The Hong An Association has often heard many benefactors share, “If you look at your struggles, you often see life as miserable and uninteresting! If you look at the circumstances of the poor people in your hometown, your burden suddenly goes away! There is wisdom in the saying: “Look up and I’m not better than anyone. Look down and no one else is equal to me.””
The story of poverty in Vietnam is an endless, long story because there are so many poor people. The Sisters hear more sad stories every time they go on visits. Sometimes we ask ourselves how these unfortunate people find the motivation to live day to day. One of the keys to their survival is that these people who struggle with mental illness, physical disability, or the problems of old age are helped through the brotherly love of other. Some of these kind people have little to spare and yet they help those less fortunate.
Together with the help of the benefactors, the Hong An Association has assisted the Sisters in Vietnam to visit and give gifts of rice to each of these poor people every month or every quarter.
We can only imagine is brought by these visits from the Sisters. It is so heartwarming.
Below are some photos sent by the Sisters of Mary Queen after their visits to the elderly, sick, or poor people.
