Heros

I never knew any heros until I met Pastor Paddy. With no sign of aid, no HIV drugs, and poverty overwhelming, Paddy had mobilized legions of church goers to look after abandoned children. I loved how they crowded around him when he walked through Kabalagala. He's given them all nicknames.

I'm not the religious sort. But I guess there's a line in the bible that says "be a father to the fatherless," and that's what Paddy is trying to do. He's built a type of infrastructure--of committed people, of programs that meet regularly, and of ideas--that makes it possible to dream big.