Dateline: A woman took her seat on the plane beside the Texas A and M Rugby Coach (See The Rugby Coach that Changed the World).
The woman was bubbling over with excitement as she looked through the stack of brochures she’d picked up on the way to the airport. “Sorry, sir,” she said, “I don’t mean to bother you, but I just have to show these to someone. They turned out so well….Can I show you?”
“Okay….” the coach said.
The woman smiled and showed the coach …the brochures for Bridginghope.org. Mostly the pages were filled with photographs taken at the home for abandoned girls in Nuevo Laredo. The coach would smile politely, then dive back into his Sports Illustrated, right?
Of course, a rugby coach isn’t going to be interested in a project to bring hope to throw-away girls crowded together in Nueveo Laredo, Texas. Of course not.
The next thing Coach knew, he was setting up a schedule for the A and M rugby team to visit the home. But this is still a joke, right? College jocks on a mercy mission in Nuevo Laredo? Come on.
How could he know that the woman with the pictures would change his life forever. The rugby team’s been involved ever since. Two young men changed their majors to service careers.
One player took the next semester off to work full time in the home because, he said, “I can go to college anytime. I couldn’t stop thinking about what the girls needed now and how I could help make their lives better.”
Anyone who’s been involved with Bridginghope.org had left saying, “I got so much more from being with the girls than I could ever give back.”
With Christmas coming, the girls each (there’s almost 700) were asked to make a ‘wish list’. And, the number one request? As any kid you know if he or she can guess what a poor girl in Nuevo Laredo would want for Christmas and I’m betting no one guesses.
The number one request? A toothbrush.
Please check out the website. And, oh yeah, I’m hitting you up, but not for money. PREPARE for a mysteryshrink contest. No cost to you, not even shipping and handling. When you win, I contribute in your name, so how’s that for everyone wins…. A toothbrush…
