Keeping on keeping on

Al's wife has been making us sweet tea every day. She's obviously proud that she has something to contribute. She went to church last night to pray for us. I know it's hard to watch other people work and not be able to contribute. Being on the receiving end is a burden. They try to do what they can and we appreciate them as much as they appreciate us. Without volunteers, it would be YEARS for these folks to finish this work. They all wonder why the government did nothing for them. Where's the money? Why have they been forgotten? We see a house with a Catholic Relief sign. We wear Presbyterian Disaster Relief shirts. But there is a conspicuous absence of police, national guard, contractors. Who gets picked for an Extreme Home Makeover? People sign up, rarely knowing what they are signing up for and when/if something will happen. there are interviews--perhaps only the most deserving of the deserving are selected. Perhaps only those who are "churched"? Nobody seems to know when their day will come. This house is being fixed--what about the one next door? Such patience. To wait a year, two years, maybe longer.... Would we be able to handle the ambiguity? Hard to be grateful when you've been forgotten for so long, but they manage. Good folks!