Hope. This is not a moment in time when this virtue is much thought about as we keep our distance from one another. So, here is a story of HOPE. Two years ago, I met Julius, a glue-addicted homeless teenager in the Nairobi slum of Mathare. He came to a feeding program sponsored by Mamma Africa School, which is supported by the Bill Cook Foundation, where I met him. He told me he wanted to get off drugs and back to school; he did not seem hopeful. I introduced him to Father David Kamau and Brother Mathew Fahari. He went through a detox program, and the Foundation paid all his expenses to enroll in a boarding school. A few weeks ago, he came back to Mathare so I could meet with him because the day I was near his boarding school, a storm closed the access road. He volunteered to pass out food to those in need just as I had handed him food two years ago. Julius brought his two younger brothers and is now their guide to a better life. Julius gives us all HOPE. I told Julius that he was one of the bravest people I have ever met. I meant it because he had the courage to take a radically different and unknown and difficult path. HOPE! During this particularly difficult time, we ask that you support others like Julius through the Bill Cook Foundation. Thank you.
