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Steelers-Titans: The Keyboard Guru's Predictions

Kevin LaMantiaContributor ISeptember 7, 2009

NASHVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 21:  Hines Ward #86 of the Pittsburgh Steelers talks to players against the Tennessee Titans during their game on December 21, 2008 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee.  (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Alongside the "Five Keys to Victory" column I will be writing before Steelers games, I'm going to write another column entitled "The Keyboard Guru," in which I will try to predict the flow and endgame statistics.

I feel like starting this thing off with a bang, so how do you feel about returner Stefan Logan taking the opening kickoff the whole way for six? He goes 97 yards for the game's opening points. Jeff Reeds extra point is good. Steelers up seven to nothing.

The Steelers kickoff and stop the returner at the 27 yard line. Kerry Collins comes out with a quick play-action pass to Gage for 20 yards to the Titans 27.

Next play is a hand-off to Chris Johnson, who gets three yards. Titans continue their drive by mixing up passes and runs. They seem to have a good game plan coming out of the gates to attack the Steelers' 3-4 defense.

The Titans' opening series gets them down to the red zone, but then the Steelers defense stiffens up to stop LenDale White on a 3rd-and-1 at the four, forcing the Titans to kick a field goal.

But wait, Jeff Fisher calls for the fake field goal and comes away with a touchdown, taking the Steelers by complete surprise. Alge Crumpler is wide open for the easy six.

The game continues, with each team's defense playing hard and forcing the offenses to punt regularly.

After a few successful series by each team, the Steelers are up 21-17.

The time in the fourth quarter is ticking off the clock getting closer to zeroes and is a closer game than Steelers fans and Titans fans hoped it would be.

This is where the Steelers really shine.

Except for this day.

For some boneheaded reason, Bruce Arians calls for a pass on second down and Ben is intercepted by Cortland Finnegan, who returns the ball 43 yards for a Titans defensive touchdown. It is at the two-minute warning after the proceeding kickoff.

With the score 24-21 Titans, the Steelers are forced to throw to work their way down the field. They come out on first down and complete a pass to Holmes for six yards. Second down is a quick out that Limas Sweed drops. It's his only drop of the game.

Third down and four yards to go.

Ben audibles to a new play and throws to Mewelde Moore in the flat, who jukes a Titan for the first down.

The Steelers continue to march down the field with time ticking down. Sweed makes up for his previous drop with a big catch on a 3rd-and-10 with a 14-yard reception. The Steelers are in the red zone with 24 seconds left and a new set of downs. Steelers call their second timeout to calm everyone down and plan what they want to do over the next four plays.

Ben completes a pass to Ward at the Titans seven for another first down.

Time out Steelers.

Fifteen seconds left.

Next play is a fade to either Ward or Holmes, but it falls incomplete.

Eight seconds left.

Ben breaks the huddle with four wide and Miller motions out to the slot. Ben hikes the ball, drops back.

No one is open and the time is ticking down, he sees a lane and runs for it.

Ben Roethlisberger pushing through two Titans for the go-ahead touchdown! Steelers win with no time left!

Steelers' Statistics for the Game

Ben Roethlisberger—17/28 for 215 yards, 1TD, 1 INT, 1 Rushing TD
Willie Parker—21 rushes for 102 yards, 1TD
Mewelde Moore—1 reception for 18 yards
Hines Ward—5 receptions for 71 yards
Santonio Holmes—6 receptions for 83 yards, 1 TD
Limas Sweed—2 receptions for 28 yards
Heath Miller—3 receptions for 15 yards
Jeff Reed—extra points 4/4

James Harrison—6 tackles, 1 sack
LaMarr Woodley—4 tackles, 2 sacks
James Farrior—8 tackles
Troy Polamalu—3 tackles, 1 INT
Ike Taylor—4 tackles, 2 pass defended
Ryan Clark—"Welkers" LenDale White

Note: To find out what to "Welker" someone means, check out the hit Ryan Clark laid on Wes Welker last season in the Pittsburgh vs. New England game.


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Fantasy Football Week 7: 10 Studs That Have Proven to Be Duds

Matt LeirdahlContributor IIIOctober 20, 2011

Fantasy Football Week 7: 10 Studs That Have Proven to Be Duds

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    Just like each and every season, 2011 fantasy football is full of studs and duds, surprises and injuries.

