I took these pictures when I went to Guatemala City. It was an experience I will remember forever.

I went to different schools of children of all ages to show them true love and help with a soup kitchen. I will remember their faces always and they will never erase from my mind. I think and pray of them often and would take their place if I could.

Seeing families of seven or eight children coming into that soup kitchen was unbearable. We had to give them black coffee and it tore me apart because they are so small. But the wonder about them was that they didn't complain about anything.

Knowing the American kids over here, they would have complained and nagged and thrown a tantrum if they ever set foot in that place. It amazed me. Their hearts are so full of contentment with what they have even though they have so little.

How fortunate we are, how blessed we are. It taught me not to take anything for granted because I was given this life for a reason, and it is not meant to be wasted.

Submitted by: Analisse Reyes

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