A Spoon for Christmas
A spoon for Christmas. Things were different this past Christmas 2020. No singing unless we were outside No real candles No visiting neighbors due to social distancing rules No big talents shows where fake snow would be flung around The memories of the past year still seemed to haunt us. At the beginning of the year we had a community full of 400 people. The community was working together to help give free reliable surgeries that would change people's lives. At the beginning of the year we were getting ready to do our next wave of surgeries after the holiday. We were ready to see our hospital full of people. We were ready to do the mission that this community was brought together for. Then it all shut down. News of Covid-19 spread through the country. Cases began to rise. Our community was put onto lock down. The hospital that was beginning to thrive with life again, was emptied. We were faced with the decision: Should we go back to our homes, or stay in the c...