Your generous gifts to the poor

Strange thing happened .... wrote the blog and published it but it later became blank. Someone must have hacked into my blog and removed the updates. This is dangerous. Be careful everyone!

Anyway thanks to the St Margaret's group for their generous donation. It came just in time because yesterday morning the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Theresa) came knocking at my door asking for help. They needed lots of medicines for the sick people they care for, so I used most of the donation to buy the medicines from our Christian pharmacy yesterday afternoon. The sisters also need some books on the Bible but I don't have them. I'll buy them through the Internet somehow.

Thanks also to the Holy Spirit College group. Your generous donation is divided to help the poor communities in Bethlehem, Nablus and Amman; namely to buy medicines and pay school fees. All this is done through the Missionaries of Charity. Regarding Benoit, the boy who wants to study italian: he cannot go to Bethlehem to study because of checkpoint and security problems. Let's see how to resolve this problem. And thanks to Bruno and Conrad and all of you for the wonderful stuff (and repairing the camera!!!).

Thanks to the Rosary Church catechists group. Your generous donation will partly go to help the Silent Workers of the Cross to buy their much needed refrigerator specially made for the handicap - the sisters and priests of this community are physically ill or handicapped and need special facilities. The other part of the cost is covered by the St Joseph's ladies' Guild donation. Another part of the donation goes to help the poor families and children in Musky (Cairo) - to feed them and pay for their school fees.

And thanks for the wind-up torches that can charge cellphones as well. The Missionaries of Charity were very very happy as the people they serve urgently need them as winter approaches. The constant blackouts will be less of a problem and they can use their cellphones for emergencies.

As for those of you who specifically requested that I use some donations for my own use: I've bought an ink cartridge for my printer, paper for printing my drafts, medicine that i need and eventually a trip to Nazareth to the hospital. But please be understanding ... if a needy case comes knocking at my door, I can't say "no".