Many thanks to Brandon Sneed and his feature article this Sunday in the Wilmington paper. Here's an exerpt:
Leanne LaFave is training to swim the 10 miles from Carolina Beach to Wrightsville Beach. That's equal to about 704 laps in the YWCA pool. And she's doing it to help kids halfway around the world.
LaFave, who teaches physical education at Holly Tree Elementary in Wilmington, right down the road from the YWCA, went to Zimbabwe in 2006 on a medical missions trip with ZOE Ministry. She gave the Zimbabwe kids a good time, playing soccer, jump rope and follow the leader. She's got an infectious laugh and smile, and she looks like she's in her late 20s when she's really, well, some years older than that. So there was lots of laughing and smiling. At least at first.
LaFave also helped teach the community how to treat HIV/AIDS, which runs rampant there. She learned some heavy stuff, such as how some men believe that having sex with a virgin can cure HIV/AIDS, leading to unspeakable treatment of young girls that, over here, would land a man in prison.
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