Dear Juliet,

It's always good to hear from you too! I hope more rains come for your crops. I am sorry I have not written in a while. My classes have gotten demanding and I've been busy with school and family events.

I've picked a book that we might read together. My mom will bring over the book when she sees you. It's called Hatching Magic, and it has wizards and dragons in it. I've loved this book for a long time and I hope you will enjoy it too.

I'm glad you still love soccer. Another sport I enjoy is netball, but they don't play it in America, so I haven't played in a very long time. I lived in Australia for a year a while ago, and I played it there. Do you play netball? Do you have team sports in your school and compete, or do you just play for fun? Sports are very big in America. My school baseball team is going to the state championships, and it's a very big deal. Everyone is excited.

Mom's getting pretty excited to come to Kenya. I think she's finishing working out all of the travel plans. Less than a month! I'm very excited because by the time she goes I will be on summer vacation.

Hope you all are well!

Much love,

Megan

Hi Lupao --
We are so glad that you are healthy and that your studies are going well. I always loved learning about triangles and all the equations involved with the angles! Keep up all the hard work!
Best, Rachel, Bart, Alex and Caroline

I am Lupao and I have participated in athletics in the last few months at Highway Academy. Right now we are learning about how you can live and survive. I also like learning maths and science. My favorite subject is mathematics because it helps me to know how to count and to know all about triangles. I would like to go to Nairobi University after my secondary school. I am living well and I am healthy. I am grateful that I don’t have any health problems and I’m continuing with
my studies well.

Jalen gets his/her water from: faucet

Jalen transport his/her water with: public infrastructure (underground)

Jalen uses his/her water for: drinking, decorative gardening, waste disposal, cooking, hygiene

We have products that help with learning for future jobs Legos are like help for a amateur constructor. These are for education.

What food represents your community?
My family eats empanadas. It has pork inside dough. I'm from Puerto Rico.

Does your culture eat any unusual foods?
No.

Have you ever chosen to fast?
No

How does your community ensure that no one goes hungry?
The govenment pays for the food.

Hi! It's Mitra and Lauren again! Our picture didn't show up last time, so here it is:

Hi everyone!
It’s Mitra and Lauren here, and we’re going tell you about the picture we drew below!
This is a pancake breakfast, with toppings and a side. Pancakes were originated in Holland, maple syrup in Canada, whipped cream and butter in Long Island, and bacon is from Santa Barbara. We chose to draw a pancake breakfast because, we enjoy eating it! We are very thankful to have food, and do not take it for granted. Food means life and survival, as well as pleasure to us. We are so lucky to have access to food, and wish that everyone else across the world could share the same gift. /Users/student/Desktop/Pancake Breakfast.jpeg

Hi Johnny! How are you? Did you finish your exams and do well? What are you planning on doing in your month off in June? You said you are going to be around Uganda? Do a lot of your friends stay in Uganda?

I'm doing well over here in California. We hired a new team member named Connor who will be taking over for Christi next month, because Christi is going to law school. We are very happy for her! Hope you get to meet Connor soon.

Part 2 of The Royal Palace

The Queen's Jealousy

Two years later, things in the palace changed. The three Queens became so jealous of the king's love for the fourth Queen and Patson. The three brothers of Patson hated him. The second Queen especially hated him, however her son was the only son who liked Patson. The were good friends.

The three jealous brothers started planning on how to kill Patson. The son of the third Queen had an idea:

"Why can't we just beat him up?" he said.

"No! Thats not a good idea. Beating him will only bring problems" said the second prince.

"Let us then sell him to criminals so that they can kill him," said the first prince.

So the three brothers started pretending to love Patson. Later on, they told Patson to have a visit with them. Patson could not refuse, so they went and told the King about visiting and the King allowed them. He gave them vehicles for transport and guards for protection.

While they were visiting the city, they suddenly stopped. Patson was surprised because he didn't know what was going to happen. Then suddenly a taxi approached them and strong men with guns came out and killed all the guards. They took Patson out of the vehicle he was in and put him in their taxi. The three brothers paid the criminals for a job well done.

"Our brother is gone, now what are we going to tell the King?" asked the second prince.

"We will tell the King that we were in an accident and some criminals attacked us!" answered the third prince.

So the three bad brothers got the vehicles and hit them against some nearby trees to make them look as if they were in an accident. They also got some blood of the guards and painted their clothes and different parts of their bodies. After that, they picked up the dead guards and put them in the vehicles and went back to the palace. When the brothers entered the palace, they pretended to cry. they King and the four Queens came out of the palace. The King was surprised to see that Patson was missing. The fourth Queen collapsed because her son was not there. When they asked them what had happened they told the King that thy were in an accident and some unknown criminals attacked them. On that very day, the King became sick and he had no strength to walk.

To be continued...

Hi Victor your school sounds funny where I live we have a cookie called an oreo do you have that where you live? Respond back when you have a chance.

Dear Amy,

I wanted to let you know that I received my term one results on Friday. I did very well, especially in Maths and CTS. I am 3rd in my class, just after my two friends Aaron, and Patson. We have 31 students in our class at Ng'ombe PTA school.

Thank you for all that you do.

Teddy

Dear Chrissy,

I just wanted to let you know that we received our term one results. I did very well. I came in #2 in my class of 31 students. Thank you for your support, I look forward to seeing you in July!

Aaron

Hi Joshua,

I hope you're doing well. I feel like we have a lot in common, since we have the same favorite book, we both were born in November, and we both are aiming to be doctors. I think it's really wonderful that you are so dedicated to working hard in school. If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to be a surgeon?

Best,

Otana

Best wishes to you, Maxwel! I hope you have a great school year.

Excellent, Mwajuma! Keep studying hard and I know you will do well!
Mary Ruth and Steve Leen

What food represents your community?
The dish that will represent Nicaragua is Nacatamales, because it is delicious and spicy.

Does your culture eat any unusual foods?
The habanero peppers are in the Nacatamales.
They will think that it is spicy, and some people don't eat spicy food like I do.

Have you ever chosen to fast?
No I don't.

How does your community ensure that no one goes hungry?
The goverment makes a shelter, and raises money for people who don't have food.

Hey Sheila,
I'm glad school has been so great for you these past few months! That's great that you were able to meet the targets you set. I plan to go back to school in the fall so I'm excited for that as well. That's great that you want to be a lawyer. Do you know that Christi is going to be a lawyer? She works for The School Fund and has visited Children of Kibera several times. She's very excited about it. Do you know what you want to do as a lawyer?

Tim

Hi my name is Tim. I work for The School fund and I am just writing to say hi. I'm sorry to hear that you did not do so well in your studies this year but I'm sure that you can do well if you work hard. I've been working a lot as well and will hopefully be able to do well in school next fall.

I wish you lots of luck,

Tim

Hi Zena,

I was accepted at a school to continue my studies so I'm very excited to go next fall. I'm going to go to a school in Massachusetts, which is a state in the United States. I'm especially excited to go back to school after having been out of school for two years, which will be the longest that I have been out of school since I started as a little kid.
I'm glad that you are still working for your goals and I wish you the best of luck!

Tim