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Published: January 6th 2011
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Wubetu is the name of a little 15 year old boy I met tonight... within 5 minutes, I fell in love with him and wanted to adopt him....He is SO SO SO SO SO smart and his english is BRILLIANT! He wants to be a TEACHER...either PHYSICS or MATH!!! He was telling me how he can study for 14 hours straight without a break..... wow... I def. can't do that.....He had the SWEETEST spirit
Get this......Wubetu is the boy that BLAKE founder of TOMS SHOES sponsors.... A man named Surafel (spelling?) who works for Mocha Club AND TOM's shoes is taking care of him......
The story goes....about 4 months ago Blake was in Northern Ethiopia where some water wells were being drilled....and that is where Wubetu is from...Wubetu lived with his very very poor parents and 7 brothers and sisters.....within 20 minutes of Blake meeting Wubetu, he fell in love with him....and gave him his email address....Wubetu emailed Blake with "I love You" and that was the moment Blake decided he need to give him an opportunity.... and decided to pay for him to go to a International school near Addis Ababa to get a better education. You see..... Wubetu used
to have to walk 5 hours a day where he lived JUST to get to and from school...... now, he walks 5 minutes, so he has more time to study. Blake is renting a house for Wubetu to live in, and his friend Surafel (who works for TOM's Shoes and Mocha Club) is staying there with him to care for him as his own....
Blake's plan is to let him finish 8th grade, and then pay for him to come to America to complete high school....and then University in America (which is Wubetu's dream).....
I just think this story is SO amazing and SO inspirational....
I love that Blake was willing to care for the ONE....and he is CHANGING this child's life..... Wubetu NEVER would have had these opportunities....and NOW HE DOES...... and he is seriously the most grateful and humble child I have ever met..... and has SO SO SO much potential.....
Not only is Blake's willingness to care for Wubetu inspirational....but the willingness of Surafel to care for Wubetu when he is single without children is inspirational as well....and as we sat around and heard Surafel's testimony..... I realize that somewhere along the way.... a man had given
Birthday Party
We threw Wubetu his very first birthday party of his life..and he is 15 years old! He was SO grateful and SO HAPPY (he said this probably 25 times) Surafel an opportunity and believed in him......
I LOVE this story..... and I just wanted to share it with all of u...
Sometimes....thinking about how much need their is....is SO totally overwhelming..... but focusing on just making a difference in the life of ONE is so much more personal and so much easier to wrap your brain around..... I am CONFIDENT that Wubetu is going to do BIG things with his life..... and I am praying for his heart and his future and God's will for his life.....
On Friday, Jan. 7th, we are throwing Wubetu a birthday party....and it will be his very first birthday party of his life.... I CAN'T WAIT!!!
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