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As some of you know,I'm up here in the States taking care of some stuff, such as, GED, PMA funds, drivers licencese and odd jobs. Here's an example of an odd job. These ppl from this Church in Denver came to the border to hold their bi-monthly CTP for the children and adults of Mezquital islands. They were in need of a translator and gave 3 square meals a day, so I signed up and off we went. It was quite a pleasant experience and I learned a lot about Christian values from these ppl. For example, we visited this man who had an accident 3 years ago which left him paralyzed from the waist down. The HIIC was telling us the story of this man who lives alone and how when he thinks about how he could walk and how much he could accomplish before he breaks things, his TV, his wheel chair and he hurts himself. It was a very sobering reminder of how blessed we all are to be able to have the gift of being able to walk. So we talked with him and prayed for him not to get depressed and not to drink (as that is when he gets violent). SO on our way out one of the attendees of this CTP asked me to translate to him that he wanted to give him a gift. So I translated and his face just lit up! So he told the man that he wanted to give him his sun glasses, (which were very nice Ray ban's) to which he humbly accepted and was thrilled about.
Afterwards we went to visit an older lady who had Alzheimer's. She was very old and very sad. We talked with her for a little bit but she was unable to recognize us and interact with us, 3 of the volunteers were brought to tears when they saw how sad it was to be unable to communicate and to live a life of solitude and grief in which you are unable to help others help you. I learned a lot that weekend, about how much we are blessed and how much we have to be thankful for. That we can speak, walk, and have lives filled with things and abilities others can only dream of. We should all stop and take a good look at our lives and how much we do instead selfishly complain about how much we need and don''t have. Those sweet Indian brethren taught me a lot about what it means to truly act like a Christian and how to reach out to others in need and give them a helping hand. I would stay to tell you more odd job's like the one we did for Jamie, but I need to go now. SO I'll tell you later... I'll dig up some photos too.