Anne Patterson
Anne Patterson
bad event exceeded goal held last pleased reached super turned weather wish
We reached our goal and may have exceeded it from last year. I am super pleased on how the event turned out. I just wish the bad weather would have held off.
problem readily
Yes, narcotics are readily available. But if we weren't doing these projects, the problem would be dramatically worse.
daily develop extra math needed skills work
He would come by daily to do extra work to develop the math skills he needed for the military.
invitation states united
The United States conducts interventions (against drug trafficking) at the invitation of the Colombian government.
states support united work
In our opinion, there is no international support for this idea. I don't think this idea is going to work in the future, and the United States will not support this.
colombia difficulty next paradise
I don't want to underestimate the difficulty of this, because Colombia is paradise next to Afghanistan.
additional annual brought coming identified last plus sent survivors year
We only had 50 survivors at the event. We sent out 75 invitations from last year plus an additional 20 that were brought to our attention. So far, we have identified approximately 100 survivors and we are working to get more of them to keep coming to our annual event.