Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 25, 2009, at 11:24 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: > Daniel, > > Both a beautiful and tragic story. > You, and Phillip, provide many lessons for us. > Among them; the lessons on how to truly give as well as accept. > Your ability to walk this path, with such clear eyes, leaves me > speechless. George said it... a sad powerful story, it's a cruel world... more power to you Daniel, Steve > > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > > On Jan 24, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > >> Some of you who know me know that I work a lot in Africa. In the past >> it was Zimbabwe, Tanzania and South Africa. Now it is Malawi. >> >> I met a man, Phillip Tambala: >> >> http://dlridings.se/blog/2007/12/12/a-little-report-from-malawi/ >> >> After the initial reaction of "oh-no-not-another-beggar", I >> realized I >> was dealing with a special man. He was industrious, focused (on his >> family) and generous. Besides his own immediate family, he took on >> many orphans. >> >> I don't give away money. That's useless. I do things. We had our >> little projects. A house, crops, things like that. >> >> http://dlridings.se/blog/2008/02/14/bought-a-roof-on-my-lunch-break/ >> >> Phillip died a couple (now few if a couple is more than two) of >> months >> ago. Malaria. Basically, that meant his family would probably starve >> to death. >> >> I'm now a farmer. Ask me about the hideous prices of fertilizer that >> is required in order to make gene manipulated corn to grow, and I can >> tell you. I finance about 12 acres of corn (and beans). If any of you >> get a chance, that is the way to help. Things are looking good and if >> it keeps up (the rains have come), there will be enough of a harvest >> to feed the family the whole year with a surplus that can be sold to >> finance next year's crop. >> >> I'm going back in a couple of weeks and am taking prints with me. >> Here's a sample. >> >> http://dlridings.se/lightroom/tambala/index.html >> >> Political: those of you who know me know that I would never praise >> George W. Bush, a catastrophe for the world, without reason. But >> locally, in Africa, he has been a blessing. Not a blessing in >> disguise, but an outright, full-fledged blessing. I hope Obama can at >> least hold the course, a difficult task in its own. When it comes to >> US politics in Africa, Bush is a hard act to follow. >> >> Now ... just waiting for that little fever top from the yellow fever >> vaccination and I'm off. >> >> Daniel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information