Today, we visited the house of Albert Schweitzer! He was a doctor, missionary, philosopher and musician. "Reverence for life" is a phrase that Schweitzer applied to his life and his work. He decided early in his life that we wanted to be of service and give himself to civilization and he did just that! He is the epitome of a humanitarian. He built and directed a hospital in Lambaréné in the Republic of Gabon, which is in Africa, where there was no access to modern health care. He devoted the remainder of his life to serve people in this area! He would utilize his talent as a musician to have musical tours in order to help fund this hospital. He won the Nobel Prize from which he used to prize money to build a new building at his hospital to house people with leprosy. Such an amazing man! We were not allowed to take pictures inside but I did get a photo of the outside of his house! This visit was one of the most touching of our trip! I bought a postcard from the boutique in his house that says "Do something wonderful. People may imitate it." You can tell he had great hope and compassion for humanity.
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