Art View

We have spent two days now at the shelter for the street boys. The first day was quite an adventure. We were under the impression that we would be getting an interpretor, however, they left us alone in a room of about 20 boys that don't speak English except for a few words. They were quite a rowdy bunch. They were loud, always jumping up from their seats, calling, "Auntie, Auntie, Uncle, Uncle." They run up to me demanding paper and crayons. Jonathan got them to sit down and communicated that we would not talk or respond to them unless they were quiet and raised their hand.Once they got the crayons they just drew whatever they wanted. When they were done they ran up, showed me their drawings, and ran out the room. Soon we had only about 6 boys left. Jonathan found himself doing math with a deaf boy up at the chalkboard, teaching him division, square roots, and calculus. I had one small boy that wasn't happy unless I was sitting right by his side. I couldn't really speak to him, so I drew a quick sketch of him. The other boys saw me do that and wanted their portraits drawn too. Just a few 2 minute crayon drawings of he boys seemed to make them really happy.




This is one of the street children who is living at Bosco Mane.

Yesterday they gave us an interpretor and we had a bit more success. Overall it was quite a challenge, and we liked the boys enough to come back an extra day.