They call him father. Both women marvel at the charismatic Mbonabingi, who speaks up to 10 languages. While committed to helping, neither woman has any illusions. A relatively small amount of money, a few hundred dollars, will care for a child for a year in Uganda. Pantazelos nods enthusiastically.
Life is a gift.
Maybe we think this way because we're religious education teachers. But God is real. He used to wonder why so many Ugandan students went to America and never returned. It is really hard. There is no reason why I should remain here while there are people at home not knowing how to spell their own names.