Forty houses

I did not mark the day we met, it was

An ordinary day, like any other day.

I did not think that there would be a way

We would ever become friends - for it was

In disparate worlds that we lived, although

I liked you and what you stood for in life,

Even from the start. It's just now I know

By grace alone you came into my life,

Taught me new ways to love and harness life,

Inspired me to follow you to Cambodia,

To build forty houses was your big idea.

So glad we did it  for it changed my life!

Now that you're gone, the world has lost a light

But your ethos will grow in time with might.

                                  Requiescat in pace 

                                    March 5, 2010