And You Think Your Job Stinks!

I've already mentioned in earlier posts about the 2 medical clinics that we conducted while in the DR. Both of these took place in sugar cane villages, and the people who live there are, in large part, refugees from Haiti. One of the local missionaries who worked with us told me that 7 Haitians will work in these sugar cane fields for $10 a day. That's $10 divided among seven workers, not $10 each. In fact, much of the world lives like this: scraping by without adequate food, shelter or medical care. Now to be sure, I can't eliminate all human need, but it always feels good trying to make a small dent in it.