The moment I met Sister Stan, I knew I was meeting someone special. She has a charisma about her that draws you in and makes you feel warm and welcome. Her face just lights up when she talks about her children, and her smile is radiant.
She is from West Africa. On her website, http://www.sisterstanschildren.org, is a story about her when she was younger. At about 10 years old, she spent as much time as she could at the convent in the town she grew up in. Some of us waver in our calling, some of us allude our calling, and some special souls like Sister Stan embrace their calling from the Lord with every inch of their being.
There is a video on her website, Touching Lives, that is a documentary of her life and mission. I recommend that you check it out. In it, the host of the show offers Sister a lot of gifts: diapers, water, beds, clothes, games, etc. You see her sitting on the couch and saying that inside she is shouting, but she won't shout now or else they won't give the gifts to a crazy nun! She's trying so hard to remain composed! I learned later that the show didn't give Sister the gifts they promised. However, in the video, you get a good look at life in Ghana, and in particular, in the orphanage.
And below is an article written about Sister Stan. She and I are about the same age, and when I look at her, and all she has accomplished, let alone the fact that she spends her life saving children and raising them herself, well, I fall well short of the mark. However, I hope to learn from her on this trip how to live love, for as far as I can see, she is love personified.
http://www.africareview.com/News/Catholic+nun+who+rescues+Ghana+rejected+children/-/979180/1387384/-/q2ibj3/-/
