Editor’s note: Chelsea Kozikowski, senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, was given this letter to publish in The University News by Kenny Witte while volunteering at Lutheran Senior Services this year.

Kenny Witte was born in 1924. She graduated from Soldan High in 1942 and would have loved to go on to college to study education and English, but could not afford it. Kenny began working out of high school as a United Service Organizations hostess. Kenny offers keen insight into world events from the point of view of a woman who has lived through war and loss, and learned that love is built on a give-and-take attitude.

Oh God, why is the world in such chaotic turmoil?! I know you’re angry because there is too much violence and illegal sex in the world, but remember God, not all of us are guilty of this.  It takes terrorists like Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden, Hitler, and Mussolini to create all the horrific crimes that have been perpetrated on us.  The economic crisis adds to the problem.  Now many parents can no longer afford proper education for their children.  While there are jobs available, they remain vacant because young adults lack the knowledge to fulfill these positions.

Countries have to forget their differences, trying to be the first on the moon, fighting for more land, or trying to be the richest in the world, in every sense of the word.  Instead we should concentrate on helping one another, and be grateful that we are living in the U.S.A.

Being soft-hearted Americans, we cannot sit or stand without helping people who are in danger of being killed by guns and warfare.  When President Bush was in office he deployed military servicemen, not only to protect the people overseas, but to protect our beloved country.  So God, instill in the hearts and minds of the terrorists, that they were put on this earth to help one another, not to destroy.

Yours truly,

Kenny Witte

– Kenny Witte is a senior resident of Lutheran Senior Services.