Help in many forms

Yesterday it was clear that Martha and I would need to spend most of the day at the shul. Martha called Rachel to see if Hannah could watch the kids. Rachel sent Hannah, but also Rose and Sally (who is displaced from Mandeville). Rachel told them that helping us was their contribution to the relief effort and she gave them a long list of chores to do. The poor kids did our laundry, gave Rachamim a bath, and straightened up the house. We are very grateful to them for freeing us to do what we needed to do.