Dear Loved Ones,

Greetings from all of us at the eye clinic. Merry Christmas and Happy new.

The clinic is full of people. The male doctor, Dr. Jacques Julien is in the operating room working on some patients. The female doctor, Dr. Guerline Roney is consulting patients. I am in and out of my office making sure everything is running smoothly. Coming out of the doctor's consulting room is a young girl of 19-years-old who has been struggling with glaucoma since 2001.

She is about to finish her high school. The doctor has just told the girl -- Celestin Junelle -- that she is loosing her left eye. The tension is high and the sight is rapidly falling. Junelle cannot stop crying. Her mother who is with her cannot find words enough to comfort the crying girl. The whole clinic is almost in panic because of her cries.

I bring her in my office for a moment of quiet time and counseling but the cries continue. Junelle is rapidly loosing her left eye due to the financial situation of her parents, and their ability to pay for healthcare. Both of them are jobless, and can not afford the life time treatment.

Many people here like Junelle will have a Christmas devoid of true meaning. They are struggling with loosing their physical sight, or hunger, and diseases of all kinds.

We pray that this Christmas we can help some gain their spiritual sight, because without it, it is impossible to see the Son, the Prince of Peace.

Shalom

Yours with gratitude,

Nzunga Mabudiga