your description of Laurenti and Prosper's home broke my heart too...
i visited a friend over the weekend and she had pictures of her in Africa helping out with a program. i told her that i had a close friend in Tanzania for a few months volunteering as well and asked her what she thought of her trip (i can't remember what country she said she went to). she told me that it was truly an eye-opening trip...that when she went she had so many plans and ideas that she thought would help. but when she got there, she realized that all the plans she brought with her would never be enough...she was just one person.

i'm so glad that you wrote this post and that others are reading it. it lets us look through a small window to a completely different world...and maybe one step at a time we can help out too.

so laura, thank you...for opening our eyes...
and thank you for being there, because you do make a difference, even if it may not be that evident.

written by  shannon on October 26, 2008