When it became apparent that the only way to save the Foundation was to sell our printing equipment in order to continue helping others I could not pass up the opportunity of establishing ‘with help and support’ a satellite global office in Campinas, Sao Paulo Brazil. Where I have not missed much in communication at all. I am now looking forward to returning to Dallas fresh and rested and then returning to Brazil to establish an English and Technical training school, working with young people in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

While Dallas, Texas continues to suffer horrible youth drug addiction, gang violence and loss of lives I realize by my ‘having been there’ I could touch thousands of lives on the bottom of society and offer them all I had to give. Unconditional love, hug after hug, and good life wisdom from having made bad life choices. One by one, the lives I really thought had no hope, began to show signs of revival and empowerment and now thousands of young persons are successful adults with good families and futures because a seed of light was planted into a heart once darkened by their surroundings.
People like me are damaged ourselves but we yearn to stop the damage in others so we often do not know how others around us do the seemingly simple things like ‘look more professional’ by having a functional system like online invoicing. By living in a constant social crises we realize that any small amount paid for a service takes away from helping others. So we small charities often do without. Freshbooks may think they were a small part of helping Bajito Onda but actually they were a solid building block for our future.