Home sweet home

I hope you're all back safe and sound with your respective families again. Sorry I didn't get a blog done last night, too tired.

I see Zandra has done a blog on Moral Turpitude. In case anyone is wondering what that is all about let me explain. On our first arriving in USA we had to complete a Visa Waiver form before we could enter and sign a declaration of our good character. One of the questions was, "Have you ever been guilty of Moral Turpitude?" and Zandra, like the rest of us, didn't fully know what it meant. Therefore, how could we sign something when we didn't know the meaning.

Clare mentioned we might experience more culture shock once we returned to our homes, when we would be reminded of the contrast between our own luxurious situations and those we have just returned from. As I lay down on my own cozy bed after downloading my 738 pictures onto my laptop to review the deprivation we were exposed to I was reminded of the Peruvian homes we visited: 8 people living, cooking and sleeping in a brick building not much bigger than my living room, or the little lady who lived so high in the mountains and lived in a shack her husband built from asbestos sheets, cardboard, plywood and anything else they could lay their hands on (see the earlier picture with the girl in the orange T-Shirt); or the little girl who wept as she told us of her father who had run off leaving her mother and 2 other sisters with almost nothing.

The list goes on... but the sad thing is that it shouldn't. There is more than enough wealth in the world to resolve the poverty issue. Here's an interesting statistic - the combined income of the world's 7 richest people is enough to meet the basic needs of the poorest 25% of the world's population!

Mmmm?!

Al.