skills to pay the bills

the cuts on this kids chest is a way he deals with his anger and pain

For the past three weeks I have been taking street kids to work in a carpentry shop a friend of mine has. We are making bunk beds for an orphanage. Out of six kids there are three kids that show a lot of potential. Im really excited about the possibilities this could create for the kids. We started them out sanding and painting, than a couple days ago we put two kids on some machinery, you could see the pride those boys took in learning something other than begging and washing windows. I got a little emotional watching them get excited and taking pride in their work.

Im stoked because it gives me the opportunity to spend about 5 hours a day with two kids at a time. Its an hour bus ride one way, so thats one hour for them to come down off the glue, then three hours of doing something productive off the street in a positive environment, then another hour bus ride back. There are still some wrinkles to iron out but we will get there. A huge thanks to Nate for giving my kids this opportunity and being patient, and also paying them out of his own pocket. The only incident so far is one of the kids drank paint thinner, (it was an accident, and he’s okay)