A Letter from Staci (KH Mentor)

Hello Mentors!

Our dear sweet Sarah was not able to reach Haiti. She was very sick and had to make the very hard choice of going home so she would not infect the people she was going to serve and see. Sometimes the hard choice and the right choice are the same. Her heart aches, but she is hoping she will be able to go to Haiti in early March.

As I have been praying and thinking about our fearless leader the quote from Mother Teresa comes to mind, "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." Sarah had to make the difficult choice to simply not get on the plane headed for Haiti. It was one act of obedience that is going to change the next few weeks of her life, but God is showing His strength in her through this one act.

There are some days that I just don't want to be at Kids Hope. There are some days that seem too full or days that I seem to grumpy. There are days when my KH mentee is being difficult and defiant. There are days when he doesn't want to be respectful to others in the room. On those days, and let me say today was one of them, I must be faithful. I must go in every Monday and be my best and give my best. I must treat him with respect regardless of his actions. I must show him that I am faithful to him and our time together. Really, it is only one hour of our week, but I think it is one of my most important hours. To others, it may seem like a small investment, but after three years of being faithful to my mentee, I can confidently say it has the greatest rewards.

I drive my mentee to daycare after Kids Hope so we had a very deep talk about his attitude in the car today. We talked about how much our time means to the both of us and how we need to be respectful of others. He said the most amazing thing. He said that he is looking forward to the freedom of Jr. High next year, but he doesn't want to be freed from me. I almost cried!

Keep it up you guys! One hour, one day, and one kid.... We are changing lives!

Blessings!
Staci Lee