My impressions:
Well a little overwhelmed still and processing, but things like being able to send a kid to school for $A15 a month which will get them educated and out of the poverty cycle.
To be able to give of our excess that will be treasured in their community, taking up second hand laptops that work just fine. Knowing that laptop goes from our old stuff to being a treasured possession in their Village houses.
Meeting a guy in a wheelchair who has gone back to Vietnam from Australia to start a school to educate disabled young people in IT and English. www.companyofgrace.com
Holding kids that would not have a chance if kind people had not reached out with God's love and taken on the responsibility of raising them. Seeing them laugh and giggle after being abandoned by their own mum's.
Singing songs and sharing music, such a universal language and barrier breaker.
Walking through a floor of deformed children, having seen things with my own eyes that I never have.
Being in the tiny lobby of my hotel when a desperate lady comes in crying and falling to her knees because her daughter is sick, and she needs help. :-(
So, if all takes time to process, and I am just letting the dust settle.
There is a song that I used to know called "Who will save the children" and one of the lines says
"they bleed like we bleed and they feel like we feel"
You never really truly realise this until you go and feel the feelings and see the sights.
One thing I know, I will go back again and I will do what I can to be of use to these kids. I will try to raise concern and interest, but I know the needs of the world are so great. I think we just need to find our little corner where we can help and just do it.
If you have been reading this, thank you so much, and if you would like to help, whatever I raise will go directly to the kids.
I am going to finish my website www.vietnam-kids.org where I will continue to link and bring up the projects you can help support.
www.vietnam-kids.org
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| She is 7 years old |
