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April 10 Oliver ReturnsToday was a good day!
I got news that Oliver had arrived in Nairobi while I was away in Othaya so I called up his neighbor and arranged a visit.
I haven't seen Oliver since spring of 2007, though I talk to him on the phone regularly, so I was anxious to finally see him again.
 I got to the house mid morning and sat and sat and sat.
Four times, someone was sent to fetch him but still he wasn't coming.
It wasn't until I asked that I was told he refused to see me without showering first.
Kenyans love to be presentable...
He finally arrived and I was surprised to see that he is nearly as tall as me now.
15 years old and he is a handsome young man.
It took about 10 minutes for him to remember that he is indeed not shy and after the giggle subsided, the original Oliver finally emerged.
He started by asking many questions the way he does on the phone. We then talked about his writing and the newborn triplets back home.
He brought his book with him. I had asked him to bring his stories so that I could read them.
I will share one of his poems with you in the next entry.
We took some photos and he asked about Narnia.
I had sent him the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia and he finished it in about 4 days.
I mentioned that there was a movie made and he hadn't forgotten.
We will watch it together with the other boys on Monday.
Unfortunately I had to leave not long after but we walked back to the road together and said goodbye for the weekend.
It's good to see him. I'm praying that him living in the country is not hindering his education.
He has so much talent it's sad to think that it could go un-noticed, or even worse, get lost in a life spent in toil and struggle for survival. TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://kabotu.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4925F45BA37E04!2015.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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