Your life speaks words.
Your life speaks words.
(this post was originally written on 2/4/12 while I was living in Haiti. I’m reposting some of my favorite blog posts here for posterity and sharing sake)
I read this on a team members shirt yesterday and it hit me like a ton of bricks. My life speaks words. It was this glaring reminder as I went through my day.
The team helped build a house for a pastor who has been living in a little back room of the school he runs. But they didn’t just do it their way, we hired Haitians to come and build the house and they helped along side each other for these few days. Then the Haitian workers will finish up. That is life speaking words.
Yesterday was moving day for a little family out of a shack into a rented space. A team member had met the family and fallen in love with them. The mom’s daily struggle for food and lack of decent housing showed them they needed to do something. They gave her seed money to start a small business. It cost $120 US to start a business that can provide for her family. A hand up and food provision for these little kids, not just a hand out. That is life speaking words.
I watched a mom of 6 who sponsors one of the kids in a school hug her sponsored child just like she would her own. Then with tears in her eyes tell her how they pray for her every night at home. That is life speaking words.
I watched another staff person sit with a principle of another school and have to deal with the harsh realities of working in a third world. Where I would have wanted to get upset about it, she stepped in and talked love to them. She spoke words of encouragement to them and love of the community and the kids to them. Her life spoke words.
So incredibly honored to be in the midst of this country and the people who care so much for it.
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