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The woman pictured above is one of the toughest, hardest working, most intelligent ladies you'll ever meet.
She is a lot like many women in Haiti.
She is strength. She is beauty.
She works hard, loves well, does her best to keep her chin up and keep feeding and educating her kids. Her day to day life looks very different from ours. We cannot easily imagine what it is like to walk in her shoes.
She and her husband have seen a lot of life. They have walked through horrors and injustice and come out the other side still smiling and relying on their faith in Christ to carry them through the next thing. We're blessed to know them and observe the gracious and courageous way they face adversity.
These are people we can all learn from. If you're ever in Haiti, look around and observe, you'll see strength in every direction you look. The Haitian people have much to teach us.
5 comments:
Beautiful and true.
Things are "tough" for us right now, and I find myself thinking so often of my Cambodian friends who really, truly know what tough is. And rely on Christ to get them through. Their faith and courage inspires me.
Thanks for sharing. We can all learn so very much from those who have so much less than we do . . . yet their faith is often so much greater.
Great post.
I have been to Terrier Rouge, Haiti and I saw nothing but strong, loving, hard-working, and giving people there. I was amazed. You are right about going and observing because the Haitian people WILL teach us all a lot. My mission group was able to visit a few villages and one village in particular, a little boy had NOTHING but insisted that I take his little backpack he had. He did it with a smile. That made me so sad and it made me look at myself. If he could give something when he had nothing. I should give something without hesitation too. I really hope I can go back to Haiti one day, I loved it there.
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