After Farshid left, Nabi said "he's not going to make it". I agreed. He was not only violating the one rule we have, his persona lacked energy and drive. I rely heavily on reading personas when in Afghanistan. In 2005 I bought a book and tapes to learn Farsi. I'm still on lesson one. This old dog can't learn new languages.
Below is a photo of Farshid taken when his sponsorship began.
Two weeks ago a friend of Nabi's brought back the lapis jewelry we'll have at the Art & Wine festival this weekend and letters from sponsored children to their sponsors. Sponsors, your letters are being translated now and will be sent to you soon. We have over 80 letters to translate. Farshid's letter to Nabi included the photo below.
Farshid is now in his third year of law school, with one more year to go. He knows that upon graduation he will be a prosecutor. From pulling street carts to law school graduate. We
never know how they will turn out. But,
we can provide a child with access to an education. Nothing has more impact on their lives or is more important to their parents. Sponsorship pays the costs of their education and puts food on the family table.
See you this weekend and the following Saturday at the packing party. It will definitely take a village to pack all the stuff we'll have.
Budd
ps About 12 years ago I asked a young Afghan boy in Kabul who was graduating that year from law school what he would be doing after graduation. He said, "I'm going to be a judge". His father confirmed that he would be. It's unlikely that law school students become judges upon graduation now, but I'll check with Nabi.From graduation to judgeship shows how severe the "brain drain" problem in Afghanistan was.
