As we wait for rides,
More light escapes from our eyes.
Life is hard enough anyway...
Sitting by the road,
No one's buying, so there's no hope.
Life is very hard today...
Traffic on the road
I'm not alone, but I'm all alone
Life is very tough this way...
What can a mother do?
When she comes home and there's no food
Life cannot be lived this way...
We sleep while we can,
Knowing tomorrow will be the same.
This is life in Zimbabwe...
By no means was this my full experience. I could never know what it means to truly live this way for an entire lifetime without an opportunity to get out of the viscious cycle of extreme poverty. I experienced this for a day. I witnessed this in several different places for almost a year. I was there: I saw the need; and I couldn't see the hope. Not there. Not then.
But soon. I can see the shape of the hope that can take place. So many people live in these situations. So many people shuffle through life with everyday the same agonizing struggle: travel, sell, travel, sleep. They walk or ride miles and miles to a marketplace to sell their things. Throughout the day barely anyone stops by to purchase their wares. They spend hours traveling back to their houses. There they are met by a lack of food and an abundance of disease and problems. Then they go to sleep - knowing that the next day will be exactly the same.
Yet there is a Hope and a hope. It is the Heart of This Generation to do something about this. It is our heart to support our world community in order to give people the hope and promise of a better tomorrow.
A better tomorrow.
A better tomorrow.
That is the Heart of A Generation.
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