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Jimmy was just a boy when I first met him in 2009. Shy and working on improving his English, he approached my side, held my hand, and asked me my name. When I told him, he gave me some small bracelets to take home.
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Jimmy and I in 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Each year since we have become closer, developing a true friendship. He has grown into quite the young man, studious, thoughtful and creative.<\/p>\n

His desire is to become a professional photographer. I helped him with a camera last year for him to develop this talent. He has taken the initiative and found free lance work doing what he loves. He is also an artist.<\/p>\n

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He surprised me last year with a couple of art drawings he made by scratching the wood to outline the picture, then filling in the cracks until he gets the desired effect.<\/p>\n

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It is a painstaking process he goes through, but the end result is a true piece of art, and something I cherish deeply.<\/p>\n

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Jimmy Mukundi is almost an adult now, and when I see him in a few weeks we will rekindle our friendship and set goals for the future, which for him is very bright.<\/p>\n

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