    A dud is a player who has not played up to their potential.

    A stud is a player who has exceeded expectations in their fantasy football production.

    With players like Jamaal Charles and Peyton Manning being out with season-ending injuries, things can change for other players very rapidly, and this has caused players to become both studs and duds.

    Here are the 10 biggest duds of the season.

Michael Vick

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    Coming into the 2011 season, Michael Vick was one of the most sought-after fantasy football players, due to his ability to score through the air or on the ground.

    While Vick has put up good numbers, they are nowhere near what they were expected to be.

    In 2010, Vick threw six interceptions through 12 games.

    In 2011, he has already thrown eight interceptions through six games.

    He also has no rushing touchdowns this season, whereas last year he had nine.

    He still has the legs and the arm to put up the big points, he just has not done it this year. It may be due to the fact that opposing teams have figured him out.

    Either way, Vick has not been the No. 1 draft pick that most fantasy football owners were expecting him to be.

Brandon Lloyd

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    There have been few players more disappointing than Brandon Lloyd to fantasy football owners.

    Brandon Lloyd showed great promise last year, scoring 11 touchdowns and amassing over 1,400 yards.

    With Brandon Marshall out of the picture, the No. 1 receiver slot was all Lloyd's. Expectations were big.

    Then things went sour and he demanded a trade after extremely low production. He had 19 receptions and zero touchdowns for the Denver Broncos.

    Maybe with his new team, the St. Louis Rams, he can turn things around.

Peyton Hillis

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    There is no doubt that one of the surprise players of the 2010 season was Peyton Hillis, and there was no reason to think his hot streak wouldn't last into 2011.

    It didn't.

    In 2011, Hillis has been struggling with off-the-field issues, such as sickness and contract disputes with the Cleveland Browns.

    He has only rushed for 211 yards and two touchdowns in 2011. Not quite where he was last season, and frankly, not where most people expected him to be.

    If he can get his off-the-field issues taken care of, maybe he will be able to improve, but for now he has been a major dud.

Steven Jackson

4 of 10

    It has been no secret that the St. Louis Rams have not been good lately, and this season it seems to have rubbed off onto Steven Jackson.

    Jackson has been a very big disappointment to fantasy football owners.

    Yes, Jackson has been struggling with injury in 2011, but in the four games that he has played, he has yet to put up 100 yards. Not to mention, he only has 41 carries and eight receptions, unusually low numbers for him.

    He has rushed for two touchdowns.

    Maybe with the new addition of Brandon Lloyd, the offense will feel the spark and start some more scoring, but until then, Jackson will remain a dud.

Philip Rivers

5 of 10

    One of the most consistent fantasy football quarterbacks of recent years has no doubt been Philip Rivers. However, this season, his play has not been up to previous levels.

    With the weapons that he has in San Diego, his performance is nothing more than disappointing for fantasy football owners.

    This season he has six touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown compared to seven interceptions and four fumbles.

    Last season, he had 30 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

    Perhaps when Antonio Gates returns from injury his play will improve, but for now, he is not even in the top 50 percent of fantasy football quarterbacks.

Percy Harvin

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    For being one of the most dynamic players in the league, Percy Harvin sure doesn't show it fantasy football-wise.

    With Donovan McNabb in and Sidney Rice out, Harvin was supposed to be one of the focal points of the Minnesota Vikings offense as the top receiving target.

    Instead, he has not been that much of a factor due to poor play out of the Vikings and Donovan McNabb.

    He does not have any offensive touchdowns this season, and he is not getting the carries or the receptions that reflect his level of talent.

    Maybe Christian Ponder will bring something new to the table.

Knowshon Moreno

7 of 10

    Coming into 2011, Knowshon Moreno was supposed to be the Denver Broncos' starting stud running back.

    Coming off of a season with over 1,000 combined yards and eight touchdowns, Moreno was supposed to have a good year.

    After suffering a hamstring injury, that all changed. Willis McGahee is now the starter, and Moreno is now out of a job.

    He will see some work in third down situations, but his season has turned out to be a major dud for him.

    He only has 10 carries for 26 yards.

    If McGahee suffers an injury, Moreno could be back in the picture.

