Up Hill Both Ways

"When I was a kid, we had to walk to school...... and it was uphill both ways" How many times have we used those words? Today I met a lady that walks up hill everywhere she goes. She is in her 70's and is taking care of her grown daughter. At the Christmas party today, my friend Chris and I noticed this lady pushing her disabled daughter up the hill, she was really struggling. We offered our help, but she refused. All she really wanted was our prayers. We stoped and prayed with her "Voy a orar" - Which in Spanish means - let's pray. We learned later that she had walked from her home with her daughter to seek a Navidad bag and some of the food we were giving out at the party. As I began to pray, I thanked God that the younger women in the wheelchair was given to a mother that had so much compassion to take her and push her uphill to be certain she would eat that day. We held hands for what felt like 10 minutes. How weak and feeble I am to complain. How strong and determined this woman is. Please pray for this family and all the families that we spent time with today at our last Christmas party in Ecuador. May we all have the compassion for each other that this woman had for her daughter!

Dios le bendinga,

Mike