21st Century

It seems ridiculous that people are still affected by things like measles, malaria.. Things that we as Americans don't worry about.

Her name is Justine. She was 7 years old. She lived in Uganda at an orphanage of some our friends. And a couple of weeks ago she died of measles. This is a disease that Americans no longer have to worry about. There is a way to prevent it. But not in Africa. In Africa, this is still a struggle.

How in the 21st Century are there still children dying of diseases some countries don't even have to worry about? While we visited Uganda earlier this year, we were visiting people in the hospital who were dying of malaria.... I paid about $7 to get pills that lasted for 2 months to prevent me from getting malaria... And these people are dying from it.

I don't understand it. It isn't fair. But I guess life is that way. But it sucks. I hate it. It makes me sick.

R.I.P. Justine