DeAngelo Williams

8 of 10

    Coming into 2011, Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams were supposed to split carries, and be very effective at it.

    However, DeAngelo Williams has turned into a dud. He is getting minimal carries compared to his counterpart, and he is not doing much with those carries.

    He only has one touchdown this season, with 302 rushing yards. That is nowhere near where he has been in the past.

    In the six games he played last season, he had 87 carries. This year, he has 58. These carries have been going to Jonathan Stewart and rookie quarterback Cam Newton.

Dallas Clark

9 of 10

    Over the years, one of Peyton Manning's go-to receivers has always been tight end Dallas Clark.

    This year, however, Peyton Manning is out with a neck injury and Dallas Clark is feeling the effects. He is just not connecting with Curtis Painter the way he did with Peyton Manning.

    Many fantasy football owners were banking on the fact that Manning would be back at some point in the season, and had not reason to doubt the play of Clark.

    Last season, Clark only played in six games, and in those six games, he had 37 receptions for 347 yards and three touchdowns.

    This season, he has played six games and has 20 receptions for 189 yards and two touchdowns.

    Half the production of last year? Dud.

Chris Johnson

10 of 10

    Coming into the 2011 season, there were very few players who were more hyped than Chris Johnson.

    Johnson held out for most of the preseason, and when he finally got the contract extension that he wanted, he was poised to make this season one of his best.

    In 2010, Johnson rushed for an average of 4.3 yards per carry. In the 2009 season it was 5.6 yards per carry.

    In 2011, he has averaged 3.0 yards per carry and has only one touchdown through five games.

    In many fantasy football leagues, Chris Johnson was drafted No. 1 overall, or he was at least one of the top three picks.

    Unfortunately, his play has been mediocre and more like that of a fourth or fifth-round draft pick. Of all the duds, Chris Johnson may be the most surprising, and biggest too.

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Ottawa Senators: What Is Propelling Them on This Winning Streak?

Stephen BrownCorrespondent IIOctober 31, 2011

OTTAWA, CANADA - OCTOBER 30: Colin Greening #14 of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his first period goal with teammmate Jason Spezza #19 in an NHL game against  the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Place on October 30, 2011 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)
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The Ottawa Senators are currently on a six-game winning streak thanks to Kaspars Daugavins' first career goal against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday.

Special teams has been big for the Senators, as two of their three goals were on the power play.

Milan Michalek currently leads the league in power-play goals, with Jason Spezza one back. Spezza and Erik Karlsson are both one back of the NHL leaders in PPP, with Sergei Gonchar and Michalek two back.

With that sort of production on special teams, the Senators will definitely continue to roll.

However, that only paints one side of the special teams picture as they are second to last in the league in penalty killing percentage.

There is definitely still room for improvement.

Although the Senators won on Sunday to continue their winning streak, many pundits state that this was the weakest Maple Leafs game of the season, and that the Senators won on a lucky goal.

I firmly believe that you need to hustle and be in the right place to be lucky.

So how long does this winning streak last?

Well, they need to improve defensively if they want to continue to win, as their offence will dry up at different times during the season (I doubt that Karlsson will continue to lead the league in assists all season).

They have a tough week ahead, with a game tomorrow in Boston, followed by a home game against the hated Habs and another home game against the pesky Sabres.

If the Senators come out of this week with a winning record, then I will start to believe this team is much better than originally thought.

My weekly prediction:

Ottawa 1 – Boston 4

Montreal 3 – Ottawa 4 (SO)

Buffalo 4 – Ottawa 2


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The Dream of a Product Shelf. How to Get Your Products Online and Selling.

Every business person starts their journey with an idea.  An idea they hope will be life-changing.  For many, these entrepreneurial dreams hark back to summer lemonade stands, paper routes or garage made inventions.

Dessert queen, Debbie Fields[1] famously took to the streets, passing out freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to any passerby.  (Her Mrs. Field’s Cookie products are now sold in her namesake retail stores, grocery chains and an online bakery.) ScrubDaddy[2] (an ergonomically designed kitchen sponge) plied its wares on TVs Sharked Tank.  (Since the pitch, they’ve moved 10 million units for total sales of more than $50 million.)  Let’s not forget Joy Mangano, the entrepreneur known for inventions such as the self-wringing Miracle Mop.  Her first appearance on QVC helped the Miracle Mop sell out—more than 18,000 mops in less than a half an hour.

