As I work here others, in their homes or out and about, are doing things related to this important effort.
Everybody has their tasks, some big, some small but all equally important and valued. As I was taking a break, cleaning up my dishes my thoughts went back these past eight weeks to when we first started to come together and to the past six weeks, two days since we were matched with our Syrian family who arrive any day.
And I was overwhelmed by a sense of gratitude.
How can one not be grateful to live in such a community? It is impossible to not be grateful for such kind and giving hearts as those that have set aside their own personal agendas to work for no money to help better the lives of people they don't even know? And those who have donated so much money to the cause. We are closing in our our fund raising goal and are confident it will be met in time. Such generosity. It's a humbling and remarkable thing to behold.
The simple meaning of "coordinate" in the Miriam Webster dictionary is
"to make arrangements so that two or more people or groups of people can work together properly and well."
Well that's happening!
I finally had the opportunity to help out at the apartment on Friday. There was a flurry of activity, of people dropping what they were doing to bring large appliances, people cleaning, painting, laying flooring, shopping and pretty much having a blast doing all of that as a team. We accomplished much and we'll finish in time. It's not where my main focus as been but it was remarkable to see things moving forward in such a fashion. I sense that once the remaining flooring is in things will accelerate and it will be complete in short order.
I was looking for photos to go along with this post and I saw something that said "Have an attitude of gratitude" and I thought, that's exactly what we have here.
That, and so much more.
49.245. and -55.0592 mark the intersection of the longitude and latitude lines of Lewisporte, NL. Pretty valuable numbers in a town that boasts the largest marina in Atlantic Canada!
These coordinates are where you can find a dedicated group of volunteers and an entire community awaiting that moment when we get to meet our new friends.
Though our attitude of gratitude is not tied specifically to our longitude and latitude, and our coordinated efforts have no connection to our coordinates(see what I did there?) it is with sincere heart I thank this community, Lewisporte, for every moment, every penny and every prayer given to this effort.
I hope to see all of you at our community breakfast and bake sale on April 2. It is my fondest hope that everyone know how much they have mattered and will continue to matter to our newest community members when they arrive.
