These Feet: Trinidad & Tobago

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It's true, the sayings about you never knowing what you have until it's gone or what a person has been through until you walk a mile in his shoes.

I had the opportunity to travel abroad with a group of students from my university and work with Habitat for Humanity to help build three different houses for families in need. The landscape of the country had breath-taking beauty with it's beautiful beaches and mountains that scraped the skys. But, the poverty is unreal and heart-breaking.

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