Smiles on the street greeting you as they pass...familiar faces everywhere from the bank to market
Palm trees swaying with the back drop of the ocean and La Tortug Island
Dust that chokes you as you swerve past other motos on a crowded street of chaos
Rainbows after a rain shower hovering over coconut trees
Tap taps filled beyond capacity with people needing transportation honking as they speed past a donkey bumpy path of rocks
A dinner table filled with the most beautiful faces I've ever seen take a bite of food and smile or laugh at something funny someone said
My mini me growing up a third culture kid as a strong, opinionated thing that is figuring out her place in the world as she matures into a beauty inside and out that I stand in awe of
My toothless mommy's boy who stole my heart from the first time I laid eyes on him reading books and growing out of shoes faster than I can soak in
Mommy's little helper and princess who loves to her weave, always has a song in her heart and dances endlessly
A large group of students hungry to learn English soak in knowledge and yearn for opportunity
Students gathered around a chalk board studying non-stop in order to achieve success and fulfill their goals and dreams
Little ones jumping on a trampoline under a mango tree in the hot humid afternoon without a care in the world
People asking, always asking...
Love for music that brings hope. Music everywhere of all types. Children dancing to it on the streets as something playing a song passes by, hands lifted high in a church, clapping and singing of little ones learning a preschool song, worship blaring through our home or our family singing during devotion or bible study
Prison rooms filled with more than people in one room than you can imagine
The shipping docks, dirty and rough fighting through to get to the boat with your things so that nothing is "lost" in either water or "misplaced by people"
Students, all ages in uniforms walking to and from school hoping to gain something that will lead them in their path to provide for their and their family's lives
Injustice - Human trafficking, misused people, lack of law
Joy - beyond anything I understand.
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