What is there not to love about sweetness that melts your heart and makes you feel so warm no sunshine is ever needed?
This is the best way I can describe what I feel when I’m around Teboho. He turned 9 years old this month. His life is nothing short of a miracle. Abandoned at age 2, he struggled to survive. At age 6 he could not talk, walk, or cry due to severe malnourishment.
Do not let him fool you though; his petite appearance is not, and will never be, a true measurement of the greatness he possesses. His broken past will not define him. His years of hunger and pain are now over.
BDS Love House is now his home. He loves his new family! He loves school! He is learning how to write his name and is only three letters away from knowing the alphabet and all the sounds in English. He knows he is special to me and he knows that all he has to do is look at me. The love that is inside him will go on to touch so many more lives for so many more years to come.
Lorna Munger is the Education Director for our Lesotho childcare and education program.