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He Fell in Love with Sewing

All our children have come from the worst cases imaginable. Jean Edwouard was one of them… He was a restavek slave child. In fact, he was in a small village not far from us where we have a food distribution each month.

As Bobby was busy with the team, I noticed a cute little boy, about five or six years old, cooking food over a hot charcoal fire. He said that he had started the fire and had to cook some food for the family he was living with. This automatically means that he is a slave child… A child whose mother and father died, or perhaps a mother that died and the father abandoned. When this happens, the child is usually sent to a family member (uncle, aunt, etc.) to “work for them.” That child will do all the hard work, including carrying large heavy buckets of water for miles, fetching sticks to make a fire, washing clothes, cooking, and much more. They will never be allowed to go to school or have a happy life. This was “Jean Edwouard.”

We brought him to Love A Child and immediately put him in school. He did very well. As he grew up, some of the boys at the orphanage asked him to “alter their pants.” This meant “sewing by hand.” One of the house mothers gave him a needle and some thread and that was it! He fell in love with “sewing.” He now has a little sewing business, a couple of sewing machines, and one other person to help. He is also in his first year of college.

Jean Edwouard has a sweet, quiet nature. He likes everything “clean!” (I wish all the boys were like that!!) He sews and alters my clinic uniforms and does much more. He also loves to “dress up.” Everything “matches!!!” He is our “Number Two Guy” with a “passion for fashion!” We love him! He is sweet, kind, obedient, and quiet!!

Sherry

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