It has been a pretty productive Saturday.

I picked up most, if not all, of the supplies and random items that I need to go away.

things like shampoo, soap, bug spray, vitamins... that kind of stuff.

Then I went to the book store.

 

Oliver, a kenyan boy that I befriended while I was over there last time, (you can read about him down a few posts)

loves to read, and write for that matter. He wants to be a writer or a teacher.

English is his third language and he certainly doesn't read and write at the level north american kids do at his age but he is incredibly talented.

I talk to him nearly every saturday and each time he reads me a new story that he has written.

He really likes metaphors and he paints pictures with words really well.

He has read a story about Eskimos and now he wont stop asking me about snow.

 

I know that his school doesn't have a library and he definitely doesn't have access to books so today I bought him some books.

I also have a journal for him to that he can keep all his writings in one place

(I often hear him running around and rustling papers that are randomly left around his home.)

The books that I bought him are...

1. A School Like Mine - Unicef (he told me he loves learning about the world)

2. How High Can an Elephant Jump? - Guy Campbell (he can wow his school friends with his trivia knowledge ;))

3. Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis (this will be a challenging read for him but where better place to start than Narnia?)

 

I really believe that Oliver has a gift and given that his life contains a lot of discouragement

I will continue to encourage him to work towards his dreams of becoming a writer.

 

Side note,

I got my new licence today!

no more handing out ID that looks like my autopsy photo after being found at the bottom of a lake.

awesomeness!

 

What else..

I had popcorn tonight

and I still don't like it so it's sitting in a bowl stinking up the house

 

that's all I got for now,

peace oot