On one of our drives up to the mountains, we saw Alex, the 12 year old boy, hitchhiking again. He was out to get food on credit, but the store in one of the villages doesn’t give food on credit so he was walking to the next village. Conrad dropped me off at the foster family and took him shopping. I asked the foster family about him and they said they know him and know of his family. He walks through villages and gets odd jobs splitting wood, gathering hey, working the field, cleaning gardens… He is polite, determined and hardworking. Conrad says he must have a good role model, but just struggles with deep poverty.
I gave him my business card and got his number… I told him in case I have a job for him. Now my neighbors are initiating a social project. A new mom is baking goods to sell to us and with the money to bless a poor family or more this winter. Alex came to mind instantly. Though he is determined to earn an honest dollar.
