Humility
Humility is, I think, one of the hardest virtues for humans to master. We all have pride issues about at least one little thing. Just now, as I am writing a post about humility and doing my best to multitask, I caught myself thinking "I'm really proud of that email I just sent". It probably wasn't even that great of an email... One of the staff members at Maria's told us that while he has never seen another country that has as big of a heart as America does, he has also never seen another country as ignorant as we are. Ouch. That stung me when I first heard it as much as it might have just stung you, and it isn't something I wanted to believe. But he made us realize that if we aren't taking the time to build relationships, learn about the people we serve, and help them get to a point where they can help themselves and no longer need us, we are doing them an injustice. We tend to give handouts a lot, for example: sending food, clothing, toys, money etc. ...