Of course, not every product has the benefit of a TV launch.  Far faster and far easier, it’s about selling your products online.  And yes, selling your product (s) on your own company online store is great and has its own benefits.  But far better is getting placement on one or more of the larger online retailers.  So how will you get your company ready for the selling with the big guys (think Amazon, Google, Walmart, etc.) so that you’re discoverable and comparable across all digital properties?

Correct Product Content

The first step is providing robust and accurate product data for your customers.  Every product online has a large amount of data associated with it, but it can be difficult for mobile applications or web pages to distinguish between two comparable products if the product data is inaccurate or incomplete.

Inaccurate or incomplete product data is extremely problematic for your customers.  Today’s consumers demand rich product information.

Is there enough detail?  Are there photos?  Is there enough detail for them to make a decision?  If not, the likely result is a lost customer and sale.

Consistent Product Content

Ensuring that the product displayed online is the exact same product sent from the fulfillment center can be a challenge.  It’s important to consider solutions that will ensure that product and package variations are managed properly in the fulfillment process so that consumer expectations are met.

Streamline Product Content Management

As consumers, we know the types of content we expect on retail websites and apps. But as a product supplier you know creating, compiling, managing, hosting, updating and publishing this content across all shopper touch points is complex and time-consuming.

For this reason, many retailers and manufacturers are working with 1WorldSync to streamline product information and content management. 1WorldSync’s Omni-channel solutions ensure product information is complete, accurate and consistent. Further, these solutions improve the consumer experience by delivering high-quality and complete data about the product in stores fortifying consumer loyalty and growing sales.

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Better Homes & Gardens May Woman of Style

By: Amy Atlas, in Amy's Latest

We’re just back today from an amazing event in Northern California, but I’m here to do a quick post to share my feature with Better Homes and Gardens. You may remember the behind the scenes post at the Better Homes and Gardens shoot back in December. Every month, Better Homes and Gardens showcases a stylish woman in the creative home, food, garden, entertaining industries. It is a huge honor to be the BHG May woman of style! Please see the article below and pick up a copy of this issue on newsstands now.

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Little Pumpkin Guest Dessert Feature

By: Amy Atlas, in Featured Submissions, Kids
This harvest pumpkin party is really getting us into the Autumn mood. Danni at Cutie Putti Paperie filled a dessert table with pumpkin-inspired treats and decorations that lend to the rustic charm of this season. Sweet treats included pumpkin shaped carrot cakes filled with homemade buttercream frosting, pumpkin s’mores, pumpkin shaped cake pops, spiced pumpkin cakes, cupcakes, mini pumpkin pies, pumpkin spice macarons and sugar cookies. We love all of the crates and how she…
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Halloweekend Countdown: Graham’s Pumpkin Party

By: Amy Atlas, in Featured Submissions, Kids
We are getting our costumes ready and putting our candy out in anticipation of Monday.  Have I mentioned that Halloween is my favorite holiday?? We have had some fantastic halloween inspiration on the blog over the past month. Today, we are featuring this adorable party to give you some final ideas for Monday. Last year, we featured this adorable county fair themed party that Michelle from Cakewalk Baking created for her son Graham’s birthday. For…


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David Goldman, the founder of both BGH and Living Lettuce Farms, a commercial gourmet hydroponic lettuce farm based in Reseda, Calif., spoke with the Weekly about how soilless growing techniques are fast becoming the cultivation method of choice for gourmet chefs and environmentally minded consumers who embrace the sustainability that hydroponics provides.

Goldman told the paper that hydroponics is taking on a larger role in the realm of commercial and hobby farming as more and more everyday gardeners and gourmands realize the nutritional and environmental benefits of soilless gardening.

“I think there was a big stigma that hydroponics was just used solely for growing indoors, and primarily for growing marijuana,” Goldman told the paper. “Also, a lot of consumers were under the impression that hydroponically grown produce didn’t have any flavor or nutritional value, that it just tasted like water. … The vegetables are tasting a lot better now, so I think a lot more people are getting into it.”

