This is Johnathan. I cant find a picture of him without someones sunglasses on. i met Johnathan at street kids camp the very fist month we were here. his personality has not changed drastically...but his heart has. When we started going to childrens garden more my little friend Johnathan started to stand out to me. he has a wild spirit and unending energy, its amazing really. Every day he was one of the first to greet us on our way in. Johnathan has quiet the story and i think that violence plays a huge part in it. Many times he had God provide a strange way out of many terrible situations. to me i think he sees nothing wrong with being a rough little boy. everyday for while there he would shake my hand and eventually shaking my whole arm until i pried it away from him. it was more obnoxious than hurtful. maybe i should have just said no right away. but slowly i started to just tell him no. and shake his hand politely. sometimes he would shake it nicely then look into my eyes and you could see it coming. at the end we was not completely gentle but he was not violent either. the last day i saw him i was wearing the staff polo shirt for the sports event we were at. it was hot. i had it unbuttoned at the neck, it was not inappropriate...its just that it was about 100 degrees out. taking the role of a big brother he made me button both of the buttons...he was worried about me. his eyes had been getting softer and softer each time i saw him, he still had his crazy spurts of johnathan-ness. but he was gradually changing, in his heart.
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