To Haiti and Beyond

By now, everyone has heard about the devastation caused in Haiti by a massive earthquake. Disasters of this magnitude don’t happen everyday (and we should be thanking God for that), so it is natural that our attention should be drawn to an event that is so cataclysmic that the death toll is estimated to be at least 50,000 people and the capital city has practically been leveled. We typically respond quickly to these types of events, as we should (see Give Your Age for Haiti in the Storm Bulletin to see how PCHS is responding and how you can get involved.) The truth is, however, we live in a country where almost without exception the physical needs of those far from us are greater than the needs of those close to us. This is the reality of living in America. To put it simply, we have and much of the world has not. Acting as the hands and feet of Christ should exemplify who we are, not only how we respond when someone’s cry is loud enough. Reaching out to Haiti is what we should be doing today; reaching out to the world is what we should be doing always.