May 22 2008...

Scorching hot Guatemala on May 22, 2008 Purulha, a small school of 200 poverty stricken children, a pinata is being torn apart in celebration of a gringos'(white American) 10th birthday. This 10 year old stuck up little princess had decided to, instead of receiving presents, to give needy kids a party they will never forget. She decided to treat them to some candy, fun, and at the of all this give each one of them a present, a teddy bear, or maybe some skipping ropes. Through all of this a 16 year old boy stands with tears in his eyes, 5 young snobby nosed boys clinging to his legs, he thinks of how greedy and selfish he's been over the years, and then it hits him, a feeling of joy that these kids can have this much fun with what they've got... "why can't i be this joyful with what I've got?"
Then something else hits him... this time a soccer ball in the back of the head, then a barrage of 3 more balls go flying overhead. "These kids are so uncoordinated with their kicks, pff!" he laughs "but they sure know how to have a good time!" so he joined them, weaving in and out of the kids with a soccer ball. And they played into the night. He had learned a valuable lesson that day, to not take for granted what he had, when there are kids all over the world with next to nothing.