to be rich

Whew! We made it through a long week, with Matt being sick, teaching a new class in Hebrew, and both of us preparing for the Seminary Christmas party this week! Our students and all the children who frequent our lives continue to bring us joy and refreshment.

Stacey's English class this week learned about "daily routines." As a homework assignment, they were asked how their daily routines would change if they were very very rich. Assignments like this allow us to see so much into the culture and lives of our students!
Every single paper (of 15) claimed that if they were very rich, they would have a job. I was not at all expecting this to be an answer, especially because in the States, we remember thinking that if you were very rich, you would NOT have a job!

The second answer was that they would have a car. Not a nice car, or a fancy car, just a car.

One student said that if he was very rich, he would eat food daily, and take trips to many different cities in Haiti. One student would go to Texas.
Most touching, however, was that most students had a vision for how they would help Haiti...

"I buy a big house for the very poor children..." "I make a school for the poors and those who cannot speak."

The student who speaks the most English, however, gave us some insights about priorities:

"If I were very very rich, I think that I will very very busy, because i need to prepare myself early to go to my desk and many people come always to me to talk with them. I need to visit many different places as my buildings, my schools, my stores, etc. So, I don't have even time to talk with my children nor my wife. I would be very very busy!"
Our prayer is renewed, following an insanely busy week, that we must never be to busy for the students, for each other, for the Lord, and that we can show them that wealthy lives have nothing to do with money.