Hi. I just wanted to introduce you to Moses. This smiling face warms my heart everyday as I turn on my computer and am greeted with the memories of March 2008.
After visiting at his school and being treated to an amazing assembly in our honor, Moses came over and just wanted to hold my hand and smile. My heart melted. Leaving in our taxi, back over the bumpy roads through one of the poorest sections of the city, Moses ran along side us, laughing, jumping over the debri, and around the shacks trying to keep up with us as long as he could. Of course, we are faster than those little legs and soon all I see out our back window is Moses waving and smiling and pulling at my heart.
We move on. They stay.
It was such a short visit. Two hours of my life. And yet, the memory permeates and I don't forget.
Thank you to all of you that are going this summer. Thank you on behalf of Moses where even though he has to stay, we can help make it different for him. Building and growing one child, one book, one teacher at a time.
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