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U.S. Senator Scott P. Brown:

“And maybe you’ve heard the story of the students in England, during the Second World War.  Who were helping restore a damaged cathedral, but encountered a problem that seemed beyond repair.  It was a statue of Jesus with outstretched arms, but the hands were broken off.  But on the pedestal it read, ‘Come unto me.’  Well the students couldn’t find a way to reattach the hands, so they left it as it was, but they adjusted and adapted it. And on the pedestal they said, ‘Be my hands’.  ‘Be my hands’.  And that inscription still stands today, as a powerful reminder that we can all do better. And that all of you, and all of us here listening, each and every day can do better.   We can all Be Like Brit.  You know, we can be her hands too. That’s one lovely expression of a duty and a calling that comes to all of us, whatever our creed, whatever our beliefs.  Conveys a spirit and direction of a good and happy life, and more than anything else, not only do I, but everybody here honoring you today, wish that kind of life for you.”

 

 

U.S. Senator John F. Kerry:

“The Gengels are almost secular saints in our state and our community.  It is hard to imagine the strength and compassion that Len and Cherylann found inside themselves not just to carry on after losing Britney, but to keep alive her passion and her idealism by helping the Haitian people for the long haul. The orphanage in Grand Goâve isn’t just a home for Haitian children to grow and thrive, it is life itself, and there’s no better way imaginable to keep alive Britney’s spirit, compassion and dedication to service.”