Learning as I go…

It hit hard today. I’m watching the Philippines still suffer through the initial phases of their disaster. Atlanta is still trying to sort things out. Indonesia got rocked by an earthquake. Cambodia was hit by a typhoon. Samoa is in a world of hurt. Peru had a near miss with an earthquake too.

West Africa is still recovering from a 100 year flood. East Africa is in an epic drought/food shortage.

In North America we are arguing about who will pay for health-care, if industrial solar energy is a viable energy source, and if we should drink Arizona Ice Tea because of the high-fructose corn syrup.

I don’t blame us for living in a stable country. I’m not hoping for catastrophic disasters in the Midwest. I just wish there was a way for us to get involved. I am anxious to find a way for me to help.

For the last year I have been trying to find a way into international aid or development. It is difficult to see so much need and not have a way to give. I can send money, and I do. What I really want is to be involved; to get my hands dirty. I want to share their burden. I want to give them hope in their life, Americans, & Humanity.

I want to know that if it happened to me, someone else would do the same.