Exeception To The Rule

We have a list of like one hundred things to do in the matter of a few days before we leave for the summer.
One of those things was getting Sarah and Roseline their new sewing machines!!
I have to say... I LOVE this part of the sewing program.
I have this picture in my head of a chalkboard with a couple million white lines on the left hand side representing the women in Haiti who need help taking care of their children that says in big bold letters,
"most families live on LESS than $2.00 per day"
and another column on the right hand side that says,
"exception to the rule".
They each took their $200.00 they had saved in their business account and personally handed it to the man who they purchased their machines from!
As of Monday we will have eleven ladies graduating from sewing school.
From our two graduating classes we will have thirteen ladies on the right hand side of the chalkboard who are now paying their way because of the purses they are selling.
In the sea of things I had on my mind that I wanted to get done this was a pretty good reminder for me of just why we are here in Haiti and what a milestone these times really are in the lives of these mothers and children.