The Starfish Story

A man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean. “Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?,” he asks. “Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them further in they will die.” “But, old man, don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won’t make any difference at all.” The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to that one.”

Monday, April 14, 2014

Big day today! Rebecca, Shirley and I went into an area of Kumasi and scouted out children who would be a good fit for our bus/sponsorship program. We met six kids. One girl had disabilities and the rest were normal children living in terrible poverty. A couple of the children had teenage mothers who couldn't afford to take their kids to school. We got their information and pictures, so that in a couple weeks we can enroll them for the September term at school. Rebecca is already working on getting a sponsorship page set up. I will let you all know when it is ready. 

On Thursday we took a group of kids to the zoo. I had Namache tied on my back and it was so cozy! I don't think she had ever been out of the orphanage before because she was very quiet and alarmed.  :) I'll post pictures of the zoo later. 

Here is Selena, an 8 year old who has intellectual disabilities. She will be put in school for the first time in September, with the help of a sponsor!


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