![]() Having been raised in a middle-class community of about 800 people in rural Newfoundland, I had never seen a stark divide between the rich and the poor. I couldn’t understand, since we seemed to live in luxury compared to Maria. My mom patiently tried to explain to me that we couldn’t afford to send her money. ![]() ![]() I cried about the injustices in the world, and begged my mother to let me sponsor Maria, the girl with the large, sad eyes who was around my age. I remember being four years old, sitting glued to the television on Sunday mornings, not watching cartoons, but utterly captivated by World Vision. I have always wanted to change the world. “As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person.” ~Paul Shane Spear
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