It's a strange feeling being away from the states an hearing about the news stories from the "outside". It's also strange to being on the "inside" of stories that are airing in the US.
Then along comes a story like this, where the world has lost around 23,000 (at last count and probably will go higher) and all of a sudden there is a third newsworthy area because of a natural disaster of unheard of proportions.
What exactly is going on? One minute people are walking along in nice weather, and the next minute they are just swallowed up by waves? Very strange...Very sad.
Today, in our area of operations, a third country national, found out he lost his entire family in India. The soldiers took up a donation to give to him as he was leaving this evening to tend to matters. These workers come here and are deployed in every sense of the word. hey usually are supporting multiple people (5-10) and get paid about 300 dollars a month. Just a heart wrenching development.
Stand by...
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