Hey new friend! :) Thanks for the add!

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Hi Maggie!! First I want to Thank You for accepting me as a friend!! And I greatly appreciated hearing from you! I actually sat down and wrote a lengthy letter (something I don't usually get time to do) :) and then hit something wrong somewhere and it was totally lost!!! I just quickly wanted to say I think you are a wonderful person, with a loving heart, with a terribly important mission! All children, all over the world, are our future!! God Bless!! Please Please keep in touch as often as you can!!

hey, I'll get you the info my hubby gets home... probably won't be home 3 am :( I actually know someone else that will be over there this summer. Her name is Scarlett and I was telling her about you this morning and she was very interested and wants your contact info! I know my father in law spends time in Kathmandu (he used to be in Parliament before it disolved and was actually interested in building an orphanage). Its hard for the family now though since Raj (my husband) is the only support they have. Thats so cool about your husband! Aren't Nepali men the greatest? ;) Raj is hoping to eventually be a nurse, as soon as he can get back into school!

hey, thanks so much for your comment. Aastha House sounds like an amazing project. Whenever we make it out to Nepal I would love to see it! I'm hoping we will have a traditonal ceremony, it sounds so beautiful and it would make his mom so happy.

Hi Maggie,
It sounds like you have an interesting life! Living on Vancouver Island makes it a bit difficult for my daughter to thrive in the industry. However, it's not impossible. It's a matter of doing the right things at the right time.

Wow! That is a very ambitious undertaking in Nepal. Way to go! I have worked in the non-profit sector for the past 8 years. The pay is never great, but the rewards tend to be better spiritually. I've now started my own communications company and want to work primarily with the same sector, to help them compete with the for profit world.

Take care!
Joanne

Thank you for the comment. I love MSF--they do amazing work, and they bring badly needed press to situations where medicine alone won't fix the problems. For my wedding (which is in July), we are giving a donation to MSF instead of doing the traditional wedding favors.

Ha ha ha. Yeah, I get that all the time. I'm 6'7", almost 400 lbs, with a big bushy beard & wild hair. I'm a walking mountain. People come up to me all the time and say I look like Hagrid. I don't mind - I couldn't find a better fictional character to be compared to than to be compared to J. K. Rowling's kind-hearted half-giant!

Believe in yourself and your wish and your wish shall come true! Speak things that be not as though they were.. it's all about faith.. if you have faith as a grain of a mustard seed you can move mountains!!! God Bless! Be encouraged... no matter what may be going on!!!

Thanks, Jeff and Mr. Money and everyone who has had such kind words to say. I do think many of you truly "get" the gift that keeps on giving, which is compassion. Give and you shall receive is so true, and makes life truly worth living. I encourage all of you to go out and find your passion, and make a difference in the world. It doesn't have to be in Nepal and Africa. When I'm in the USA, I volunteer at a hospice and animal shelter. We all have special gifts, and we need to spread them around. There's too much sadness in the world, but in the news, we only hear the tragic. There are so many "average joes" doing great things, and not all of us are Oprah Winfreys with billions of dollars lying around!!