Connor’s Africa Service Trip

Just a quick note to let everybody know that I made it okay. I have ZERO time here at the internet cafe, so this will be short.

The flight was great - long, but great. Yesterday we went to an orphanage, and then the NICU of a local hospital. Very emotionally trying and frustrating. But very rewarding. The kids are fun to play with - such great smiles.

Okay, time is up. I hope to have more time to write later,but we’ve gotta get on the bus to head out to the resource center and play w/ the kids. Peace!

Well, I’m almost packed for my trip, and now am working on mentally preparing for what is soon to come. I leave in two days (Wednesday, the 27th), and will return on July 18th. Let’s hope I come back with a little bit of a tan!

I just got a call from my mother telling me that the laundry lady who has worked with Mothers Without Borders for a long time just died from AIDS, leaving behind three orphans.

I realized that I might be confronted with death while on this trip, and that’s something new to me. All I’ve experienced so far is a relative or two dying of old age. That’s expected and natural. Watching a mother or an infant die is another thing entirely.

I’m not sure how I’ll handle it.

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