Abram

This is Abram.  

He is 9 years old and has an 8 year old brother named Stephen.  Their mother is not around and their father has an injured leg.  These two little guys get up and get themselves to school (they don't actually live on the Virginia Home compound) everyday.  At lunchtime, they put half of their lunch portion into a bag to take home and share with their father at night.  This truly amazes me!  I first met Abram on my November visit to the Virginia Home, although he has been there since before our first visit.  I noticed him standing by me everywhere I went on the compound, never saying a word.  One afternoon I sat down with a group of girls, talking about "girly things" and Abram sat in the chair beside me perfectly still (which I thought was impossible for this rambunctious little wild child) with his hand on my leg for about 30 minutes.  After that, we were fast friends!  The next day I let him wear my sunglasses and he treated them like they were the crown jewels!  He told me he wanted some sunglasses (his English is not very good yet) so I told him he would have to wait until "November, December, January..." and he said, "February, March...".  I was thrilled!  We were communicating!  I cannot wait to hug this little guy's neck when I get there!  My big concern right now is his father's leg injury.  I'm hopeful that we can provide the meds to heal his leg so he can take care of his sons.