small miracles...

The difference is like night and day. He was a smiling boy of six, missing his two front teeth, running and laughing. I was able to see Shafik the little boy I meet on my first journey here.  The good news is that he looks like a totally different little boy, he has now been transferred to a much better orphange where he is one of 8 children being cared for by one woman whom they refer to as mother. He will be able to stay there and go through school.... the bad news is he tested positive for HIV and is now on anti-virals and goes to the clinic once a month for a check-up.... despite this my heart rests easier knowing that he is in a better space. Thank the world for small miracles.