One of the best parts of traveling to other third world countries is giving and sharing things with the locals. Last year we had the opportunity to share some Go_Naminori donations to children in small villages in Indonesia. Donations of pens, paper, coloring books, etc were given to these villages impacted by the 2010 tsunami.
This one kid, Angiel is very special and I've seen him grow up since he was a little kid. He would come out on the canoe with his dad and they would sell wood carvings to us. Today he must be about 11 and still comes out and sells things to us and also surfs super good. As we gave him his supplies his friends in the back made fun laughing at him as if he was a little kid. But he gracefully accepted our gifts and smiled. These kids live a simple life and have no worries.
In contrast I saw the news of the horrific tragedy in the elementary school in Connecticut. Who would have known this was going to happen where so many innocent children would die. Our thoughts and prayers goes out to all those families who have suffered such loss. I wonder why kids in the USA have such a complicated life as compared with those in the local village in Indonesia. They are bombarded with the evils of our day as portrayed in video games, television, and killers with no conscious. 9/11, columbine, now connecticut, what's next?
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