What a Week!

This has been quite a week. Everything from meeting with Senator Harry Reid to finding out late yesterday afternoon that our organization has received an additional $44,000 for one of our grant requests. The good thing is that the grant is a three-year grant - that means $44,000 x3. The extra funds will allow us to place a staff member way up north where one is desparately needed. However, in the middle of these two "good news" bookends were a lot of difficult situations and challenges for my small staff of eight. It's interesting to note that we are all deeply committed to our various faiths. Our common denominator is a sense of mission to relieve suffering, fear, hunger, and loneliness. There are always unspoken words of faith and prayer as we work together as a team to problem solve. A visitor noted the other day, "there is a real sense of peace in this office." I agree with him. We are all at peace, because we are led by Christ in our mission.