My goal was to finish sending "thank you emails" to those who made purchases through the H2H gift catalogue. I was making headway until I wrote this email & then took several hours to compose myself again...
If you have been following my blog (www.rebeccalarkin.blogspot.com) you'll know that we lost one of our kids in the earthquake... Kaka was living in Port-au-Prince while he attended school. His home collapsed in the initial earthquake and we were not able to recover his body.
Kaka's parents live in a small town in northern Haiti, called Bouva. They are a poor family who live in a remote mountain community. Most of their children are living at H2H as they did not have a chance to go to school in Bouva. When his parents found out about Kaka they were devastated to say the least and his father became sick. He is recovering but hasn't been able to do much to support his family. I have sent the money you sent to H2H for "emergency food" to Kaka's parents and pray that God's presence and peace will accompany the monetary gift and their hearts will be nourished as well as their bodies.
Thank you for your purchase through the H2H gift catalogue and please continue to pray for Kaka's parents and the rest of his family. I am attaching a picture of Kaka - taken a few weeks before the earthquake. He was taking a computer class at school and was excited to show me what he was learning on my computer.
Kaka, you are our brother, son, nephew, cousin and friend to all... we love you and miss you!
5 comments:
Oh, Rebecca,
How very difficult tasks like this are for people who feel deeply as you do. Please know that our love and prayers are with you as you face each new task and have the reminder jolts that come during crisis situations.
When I face a crisis I turn to the serenity prayer for guidance:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.
This prayer has gotten me thru many difficult times and helped me to remain calm so I could change or handle the things I could and turn loose of the things that needed to be in God's hands.
My prayer for you is that you can turn the things that trouble you over to God and allow him to handle them while you tend to those that you need to complete.
Hugs and prayers.
Kae
That is hard! (((Hugs))) and prayers for you and his family!
Read this post, viewed the photo of the handsome YOUNG Kaka ... and cried.
Happy Easter from Rebecca!!
Rebecca asked me to say hi for her. She is likely off line for the next few days. She has malaria so is laying low for a while until the cloraquine does its job. Lots of malaria and typhoid around but fortunately they do have access to meds. Larry (papa becca)
My heart ached for you as I read this post. I didn't realize you lost someone...life seems so unfair at times...praying the Lord will uphold you and heal your heart as well as the hearts of his parents and family. Hope you recover from malaria quickly too. We continue to pray for you nightly with the kids (((hugs))) and have been able to pass some clothes to your mom to send down as she sees fit. Rich blessings to you!
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