echar sal en el mar

My gerente keeps saying this: echar sal en el mar. Today he elaborated on the many, many problems in Honduras reminding us that what we do as a church, or even as an individual, to fight these problems is sometimes akin to throwing salt in the sea. But we keep at it nonetheless.

After being in Honduras only a week and being regaled by so many with so many real-life stories of poverty and despair, it's hard to feel overly optimistic. However, I've also been told that in a country with such rampant unemployment rates, the fact that we're offering a self-employment workshop fills a real niche, in that many people's only option is to become self-employed.

I feel hopelessly inadequate in this task. But hey, J. & I taught our first workshop today. And it was OK. There are so many amazing people here with amazing abilities and it's only right that they be given as many chances as possible to do something amazing with their lives.

So I keep echaring my little bit of salt in the sea.