Marriam and Heather's story
Marriam and her friend Heather were sentenced to jail for 25 years behind bars for a crime Heather's mother persuaded them to commit when they were 13 and 14 years old. Marriam and Heather participated in this outreach their first year at Echo Glen. When we came back their 2nd year, Marriam stood up in front of all of her fellow inmates and said, " I used to be self-centered and think the world revolved around me. But after doing the T-shirts and seeing the smiles I put on the faces of the Bolivian kids, I realized I am happiest when I am helping others . So, Heather and me have spent this last year making scarves and hats for those orphans."
Marriam and Heather's passion to help orphans around the world was so contagious that all their fellow cottage mates chose to get involved in helping year round.
Like Marriam, many of the children at Echo Glen have been led astray by parents who perpetuated the mistakes of their parents. These children desperately need good adult role models. They need, crave, and appreciate positive attention from caring adults. The children at both schools may take your heart as they did mine; you will fall in love with their eagerness to help other children that they view as being worse off than they are.
