Eugenie, a girl once abandoned, abused and thrown away...is now a happy girl with a home and friends. She proudly wears her Operation Smile T-Shirt and can't stop beaming. Her house is perched on the side of a steep hill carved into terraces for growing bananas and other crops. At over 5,000 feet I quite lost my breath as I walked over the hills on a meandering path to her home. Her neighbors were there rejoicing in her new face and now promising future. It was so nice to see her and to know that she now has friends to play with and share the joys of life. So different from the past life she led on the streets.
Eugenie told me, "My life before my cleft lip surgery was bad, I don't even want to think about it any more. But now I have friends. To those who put their efforts together to fix my lips, I want to thank you. May God give you a special blessing. May God protect you in all your journey and in your every day activities.
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