We have now completed one of the greatest experiences of our lives
As the photo indicates, we have arrived back on U.S. soil with New York city in the background. As we flew from Paris to New York and watched the television monitor with the small plane inching its way across the ocean, we realized that it was slowly taking us back to our familiar life from a world we never knew before.
Already, it was beginning to feel removed from us, as though what we had experienced was surreal - but it wasn't.
We both knew what we had experienced was absolutely real, and although we could leave it behind physically by boarding the plane, we really couldn't leave it behind in our hearts.
We saw poverty that can't be described in words, and we came to know people that were bright, happy, grateful and respectful. Their greatest desire was for their children to have a chance to have a better life. Although we were stunned by the magnitude of the problems, we were so impressed with how Canadian Humanitarian is really making a difference in the lives of individuals and families.
Now we face the challenge: what do we do with what we now know and understand?
Of all the pictures we took, the next two are our favourites.
They show best what a special opportunity it has been to get to know, and work with, these children.
We saw confidence in the eyes of the young people and we saw hope in the eyes of the guardians.
Thank you Canadian Humanitarian for changing lives - especially ours.
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