Developments in Tabacal

During my last couple visits to Tabacal I have noticed a couple of things. When I met with the agricultural engineer he had mentioned PROFRUTA a governmental organization that can help with the donation of fruit trees. I was looking into the prospects and getting contact information and before you know it, on one of my visits to Tabacal, there were all these trees...from PROFRUTA which I had nothing to do with.

Later they cleaned out one field of the chili plants that had already given their crop and replanted the area with corn using some of the erosion control techniques without me.

Another time I visited they took me back to the church site and showed me their roof that they had constructed without me.

The last time I visited them I noticed there was a power pole. Two homes had wires going to them. There was no power but it was on the way. The people had pooled money together through their church and gotten money to start the process of getting electricity.

I started to feel like I was falling behind and not being proactive enough to help them and meet their needs. Feelings of failure were creeping in until I realized that my goal is to empower them not disable them by doing everything for them. It is a great thing that they are seeking out their possibilities and being proactive. Yes they are moving faster than me but even if they were moving slower than I would like my perspective really should be to encourage them to do it for themselves and help them do it for themselves rather than do so many things for them so I can pat myself on the back at how I helped them when in reality I have just hampered them. It was an interesting thought. They still need help, but I have learned that not only do I not need to concern myself with taking care of their every need, I shouldn't. God is showing me more about what it means to help someone along their path so they can achieve the success that they want.