world of extremes

I'm still trying to understand or at least get a handle on this world of extremes in which we now live. 
Extremes:
1. Isolation...3 weeks out of every month.  It has been very difficult to connect with other families serving in Haiti  due to schedules, traffic, the unpredictability of Haiti/teams of 12-15 coming in to serve and encourage.  we find ourselves in this state of confusion...do we build walls in order to protect our hearts when people come and go or do we fully engage and feel completely blessed by the time we have been given
2. severe poverty everywhere around us, needs every direction we look/overabundance, everything anyone could ever want or need at our fingertips and still wanting more
3. always some one needing our time, attention, or help/a society that has learned to be as independent as possible to the point sometimes that we close people out or don't recognize others hurts and needs

4. Ugliness of the garbage and waste...ugliness of the conditions people are allowed to or forced to live in here/Natural beauty that is seen when you place your hand at your nose in Canaan and only look up or from the rooftop of our home
5. A government that can be corrupt and that hasn't cared about it's own people/a government that isn't perfect but implements so many laws and regulations they can seem silly and unimportant, but proves that the condition of society matters
6. Satan and all he has a hold of in this world, in this city, in this community/God and the child-like faith the poorest of poor exhibit

These are the extremes we live in. We don't fit either place but we fit both. Some days they confuse us. Other days they frustrate us. Still others, they remind us that we've been extremely blessed to have been able to live and experience both.