Ate a Cookie lately?

Initially, before typing here I figured I would describe my sick days and tell of the events of my life as of late (probably just complaints), but it occurred to me almost immediately that there are those (such as in Haiti) who are in dire need. I wanted the comforts of health, but with the realization that with local medicine provided I will eventually get better.

There are many other places of the world who are in dire need so I do not know exactly why Haiti came to mind, but that country is the most impoverished nation on the Western Hemisphere of the planet. In order to survive they eat cookies. No not cookies like the ones we think of during our abundance during the last week of advent and the first day of Christmas, but cookies made of a type of clay. They eat dirt cooked by the sun in order to get the nutrients contained in the soil to avoid total starvation and death. Imagine all of the dysentery caused by this with out access to medicine this makes life very hard.  I don't write this to condemn the practices of the celebrations of our Lord and Savior these are good and fine, but our Lord did call us by His example to help those in need. If anyone wishes to find out more try foodforthepoor.org This organization helps countries with no strings attached (unlike the UN)