What a joy to be able to help

"Bro. Steve, Today I went to the garbage people's village giving plastic bottles for one of the men we help. This man's daughter is still studying at the school but her shoes are worn out, so I gave her the money to buy the new ones. I met the man with his wife and one of his children under the bridge close to the mall. The man searched the garbage while his wife and the child waited under the bridge. We collected the plastic bottles from our class, my house and from the members and gave all those to him this afternoon. You can see from the photos that most of the people who live in that village do the same kind of work - collecting garbage and sometimes they have to beg in order to make enough money to survive. I think they share what they get with each other. They have the same problems and no one will use them for work or business. Some of them were ex employees who lost their job because of the economic crisis. Most of them are uneducated and homeless except for a cardboard, one room hut with dirt floor in this make-shift village.
Daniel"

Today, Daniel met with the local government official for this village and found that there are 300 families in the village and all in the same financial condition. This official thanked Daniel for what we are doing with these children and wished we could do more.
We also wish we could do more and with your help we could. Remember $15 will feed a child one meal a day for a month. $300 will feed 20 children.
These are the poorest-of-the-poor in Jakarta and we are making a difference in the lives of those we help. I thought about that this morning as I read Daniel's letter and found my eyes welling up with tears. What a joy to be able to help those truly in need.