15 year old Hans lives with his dad and his aunt. His favorite thing about Next Life is how much he is learning. He looks forward to making a table for his home. His favorite animal is a cow, although he doesn’t have one. In his spare time he enjoys weeding the banana plants. His favorite food is spaghetti.
Collin is 15 yrs old and lives fairly close to our campus. He lives with his grandma and cousin. Tables and chairs are what he is looking most forward to making. His favorite foods are soup and chapattis (a traditional fried flat bread). He states that he tries his best to cook well but it’s a work in progress. He can make spaghetti. He dreams to someday open his own carpentry shop.
16 yr old Noel lives with his mother and grandmother. He’s looking forward to learning how to make tables. His favorite color is red and his favorite animal is the lion. When it comes to doing chores, he’d most like to collect firewood. He and Collin are good friends so he thinks maybe someday they could open a carpentry shop together.
Shedrak is 16 years old and lives with his grandparents, uncle and younger brother. He walks 2 hours each day to get to the Next Life campus. He is anxious to learn how to make tables, chairs and beds. Someday he would love to be a “big carpenter”. He would help his family if he had an abundant amount of money.
16 yr old Kefas lives with his younger brother and his dad. He has an older sister also. He walks an hour and a half to get to class each day. He’s really looking forward to learning how to make china cabinet type cupboards. He claims to be a good cook and his favorite to make and eat are chapattis, a traditional fried flat bread. If he had lots and lots of money, he would help his parents.
Allen also lives in Mbuguni but only has an half hour walk from home to school. This 15 year old is enjoying every aspect of his carpentry class. He is looking forward to learning how to make a kabati chair. He is an only child living with his mother who has a small business selling vegetables. If he has free time he spends it reading his Bible. When he finishes his carpentry schooling he would like to add the skill of electrician to his repertoire.
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