Small Miracles
Posted on September 09, 2009 by Barak in Africa | No Comments
Sorry, I can’t help it. These kids are awesome. This little girl was laughing at me from across the drill site and then laughing at my friend who was goofing off beside her. Believe it on not, for as young as she is, she was carrying around her baby brother on her back earlier in the day. Responsibility comes at a young age in this part of the world and children are expected to play key roles in daily life. Earlier today we carried water in 5-gallon jerry cans from a river half a mile away; the same place where this community goes in the dry season when their hand-dug wells run dry. It was exhausting. Putting my own daughter in this girl’s shoes, carrying containers of water several hours a day from river to home, with no way to purify it before drinking, helps me realize the real miracle this well represents in the eyes of this little girl.
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