Friday, December 11, 2009

DAY EIGHT: GRATITUDE

Part eight of our Eight Days of Gratitude

Finally, we ALL should be thankful for the abilities that God has given us: the ability to work to help ourselves and the ability to work to help those who are so much less fortunate than we are. Let us all give very special thanks during this Advent season.

DAY SEVEN: FREEDOM TO WORSHIP

Part seven of our Eight Days of Gratitude: Freedom to Worship

USA:
Freedom to worship when and where we want.


ST. THERESA HOSPITAL:
Freedom to worship when and where we want.


SURROUNDING AREA:
Freedom to worship when and where we want.


We can all be grateful for our freedom of religion.

DAY SIX: AGRICULTURE

Part six of our Eight Days of Gratitude: Agriculture

USA: We can be so very thankful for the tremendous job done by our nations farmers; feeding not only all of our nation, but having surplus for many parts of the world including Zimbabwe.

ST. THERESA HOSPITAL: Hospital employees barely have enough income to feed their families, but it is still better than all of those unemployed. Hospital patients are thankful for the donor support which allows the hospital to buy food for the patients.

SURROUNDING AREA:
The very poor will undoubtedly run our of their own food much before a new crop is harvested this year. They remain thankful to the many nations of the world who supply food for the hungry.


Friday, December 4, 2009

DAY FIVE: DEMOCRACY

Part five of our Eight Days of Gratitude: Democracy

USA:
Democracy, it seems as though our system of government is very “messy” and noisy, still it is the best there is!

ST. THERESA HOSPITAL: Hospital employees have the freedom to “speak out” about their grievances, and sometimes this is very painful to the administrative staff, but still it is good for all concerned.

SURROUNDING AREA:
The local people are able to give grievances to local committees and to local government, but the issue of “human rights” is of real concern all over the country.