Forever Changed- Cheri meets the mother of her sponsor child Kenema

“How was your trip?”  Such a simple question but one that has such a complex answer.  There are no words to do it justice. 

How do you put into words the emotions that run through you when the mother of your sponsor child gives you a hug and thanks you for sponsoring her child to help ensure he gets an education and health care?  Or when she tells you that she thanks God for you and prays for you every day? 

How do you put into words watching those beautiful children light up when you give them something as simple as a piece of candy?  Or a bottle of water?

How do you put into words driving along dirt roads with huge potholes and seeing shacks all around you that these people are living in and know that the only difference between you and them is where you were born?

The only words I have are “forever changed”.  A piece of my heart will always remain in Haiti with its beautiful people.