Thought

by Mitchell

Y'all remember my friend Marina?  If not, here's the brief 411.  We met via an NPR StoryCorps Connect 250 Conversation a few months ago.  She is a 20 something young woman who is in the Peace Corps stationed in a remote reservation in Botswana.  In life, we are blessed when we meet someone who we know beyond a doubt is special.  In the short 45 minute converstaion I had with Marina I just knew we were meant to be friends - unlikely friends, but friends nevertheless.  Even though I've never met her in person, I can just feel her light eminating outward as she spreads goodness and love in a remote foreign land.  

Since our conversation in June, we've been keeping in touch.  I sent her a little money to buy Peanut Butter for the sandwiches she gives to her kids after school.  She, in turn, took funny videos of the kids and sent them to me and then had the kids writing thank you notes, which arrived via actual snail mail.  My next project is collecting pre-read books from the neighbor kids to send in a big shipment to her kids in D'kar.  I'm excited to connect my neighbor children with children 8,000+ miles away.  Maybe we all can learn from each other. 

If you happen to read this and know that you have some kids chapter or picture books laying around your house, please feel free to bring them in and I'll include them in the package.  If you have kids at home, let them  know that the books are going to Botswana.  You can even have them write a little note in the book.  It's personal and lovely.  

Come see us today.  Good soups and smiles await and MetroFresh Uptown.  Remember - Soup Sale is on Friday's here.  And parking is easy in the building.