Sunday, July 31, 2005

So Lucky to be alive

I spoke to a family who lost 3 children. Two boys and 1 girl. They showed me photos of the after effects of the Tsunami. One of the photos showed a young girl wearing a pretty pink flowered dress face down in the water. Thats how we found our daughter the next day! I then spoke to the son & he explained how when the first wave hit he was on the top of the house with his brother and sister. Then the second wave hit and they were all swept off. That was the last he saw of them. He was carried for over a mile into the forest. He has started making wooden model boats to sell to tourists and the detail was fantastic. He desperately required some tools to get the business off the ground. We helped to purchase an electric drill, grinder, drill bits, saw, sanding sheets & chisels. He expalined that this would make an enormous difference to his whole family and he was extremely grateful to everyone who had donated. Thank you.