REFUGE

Yesterday morning while I was straightening up the house, I tuned in to the CBS Morning Show.  I love that show!  Because it is on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am I don’t typically plop down and watch it like I would a typical evening show.  But I usually have an ear to it because week after week they offer such interesting stories.  If you've never watched, check it out.

One of the stories yesterday was about a woman who in the course of a regular day stumbled upon something and it literally changed her life --- and many more.  She took a wrong turn and drove past a group of kids playing soccer.  What stood out was that they wore no shoes and had no true soccer ball.  The next day she bought a ball and delivered it to them.  She found out that they were refugee children from war torn counrtries from different parts of  the world.  They were relocated and now live in a town near Atlanta.

After meeting these kids, she took it a step further and started playing soccer with them.  Organized a team, bought them shirts.  Found out they had deeper needs.  School was difficult because of the language barrier --- they were falling behind and thru the cracks.  She started tutoring them.  She started a school for them.  A lot of the kids ride 10 miles to school by bike each day.  With a police escort.  The town has totally embraced her, the kids and the program.

She recently purchased many acres of land to develop a full blown school which would include soccer fields.  Amazing how one wrong turn on one normal day has affected so many and in so many ways.  To achieve their goals, they are funded thru private donations --- check them out here:  Fugees Family

Tracy