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We've thought long and hard about how we can thank our customers for over 9 years of loyal support. Coupons, sales and free shipping are all good ideas, but we think that having permanent, every day low prices will offer the biggest overall savings for our customers. Coupled with the other benefits BGH is known for (biggest warehouse in Southern California, hugest selection anywhere, trained, experienced sales reps and excellent customer service to name a few), we plan on continuing to be your favorite one-stop-supershop for all your growing needs. Thank you again for years of business, and stay tuned for those price drop announcements!


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CommissionCrowd Blog - The Home Of Independent Self-Employed Sales

Welcome to CommissionCrowd's blog: Featuring interesting Independent sales related articles, member interviews, news, tips and featured commission-only sales opportunities.

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Exciting Opportunity For Commission-based Sales Reps in the Natural Stone Distribution Sectors

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Try it yourself. Join the world's fastest growing B2B independent sales network today

| Reference: | PB-0455-GB | | Territory: | United Kingdom | | Years In Business: | 5 years | | Industry: | Construction | | Minimum sales experience: | 5 years in sales preferable | | Customer Type: | Domestic, Retail, Construction, Wholesale, Council, Contractors | | Sales Skills: | Consultative selling, On-site, Face-To-Face | | Average Sales Cycle: | 1-6 months | | Commission: | High commission rates of between 3% – 10% | | Training Provided: | Full training provided | | Contract length: | Long term sales partnership |

Describe Your Company to Commission-Based Sales Agents

Our company is the largest importer and distributor of natural stone in the UK, delivering throughout the UK and rest of Europe. We specialise in all areas of Natural Stone, Engineered Quartz and Porcelain, for interior and exterior use. We have built our business on a foundation of experience and excellence and is the result of the successful identification of a real, and sought after need in the market; excellent management has made our company highly efficient and successful.

We are a company with the experience to react immediately to new opportunities and changes in the sales environment. Our management’s background of sales and marketing is extensive, mostly working on straight commission.

Having spent decades as self-employed, commission-based sales reps, we know exactly what a sales agent expects when partnering with a company principal.

Tell Us About The Commission Based Opportunity You Are Offering To The Right Reps

We are looking for commission-based sales reps to partner and grow with us. In return, we are able to offer the following benefits:

We Truly Know How To Work With Self-Employed Sales Professionals

One other guarantee: We will not hold award banquets where you receive a plaque for exceeding quotas, only then to be taken into the back room to be told that we’re cutting your commissions and/or your territory.

We know how to work with independent commission-based sales professionals, and our primary goal is to build long lasting, mutually beneficial relationships with all of our partners.

What Qualities Do We Look For In A Commission-Based Sales Rep?

We are looking to partner with agents who know the Market or is highly motivated to learn. Although the ability to close a sale is obviously vital, we are interested in working with agents who can sell using a consultative, needs based approach.

This includes:

What Do We Require From Self-Employed Sales Agents?

What Training And Support Do You Offer To Sales Reps?

Full training and support is always available to self-employed sales agents that choose to partner with us.

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Online training materials, phone (Skype or CommissionCrowd’s click to call functionality) Initial training will be followed by one-on-one phone calls that should take no more than one hour at a time. Follow-up training will be tailored to the individual sales reps needs. Ensuring our reps feel supported at all times is our highest priority.

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Annabelle is back

Who is Annabelle?  How did she become a doll?  An evil doll at that!

This is the story behind Annabelle and how she became the doll she is.  This great featurette asks that question to David Sandberg and producer, James Wan.  Along with interviews with the cast.

Not only do we have the above featurette, we have also been sent a nice selection of clips to get you in the mood for the film to hit UK cinemas tomorrow.

She Wanted Permission

Found You

I Think She Died

Mrs Mullins

A Different Kind Of Presence

In “Annabelle: Creation,” several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.

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She’s Gotta Have It, again

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An ongoing journal of life as a Missionary in Guatemala. It will make you laugh and cry at the same time.

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Location: Chimaltenango, Guatemala

I work in Guatemala with Hope Haven international and Bethel Ministries. Along with my friends Chris and Donna Mooney and their family, we share the love of Jesus in various ways. Although giving out and maintaining wheelchairs is our primary ministry, we are involved in many other things as well. Building houses, feeding the hungry, providing education to handicapped children in orphanages and villages, and hosting a camp for the handicapped are just a small part of the things that God has given us the privilege of getting involved in. For several years now I have been keeping daily journals. Once a week I try to post new journals and pictures. My e-mail is dick@dickrutgers.com Guatemala Cell Phone # 502 5379 9451 USA Phone # 360 312 7720(Relays free to Guatemala)

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

When did we see You hungry?

