One person can make a difference - by Monica

There are many people who want to change the world.

Actually doing something about it, well that's a different story.

We make excuses like, "I'm only one person. What can I do?" And then we don’t do anything at all.

After meeting Orion Township resident Bob Hagerty, I learned that one person really can make a difference.

When Bob was on a business trip to South Korea, on the bus ride he met a pastor from Myanmar, the poorest country in Southeast Asia and the second poorest country in the world. On the trip, the pastor told Bob all about Myanmar, and about how he had opened an orphanage there. The pastor let Bob take home pictures of the orphans.

When Bob came home from his trip, instead of just feeling sorry for the orphans in Myanmar, he decided to be proactive and actually do something about it.

He visited Myanmar and, while there, learned that two orphanages were being evicted by their landlords.

So, Bob decided to adopt these two orphanages along with Mercy Home, the orphanage built by the pastor he had met on the bus.

Now, Bob has quit his job and, every three months, Bob goes to Myanmar for 28 days at a time to visit his orphans. With the help of donations, solely supports these orphanages, with 64 total orphans, in Myanmar. Orphans are not allowed to be adopted in Myanmar, so the orphanages are their homes.

Read the original article at The Oakland Press. For more information and to donate money to Myanmar, visit Bob's website at: mercyformyanmar.com.