The promise of my babies was born on September 6th, 1999 in the besieged UN compound in Dili. Tim and I were forced to flee there after militias torched the Hotel Lifau. With tracer fire overhead, fear and inhumanity all around, Tim and I kissed for the first time. Our love began as East Timor entered the last stages of its painful birth.

In the midst of evil, greater forces were at play.
Di Martin and Tim Lester

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