 Matthew 25:44

“Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?'

The following is a letter that was recently written by  Kristen Strevey,  Kristen was in her early teens when she visited us here in Guatemala a few years ago.  All of the children pictured below are or have been residence of Hermano Pedro orphanage.  Several of them have passed away.  All of them have had their lives enriched because of people like Kristen.

Crimson from heat and glistening with sweat, my face strained as I bent over the wheel of a specialized red wheelchair to adjust a screw.  In the seat sat a blubbering two-year-old Guatemalan boy.  His beautiful dark brown eyes watched as I placed his feet into the fitted footrest.  As the third born of triplet boys, he was affected by Multiple Sclerosis caused by complications during birth.  Although I had only known the family for 20 minutes and could not communicate very well because it was just my first year of Spanish, I could see the struggles the family had experienced by looking at his young mother.  Her hands, one of which caressed her older daughter, were covered in calluses from performing manual labor to support her family.  The strong calf muscles revealed how she had had to carry her handicapped son through the streets of the coastal city of Guatemala.  Her weary eyes showed the sleepless nights of worrying how to care for the children she loved so dearly but could not support in the economical conditions of the poor country.  But, amidst the struggle, the woman’s smile shined with hope brought by the wheelchair that would lighten her daily load.  As the final adjustment was made to the wheelchair and the boy’s body could finally relax comfortably, tears of joy sprung from the young mother’s eyes.  After years of trouble transporting her son, life would ease tremendously for the family.

I went on the trip to Guatemala the summer before my freshman year as part of a mission team from my church with only seven adults that I had met once before.  We worked with three local missionaries who serve the handicapped community of Guatemala.  Besides the handicap ministry, we distributed food and built a small house, but, with such a large need and small amount of resources for handicapped people, that aspect of our trip prevailed.  During the daylong wheel chair distribution, about 100 chairs were fitted to children or adults and given to impoverished families.  Each chair would affect the lives of families similar to that of the triplet boy, and every person left the humid building with a smile on his face and a new hope for life.  On this day, I knew in my heart that no matter what I do with my future, whether I am a doctor or a teacher, I would be making a difference in the lives of others.  I knew that I would do anything to see the joy and hope of the Guatemalan families reflected in many more people.

But my realizations did not stop there.  On the fifth day of our trip we spent time at an institution for handicapped children and adults whose families could not care for them.  This day was one of the most emotionally challenging of my life.  The children laid in cribs for most of the day, were fed bowls of mush, and often cried for hours without any response.  My heart broke every time I turned my head.  However, the terrible conditions were due to a lack of government funds, not a lack of care.  Evident in every nurse working at Hermano Pedro was an unconditional love and patience for the children; they were doing everything they possibly could.  It brings tears to my eyes now to remember the loving smile and gentle touch of a nurse who fed a 14 year old girl from a bottle, rocking the diaper clad girl and sweetly singing her a song.  Throughout the day a passionate itch came into my heart.  I felt it as I reached under mosquito nets to hold the hands of “vegetable” children, hoping that a simple touch would bring some light to their day.  I felt it even stronger at the delightful cries of the kids we wheeled through the courtyard of the building as sunlight and fresh air brushed their faces.  Finally, as I sat with Henry, the sweetest boy I’ve ever seen, asleep in my lap, the feeling in my heart became uncontrollable.  The boy, who had cried the whole time we were there, finally had a smile on his face: he had fallen asleep in a warm embrace instead of behind the bars of a metal crib.  While the rest of the team waited to leave, I gave the slumbering three-year-old a kiss on the head and promised him that I would use my life and my knowledge to the best of my ability so that I could help other hurting children like him.

Still today, as I work in the nursery, babysit, and teach pre-school choir, all for healthy kids, little Henry stays in the back of my mind. Henry is my motivation to attend eight plus years of college in order to become a pediatric oncologist; I want sick children like him to be able to fully experience all of life’s joys.

Kristen Strevey

           Thank you Kristen

Yours in Christ: Dick

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