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Arrival Day – A message from Anne Heyman
December 21, 2009
By: Anne Heyman, FounderI awoke this morning feeling as though this would be the most wonderful day in the world. The unimaginable was about to happen – year 2 of Agahozo-Shalom begins. Over a cup of coffee this feeling was reaffirmed. I was told that our first child – a girl – had shown up at the gates at 7:00am. She came from a town that was approximately a 3 hours walk away, which meant she had risen with the sun and hit the road the minute there was light. And she came carrying nothing. The feeling was overwhelming when I heard that; it was overwhelming at least a dozen times during the day. The kids seem so young (mostly 16 and 17; a few 15 year olds). I know their stories. I can’t imagine what they have been through.
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