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An Experience Never To Forget

Sam describes his visit to Ecuador to document the FOT mission.

Sam's Remarkable Experience

Posted by: Sam Shane in FOT Blog on Jan 28, 2010

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     After three remarkable days in Quito, Ecuador I've returned to Northern California still sifting through the images in my mind and coming to grips with the stirring emotions I experienced there.  
     Quito is a city of great natural beauty and prevasive poverty.  Most people there are poor.  Too many of them are very poor.  
      To accurately describe the wave of emotion when FOT members walk into a hospital to repair the faces and mouths of children is nearly impossible.  I've tried.  Most people kinda get it.  But to fully understand it you have to see it.  I hope our short documentary will bring  life an extraordianry mission and the people who make it happen.  To my FOT friends - Good Luck!     

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