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I was suffocating from superficiality. I needed to reset my heart, so I booked a trip to visit Mercy Ships. The ship held a party for kids from a orphanage called Arbre de Vie, which means "tree of life". The couple that runs the orphanage is from Ohio. Ashley and John Reeves.![Beth Kirchner drawing Mickey]()
One of my favorite teachers is Miss Beth Kirchner, who used to work for Disney and can draw Mickey for her students to color in.![Dana and husband Peter in scrubs]()
![Peter's surfing adventure]()
Peter said it wasn't really “surfing.” It was more like “fell off a short board over and over again.” The waves are rough in West Africa, but the temperature was perfect.![New Dress ceremony]()
The most powerful event was a New Dress ceremony held for three women who had their fistulas repaired on the ship.![Selfie]()
The children saw us and the camera equipment and in unison they asked for what kids the world over want – a selfie!![Courtesy of Timmy Baskerville]()
One of Timmy Baskerville's photos.![Seeing the ocean for the first time]()
I got a photograph from behind as they all gathered at the sea, many of them seeing the ocean for the first time.![Wishing them peace]()
I wished them well -- that they'd have peace and opportunity and that they'd keep giggling like that.![Anna Psiaki]()
There was a girl named Anna Psiaki. Tall and willowy, long blond hair. She's from upstate New York, one of nine children. She's a writer on the ship -- a poet, too.![Caleb interviews Amb. Tamlyn]()
Caleb Biney interviews U.S. Ambassador, Lucy Tamlyn, for an article for Scholastic’s News Kids magazine.Dana Perino: I needed to reset my heart
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- Dana Perino: I needed to reset my heart
