Yesterday the group met their sponsored kids. As expected it was a beautiful day. I got to see kids, sponsors, family members, translators, project directors, and even this writer, cry when it was time to say good-bye.
I am thinking about my blog from last Saturdy titled 6 + 8 > 14. There were 8 kids visited by 6 sponsors but we had a total of 45 in our group when you add in translators, Compassion International employees and family members and project directors that came with the kids. So I think my formula above is correct in that 45 people had a day they will never ever forget. And we all have stories to tell others.
These project directors and their helpers are my heroes. They work in specific areas of Ecuador and are responsible to put the whole Compassion International mission and work on the ground and make it happen for the kids. Some traveled 10 minutes to get to yesterday's visit. Some traveled 9 hours, on a crowded bus, over less than smooth roads. One left at one o'clock in the morning to get to Quito by 9:00 AM for the visit.
Two of the directors were experiencing their first ever sponsor visit. And they told me it is one of their highlights so far in their work. Not because they are meeting someone from the United States for the first time, but because they see the excitement in the kids from their project. Kids they are sold out dedicated to. Kids they love like their own.
Samuel Clemens said "Find a job you love and you will never work another day in your life."
I think they have found it.
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