The prayer is "to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and ask not for reward..." But we do get our reward. Their smiles, their eyes that twinkle with hope, the thank you's... that is so much reward.

We have lost count of how many times they say "thank you".

We want so much to shake hands, to give high fives, to fist bump, to put arms around them. But for now, an unforgiving disease demands we must keep our distance. Let us continue to be safe and caring to our children in the slum.