Today is seems difficult to know what to write. It is nearly impossible to put one’s feelings into words as thoughts race against one another.

Our church is donating to a Huston relief fund one minute and trying to help with Florida the next.

I have been on the islands of Barbuda.and Antigua. I have also sailed around St Martin and many of the other small Caribbean islands hit by Irma. It breaks my heart to think of what they must look like and how long it will take to return the situation to normal. Many of these places are poor at best and to repair such massive desolation will be a monumental task. I have been on Mission on Haiti and I cannot even imagine what has happened there.

North Korea has the whole world in a state of “waiting for the worst” and who knows what will happen with a madman at the helm of this rogue nation.

I am praying for some sort of way to make some sense of it all and interestingly enough, I found some hope today. My little grandson, aged three, woke up from his nap, gave me a hug, and told me he loved me. Please share your moments of joy. I think we all need it. Judith