Like the man said, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Many have asked, " Why are we in Afghanistan ??? Why would we want to be there ??? What good could come from being there??"
The enclosed picture answers those questions and a hundred like it.
These two kids were on the street area between our villa and the office area. They were playing in the street like kids their age do everywhere. I gave them cold bottles of water as it was very hot today in Kandahar, reaching 106 degrees.
My heart went out to these two kids - two young lives in a country where the news is usually bad and life is taken for granted.
In March 2012, Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr, 29-year-old Providence National Guardsman was struck and killed by an armored vehicle on March 22 in Laghman Province after moving an Afghan boy to safety who was trying to retrieve something underneath the vehicle. He knew the reason why we are here....He freely gave his life for that same reason. He was remembered by his fellow soldiers for having the "courage of a warrior" and the "heart of a father."
These children are the reason why we are here as they (and thousands like them) are Afghanistan's future.
Great ideas come from individuals who have a desire to make improvement to the status quo. Ed Beaulieu of Middleboro, MA founded Project Lifesaver to save lives.Project Lifesaver is a small non-profit that provides GPS bracelets for Alzhiemers patients that can wander away from their homes and get
injured. Ed's efforts saves lives. Bravo Zulu to Ed for making a difference.
GPS device helps locate Middleboro woman
By Alice Elwell
Enterprise correspondent
Posted Oct 07, 2011
MIDDLEBORO — Project Life Saver’s GPS system was instrumental in locating an elderly woman who wandered from her home early Friday morning.
Police Chief Bruce D. Gates said the woman was reported missing from her Rocky Meadow Street home at 3 a.m.
Sgt. Joseph M. Perkins scrambled the State Police air wing and called in officer Jerry J. Donahue and his dog, Caro, while officers Mark E. Meaney, Richard Harvey and Nathan J. Ferbert began searching.
Gates said Project Lifesaver activated a tracking device the woman was wearing on a bracelet and within 90 minutes she was found a few houses away, sitting in a neighbor’s van in her nightgown and shivering, Gates said.
Gates said an ambulance took her to Jordan Hospital in Plymouth to be checked.
Project Life Saver was donated to the town by the Future of Middleboro Trust.
Gates said several residents wear the bracelets for emergency situations. Gates said Ed Beaulieu, a trustee, raised the money by selling a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle of the Town Hall.
“It worked great and did what it was designed to do,” Gates said of the bracelet.
Like the man said, a picture is worth a thousand words.
