I Helped the Needy

I HELPED THE NEEDY I took the money and kept it to support my own family for a year Then asked their permission to leave for a year and work in Africa I went to Kenya, to a poor family and their poor school there, which I had read about Teaching is my trade so I taught them everything I knew About English, math, wood construction, health, business And many other things. I showed them how much the rich Westerners care for them by being with them and sharing their burden The end of the year came and I went home to my family Glad to be back, but also glad to have worked in Africa Years later some children had pursued their education with their better English Had become doctors and teachers and builders and businessmen They made efforts to change their country and make it a better place for all Kenyans All the sick people, the uneducated, the homeless, the jobless Who previously had little chance of improvement now had a better start I felt that the benefit of education would ripple down from generation t o generation I guess time will tell if I was right to take the money for my own family.