I Trust My Sisters
Today our country of Trinidad and Tobago goes to the polls to elect a new government for the next five years. I really feel challenged because even now I don't know for whom to vote and I really would like to exercise my franchise to vote. Next year our congregation will also be meeting to elect a new leadership team. Then, I would also be exercising my right to vote. Yet my feelings in this regard are totally different. I feel confident about our election process. I am willing to cast my vote and have no qualms about which of our sisters will be in that pool of sisters discerning leadership. What's the difference? I think it's trust. I don't know that I can trust the people who are campaigning for leadership of our country. There is such a long history of failed promises... On the other hand, I trust my sisters. We share a common mission and way of life. We are related to each other by bonds of affect...