Tears of Joy

Samuel's family are working on their paperwork so that they can come to the US.

The ward members donated to raise the necessary funds so that he can be reunited with his family.  I went with him to meet with the Elder's Quorum President today so that he could have the total amount told to him.  When he realized that he is mere weeks away from seeing his family after a long three years, he started crying for joy.

While this is a great blessing for him and his family, this is also a blessing for members that donated money.  It gave them a chance to do some service that would positively change the lives of four people.

Not only that, but one of the members that was involved with me in the administration of the fundraiser told me how it was good to see how quickly everyone gave to make this happen.  They further explained that they had been disappointed by the ward during a past service project, so this helped restore their faith in the people that we see at church every week.

This does mean that I will be losing my roommate soon, but it's probably about time anyway.  Besides, he deserves to have his wife and children as roommates again, and I'll gladly losing some help in rent to help him get that.

Congratulations to everyone involved!