Joe was a recently retired American I met in the sleepy beach town in Tela, Honduras on the Caribbean coast. Balmy and breezy. He built a house and rejoined the Honduran relatives he spent a lifetime away from as a defense contractor for the US government working all around the world. He was unafraid at 62 to make change when many of us grow hardened and deeply rutted, he was also acquiring the language.
I really admired him and learning his story gave my day a big lift. He made me feel hope and pleasure at the human condition when so many are afraid to start anew. Not Joe. It started with him saying, Are you guys Americans? and finished with Its nice to hear an American accent.
David
Leon, Nicaragua
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