{"id":2775,"date":"2014-04-11T11:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T16:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2014-04-11T11:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T16:52:45","slug":"they-told-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2014\/04\/11\/they-told-me\/","title":{"rendered":"They Told Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2798\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2798\" alt=\"Ann Ziegler\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ann-Ziegler-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ann Ziegler, BVS unit #300<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>by Ann Ziegler, BVS Unit #300, San Pedro Sula, Honduras<\/p>\n<p>This is the most violent city in the world, they told me.<br \/>\nYou must be careful because they might steal from you, they told me.<br \/>\nThese kids can be tough and frustrating, they told me.<br \/>\nThere is so much poverty and so many gangs,<br \/>\nMost of these kids will end up in the streets again, they told me.<br \/>\nThey are broken, they told me.<br \/>\nAnd I felt despair. But&#8230;<br \/>\nWe are okay, said their smiles<br \/>\nWe are joyful, said their laughter<br \/>\nWe are full of life, said their high five&#8217;s<br \/>\nWe are full of love, said their hugs<br \/>\nWe are full of grace, said their kisses<br \/>\nWe have hope, said their eyes<br \/>\nAnd I felt peace.<br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Since April is National Poetry Month, we are featuring <a title=\"BVS poems\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/?s=poem\">poems by volunteers<\/a>. If you are a past or present BVS volunteer, share a poem by e-mailing it to <a title=\"E-mail BVS\" href=\"mailto:bvs@brethren.org\">bvs@brethren.org<\/a> or adding it in the comments section! <a title=\"Brethren Volunteer Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/\">Find out more about Brethren Volunteer Service<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ann Ziegler, BVS Unit #300, San Pedro Sula, Honduras This is the most violent city in the world, they told me. You must be careful because they might steal from you, they told me. These kids can be tough and frustrating, they told me. There is so much poverty and so many gangs, Most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[167,790,882,905],"class_list":["post-2775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bvs","tag-bvs-2","tag-national-poetry-month","tag-peace","tag-poem"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}