonse that are most
threatened by our current global pandemic.
Even here in Canada, the danger for people over 70 is very real, let along in a country with woefully inadequate health systems.
As of this writing on April 2, 2020, the official case
count in Haiti sits at a mere 15, with 0 deaths recorded thus far. We can only pray that somehow Haiti will be
spared, but given the trajectory of this disease even in very developed
countries, the foreseeable future does not look good.
I invite you to pray with me for God to prevail against
the disease itself, but also against the fear and despair. As we are already seeing, grace and
redemption can and does win out even in the face of such a time as this. The faith of many who have so little, as is
the case of our Haitian brothers and sisters, inspires me always, but
especially now.
So we celebrate.
And we pray. And we wait to watch
God be mighty in our midst.
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