Why This Charity Is So Important!

Some days are simply more treasured than others. This was such a day, May 4, 2011. I went to the post office in Palmyra and found two letters in our box. One was that ever faithful monthly check from a small Catholic Church in Abingdon, Virginia. The other was a handwritten letter on lined paper, and folded multiple times, so as to keep it secret until opened.

On the outside in large letters the words:

 "Thank You with Prayers and Appreciation and Love."

"Dear Rev. T. Wade Clegg,

   Our family would like to thank you for furnishing us a motel room. If  it weren't for you renting us that room in Charlottesville, VA, we would have not got to make the 6 hour trip there. My Mother nor I would have got to get to see our doctors. We also have a 2-year old and a 4-year old that has to make the trips with us. So we would like to say THANK YOU and MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU ALL. With all the prayers and appreciation for this. Thank you.  Me and my whole family."

(This letter is signed by each member, even the pre-schoolers)

In the almost three years since we began this effort, this is only the second personal note from someone who has received assistance. That is because IHS is not known by recipients. In this case, the recipient wanted to know from the social worker who to thank.  Today was another pay day for all of us, including all the volunteers, donors, scouts and Sunday schools who make it possible for this family and so many others to have lodging and food. If not available, quite simply these trips would be postponed and vital treatment neglected.

This is why this charity is so very important.

Blessings ... T. Wade Clegg III