John in class

John Wambu is our foreman here at Made in the streets. Meaning he was there at the very beginning, helped secure most of our property out here at Kamulu. Well since John was and has an interesting in history about how he met the church of christ, I decided to invite him to my History class. He started by giving his life story and of his past.

So he starts by explaining to the class that he was a gangsta, and am like YEAH! Awesome!...which reminds me that, he understand the background from which our kids come from...He organized crimes all over Kenya, he once was a wanted man, dead or alive, moved from hotel to slum area a lot to hide out from other gangs or the police. He says the law back then was, kill or be killed. He combines this historic periods of his life with the Church, which is kind of cool. It was the church that turned him from his wicked way.
He explains how life was like back then in the 70s and 80s...how the economy was still tough but manageable. John gives a randon salary would go for KSH.800(USD10)...rent would go for like KSH 75 - 100(USD 1)...this meant that one was living the life.
John also touched on some historical figures, the first president and how he ruled, the second president and his tenure...but did some sort of damage to the country, but John was still positive that despite the hardship and his lifestyles, he still had the church to fall back to.
So he winds up encouraging the class that despite hardship, we should not let our terrible past determine what we are to become in the future. But still learn from the past and not make similar mistakes...because God is watching and determines our destiny by how we serve Him.
A student asked John at the end of class, "How come you are almost light skinned and, what in the world happened to you leg?",...John smiled and said, "now that is a story for another time"...Sweet!!!