We received a request for help from World Vision for the victims of Cyclone Sidr that devastated Bangladesh November 15th. I don't know how friends or family might feel if they pulled a gift receipt from World Vision out of their stocking this year, but I'm considering it. It might be more well received if there was a "real" gift attached to the donor receipt... I'm as shallow and greedy at Christmastime as the next person, but seeing the tremendous need, in Bangladesh and everywhere, in juxtaposition with our Black Friday commercial excess just depresses me.
Also glad to hear via the twin that more large-scale help is on the way from the US. (Keeping an eye out for news on the USS Tarawa as our family has a special interest in looking out for one Captain aboard. Looks like they had a good Thanksgiving...) Other Marines and sailors are already there to help. Please remember the armed forces in your prayers, and their families here at home that are missing them.
