Lydia's Reflection

Originally I was going to write about hearing the story if someone who had gone through many hardships and how it touched me a lot. However, I what caused a greater realization for me were daily interactions with the residents at URM and children at the camps. Evidently, these people have gone through many challenges to be living at the URM. However, there is a great sense of community there and most of the people are extremely kind and generous, even though they don't have much. Soap is not provided and toilet paper often runs out in the bathrooms, but many of the residents offer to share their supplies. The kids are also mature, loving, and outgoing. It was inspiring to see how great these people's attitudes were despite difficulties in their lives and made me realize how important community and helping each other is in times that are hard.