Pen Pals

I just found a really amazing story about a couple of pen pals. Lisa is from Tempe, Arizona and Vincent was from Uganda. The two started writing one another way back in 1964! They immediately became the best of friends, regardless of the distance between them! They shared with each other about their lives, and the people in them, and Vincent shared with Lisa the problems that were currently going on in his country! Vincent was eventually able to visit Lisa in New York in 1974, this of course making their bond even stronger! In 1993, Vincent became very sick, and Lisa remembers one of his last letters asking her to please take care of his family, as he had a wife, and two children. Vincent’s wife passed away in 1999, leaving their children orphaned. Lisa and her husband immediately wanted to adopt the two children, but Uganda did not allow adoption to the United States. Robert started writing to Lisa, telling her how much he wanted to go to college and get an education. Lisa and her husband quickly got Robert enrolled in an information technology program at the University of Phoenix (paying for all of his classes), and before they knew it, Robert was coming to the United States to walk with his graduating class from the University of Phoenix! Robert was able to get a job with his education!

You can read the entire store here:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/Tempe-woman-has-unique-gift-for-pen-pals-son-from/MA4H0UKWV0azYh6vMIC2Gw.cspx