Some warmth to give

As I sit at my desk working on the yearly accounts for the charity I am listening in to the conversation between Michael and our local director in Yerevan on skype.  Gevork is updating Michael about the needs of the last few days; the people that have come and asked for help and so on.  I, as usual, am sat with tears in my eyes.
Gevork’s last statement was “Michael, I wonder if we could order another truck of wood to distribute.  I know its very expensive but I have had to give a lot of wood to some people who are not regularly helped by us (he sounded apologetic at this stage).  For example, a lady who we don’t normally help came to the charity building and asked for some warm clothing and bedding.  When we asked her about her situation she said she has three small children at home and they are all feeling very cold – they have NO heating in the house at all.  I felt too bad to send her away – I know we normally visit and assess people’s situations before we give them wood and food but I couldn’t bear the thought of three small children sitting feeling cold in this harsh winter”
No, we couldn’t bear that thought either.  Thanks to some extra donations that we’ve been sent due to people responding to these blogs we have ordered TWO truck loads of wood.  Praise God!