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Child with lesions
One of the boys in the AIDS orphanage. Notice his one-eyed friend.
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The Power of a Smile
Photo Essay written 2 June 2008
I saw these two crippled boys in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and watched their demeanors transform when they saw themselves differently.
A jump rope, a soccer ball, friends, happiness
We brought gifts including a jump rope and soccer ball to a World Vision child in Kabernet, Kenya, and, although it seemed the family lived in a very isolated place, other families began to emerge from the hills to join us and to share in the new treasures of childhood. We sat on logs and ancient knarled exposed tree roots, not Americans and Kenyans, just we the parents and children who shared all the same dreams of love, health, opportunity and happiness. It felt like time stood still for this moment as we together touched the center of the universe.
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What's going on at our neighbors'?
I loved the way neighboring families somehow quickly heard of our presence and began to gather to join us.
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Anne Beach has been a member since 1 June 2008 and goes by itchyfeet2844.
Currently in North Carolina, but wishes she were traveling..
I teach and find renewal in travel, but my budget usually wrecks my aspirations, so (Can you hear me sigh?), I'm searching for outside the box ways to get me out of my little box in Raleigh, NC. I like my little Raleigh box, but when I travel I feel my finger on the pulse of the world, I am moved by the commonality of human experience, my heart beats faster, my mind is enlivened, and my soul is fed. In 2006 I went to Rome, Italy; Ethiopia and Kenya, but my obsession became exaggerated not sate
