This week I want to talk about one of the coolest people I've met so far while being in Africa and share his situation. His christian name is Justin, he is 22 years old, he was born here in Agoe and he has lived in the same house for his entire life and has shared it with ten other family members. He graduated the equivalent of high school a couple years ago and has come to a stall in his life. He doesn't have the money to be able to go to university, He can't start working anywhere because jobs are super hard to come by. So basically now he waits until one of his sisters is bought as a wife so that his parents can put him through college or until someone in his family can give him a job. In the mean time he just hangs out with friends that are going through the same situation or he comes over to our apartment to just talk or to walk around with us in Agoe. He usually is with us every day. His dream is to one day win the lottery visa here and move to the USA and play music. He is pretty camera shy, so attached is the only photo I have of him.
The other attached photo is from when I went on splits and we had nothing planned so I started playing "WaWa" with all the kids that were in the street, super fun game cause everyone at the end takes a turn slapping the loser's hands. I try to always lose just to see if the kids are brave enough to hit a white guy.
Last picture is of my companion trying to convince me we need a motorcycle so that we don't walk as much
Anyway I hope you guys have a great week.
Elder Remer
