# @childrensrelief on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4GH9HgtXr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11987288-childrensrelief-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/90199bf82c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-08-14T16:30:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Children’s Relief Int’l (@childrensrelief) — https://gondola.cc/childrensrelief

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To show thoughtfulness, generosity, and love toward another—that is to make a heart sing! Braxton, CRI’s Operations Manager, shares about a time he experienced this overseas:⁠
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“In the summer of 2015, I was a brand new CRI staffer living and working in Dondo, Mozambique. There were tough seasons in the four months I was there, but one of the brightest lines running through that time was the friendship I developed with my next-door neighbors: Mateos, Elena, and their kids (pictured). ⁠
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I have so many good memories of them: Danny asking me for help with his math homework, the first time Cecilia smiled at me, Tony playing pranks, seeing the hours-old baby Rosa after Elena gave birth. It was great to have friends to say goodbye to as I left for the day and greet me when I returned home. I learned more Portuguese through chatting with them by the fire at night than any other way.⁠
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But, I think most fondly of Mateos. He is incredibly poor, but he has a dignity and kindness that radiates out. He is a caring father. He is respectful towards his wife. And he was generous to me…always generous in a myriad of little ways. Mateos and the family he leads make my #heartsing.”⁠
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If someone makes your heart sing, tell them so—by sending one of our #heartsing cards! Link in bio to get started.⁠

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