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The meeting at the middle school was over and we walked back to the buses that would take us back to the base.. The night was rich with sound and color. As I looked back to see if everyone was there, I saw two young men standing with a young girl. As I approached I heard her cries, “ My mother says that I am such a stupid girl. She doesn’t know why she works so hard to keep me in school!” I came closer to see her. Tears were streaming down her face. I put my arm around her and asked her name. “Immaculate,” she said. I told her it must be very hard for her mother to tell her those things. She looked up at me and said, “It’s because of the dream.” She went on to explain that she had a dream of a beautiful rainbow, then a snake came into the dream and swallowed the rainbow. Her mother told her that her dream was a sign that her dreams would never come true. I could see that her heart was broken. I had her look into my eyes and said, “Your mother is wrong. You must love and respect her but you have a great destiny over your life. The Dream was a lie and you must reject it. You can be anything you want to be. God will be with you. He has good plans for your life.“ She looked up at me and stopped crying. “Do you think that is true?” she asked and I assured her that it was. I saw hope fill her eyes for the first time. She hugged me and asked me if she could come home with me. I told her no but promised that I would pray for her and I have continued to do so for the past several years. I often wonder what happened to the broken girl on that hot night in Uganda. I believe her dreams have come true.