Being a Humanitarian

This site was originally created to document our "Giving" abroad. I have always felt one should help their neighbor in anyway they can. After spending two years in East Africa, I realized I can continue to give anywhere I am. I didn't have to go across the other side of the earth to contribute my time, money, talent and encouraging words.

There are always needs wherever you are. We are just not conscious of it or don't realize the power we have. Look around you. Is there a new person in your neighborhood? Welcome them. Take a day with your spouse or kids to go down the street to the local elderly home or residence and lend a hand. Thanksgiving is coming, help serve food in a shelter or the leftovers you have, package it and give to the homeless. Volunteer once a week at the children's hospital. Or babysit to help a single mother or couple who can use a break! lol!

There is so much each of us can do. You are already a humanitarian as you have resources other people do not have or are unable to connect to. Use what you have to make a difference. Do what you have thought about or said, "This would be a great idea". Make it a reality, for you and someone else. And then you made a huge difference right in your own back yard : ) A missionary or Aid Worker is not about the places you have traveled around the world but where you have traveled in someone else's heart, and world.



Warmly,

Petrina, MA, PC/MHC

(Our Trip To Ethiopia)