lanny's Blog

  As I write this  my  oldest daughter is  off on her  Methodist  Youth  Camp  to  rehabilitate  homes  for those who can't afford  to make the repairs  themselves.  This is her  3rd such trip. 

         The first trip was to Beaumont to work on  Hurricane  Rita  homes, and the next year it was up to Lufkin to work on even MORE  Rita homes. 

    She was really kind of  iffy  about  going this time  but I told her that she is doing  God's work on earth  and that  you would meet  many strangers  who will be  praying for you. 

   She was  moved to tears  on  her  first two  trips  at the  sweetness, the  gifts of  water and food offered  by the poorest of the poor to the  kids  as a way of saying thank you.     

    She came back last year and said  that  the  lady who lived in the house she worked on  came out of the house for the first time  in   15  years  to  hug the children  and  give them some sweet  bread she had made.  She didn't leave her house for so long because  there  were   no  steps  from the front  door  to the  ground  and  she was horrified of falling  and breaking a bone.  She has no insurance and no means to get help even if she did.  The neighbors  had been  sending in groceries  all those years  because they too  were the poorest of the poor. 

    It amazes me  how we can do good  all over the world  and yet  we have  people like this living right under our noses. 

    So when you see  a  child  wearing a  youth mission  t-shirt, give them a pat on the back and tell them  thank you  for  helping  God  do his work for those who need it the most!