----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
To: "Scott Cowle" <SCowle@mentorcollege.edu>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: A trip
> Scott
> Good for you, we can all learn from things like this. There are many poor
> people and others that have lost everything through wars and disasters.
> Recovery is never easy. When someone steps up to help I admire them. To
> give up your time when they are in need tells me that you are a good
> person.
>
> Glen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Cowle" <SCowle@mentorcollege.edu>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:09 AM
> Subject: A trip
>
>
>>I just got back from a 2 week trip with some of my students to build a
>>house for a desparate family in Zambia under the guidance of Habitat for
>>Humanity. It has affected me in ways I still don't fully comprehend, but
>>it made me think of what those of you who have seen war must have gone
>>through in trying to come to terms with what you have experienced. I have
>>never seen such utter desolation and despair and degradation and I thought
>>I would come home full of rage at the injustice of it, but instead I find
>>I have a sorrow inside I never knew I could feel. However I have also come
>>away with an extremely powerful resolve to not let the little minor
>>inconveniences of our immensly rich lives ever again get the better of my
>>emotions. I also am going to enjoy racing and each of your company when I
>>see you again so much more because I know more than ever how fragile we
>>are, and how much each of us has done and can do if we try.I am different
>>now than I was only a few weeks before an!
>> d I've only seen so very little-I have so much to learn-I'm blown away by
>> the magnitude of it all. So I'm going to get my car running again-only
>> better and I'm going to have even more fun than before, but man o man
>> I'll never forget what I've seen-my hats off to those of you who have
>> served-you are a tougher bunch than I'll ever be. Scott
>>
>>
>>
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