A Biographical Memoir
Chapter 1
They had been kicked out of their home. That’s how I met her. A Peace Corps Volunteer completing his two-year service introduced me to Sister Edith and the children. It was almost night when he led me to the abandoned building, Nick had a month to go before returning to the States: Portland, Oregon. My two-year tour had just begun…more
Chapter 2
It felt like a genuine homecoming the moment I walked through the door of the Hogar Señor San José after three months away. Up to my ankles in corn husks, I approached Sister Edith who, with a surprised smile, got up and gave me a big hug. Children rushed around me hugging my legs. “Do you remember my name?” two or three asked. That morning someone had donated and dumped a large mound of unshucked dry corn that covered the dirt floor and everyone soon returned to shucking while we talked…more
Chapter 3
A Personería Jurídica in Honduras is a judicial instrument conferring governmental legal status on an organization making them eligible to solicit funds, among other humanitarian pursuits, and establishes rules and regulations under structured government scrutiny. The pursuit of such a statutory designation is a time-consuming process that is both expensive and dependent on political influence. Groups have been known to wait up to five years before…more