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Face to face with Hearts Without Boundaries

Posted on February 25th, 2010 by heather

Today I feel espe­cially lucky to own Blue Windows. I am con­tin­u­ally reminded why God gave me this incred­i­ble oppor­tu­nity. Yesterday I met the face of Hearts Without Boundaries, my char­ity for February. I knew I would be affected by this process but I never imag­ined I would have the oppor­tu­nity to come face to face with a lit­tle girl from Cambodia because of it. Socheat, 3 years old, is hav­ing heart surgery next week and I was blessed to meet her yes­ter­day. Another great sur­prise was meet­ing Davik, 11 years old, who had heart surgery two years ago. Both of these girls had this oppor­tu­nity because of the heart of Peter Chhun, founder of Hearts Without Boundaries. He came along with oth­ers who work for the orga­ni­za­tion and fam­ily mem­bers of Socheat. It was quite a sight. Cameras every­where! I have to say I was a bit over­whelmed by the expe­ri­ence. This lit­tle girl is get­ting a surgery she would never have been able to get if it weren’t for Hearts Without Boundaries. I encour­age peo­ple to get involved in some small way whether it’s through this orga­ni­za­tion or another. Believe me you will get moments that you never expected to have in your life. I came into work on Wednesday morn­ing, got a phone call that they would be vis­it­ing and then by the end of my shift I was meet­ing Socheat from Cambodia! Crazy turn of events in one day! The best part is I could share it with my Blue Windows crew. Petra (my man­ager) and Alyson were both there for the expe­ri­ence. I have to give a big thanks to Petra for find­ing this orga­ni­za­tion in the first place. I have a great team and I hope as we con­tinue this jour­ney we will have more incred­i­ble sto­ries to expe­ri­ence and share.

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I am Blessed, Heather

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