Comfortability

Is it right to help people who can barely afford to have a home while you stay in a five star hotel? 


This is a question I've struggled with. I have the opportunity to go do mission work in Belize while staying in a five-star hotel. The trip would cost upwards of a thousand dollars, and to me, that makes it seem more like a vacation. 
I struggle with this because I would feel uncomfortable working with people in need, and then going back to sleep in a comfortable, air conditioned, safely locked hotel room that has more accommodations than one human could ever need. I understand the possibilities of working with a hotel to help people, but I still don't think I would be able to experience two contradicting places in such a short amount of time. 
I also find this decision hard because last year I worked in Belize with the same people, but it was at a summer camp on the island of San Pedro. I stayed in a bunkhouse that wouldn't have had water if it wasn't for the rain that fell the few days before I got there. 
What really gets me is that the kids I worked with last summer made me promise I would come back next summer. Now, not only can I not afford to come back, but the camp isn't even happening - it has been replaced by the new work being done out of a five star hotel.