A neighbor in need

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Nov 1, 2025, 11:25:10 PMNov 1
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From Sister Confianza

Yesterday in the middle of the morning, a woman called out at the gate.  I was curious what she wanted.  We sell corn and chicken feed, so occasionally strangers come by to make a purchase. The Garifuna (black) woman, perhaps in her 30s, had a one-year-old baby girl on her hip, and two bottles of acetaminophen in her hands.  She must have just come from the public health clinic.  

"Can you help me?" the woman asked.  "Usually I wash people's clothes to earn money, but it's been raining so I can't right now."  (She must wash in the river, which gets muddy when it rains.)  "I don't even have rice and beans to feed my children."  

We have very little cash right now, and are waiting for money to become available this next week.  I haven't been buying anything extra recently, just the groceries we need.  "I will find some groceries for you,"  I offered.  The woman nodded with a half smile.  

Coming inside, I gathered the few groceries we had: a pound of maseca (corn flour), a pound of sugar, two pounds of rice, and our last pound of beans, leaving for us a pound or two of each of those items in jars, and some cooked beans in a pot.  I also added a bag of green beans, which we are harvesting in abundance right now.  

I remembered the common saying here, "El que da, recibe.  The one who gives, receives."  It is believed quite literally that by giving to others in need, that person or someone else will give to us when we are in need.  Pretty much what Jesus (and Paul) teach!  I knew that just because money feels tight to me was not a reason to not give something to this woman. 




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