Boniface
Kitsao
September,
2000
Boniface
reports that he is doing well and in the top third of his class at Sokoke School
in the Kilifi District of Kenya. He’s actually gotten himself a Yahoo!
account, and is now communicating with us by e-mail on a regular basis. This is
really fun for us, because Boniface had never used a computer or seen the
internet until we shared ours with him on the boat.
Here are a few e-mails received from Boniface in recent months:
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E-mail from Boniface Kitsao
April 1, 2001
Herbert & Diane Stumer,
Hellow! Iam very glad that i have this opportunity to say hi to u guys.how are u doing since we last communicated . Its my sincere hope that the almighty god has been very sincere to you.how are the kids?chris the little growing?is he okay?has he gone to school yet?How is jonathan and michael i hope they are all fine i miss them so much. i wish i could be with them i need oa photo of you all and one of each.back to me everything is fantastic i have doing well at school, it was very unfortunate that i could not be able to do my terminal exams because during the exams i was very sick that i was taken to hospital for medical treatment , i was taken for blood test and i was found to have been suffering from typhoid. i was discharged but i colud not go back to school i had very severe headache and i stayed on bed almost a week .fortunately i had already done 4 papers before i went to hospital though i'm still taking some drugs iam glad that iam quite fine.after the dose i was told to go back for blood test again and see whether it has gone i hope everything will be fine soon.
Say hi to chris ,john,mike,and your dad!bye
love always ,
boniface
Jonathan and Michael showing Boniface how to use a computer for the
first time
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E-mail from Boniface Kitsao
June 1, 2001
STUEMER FAMILY,
it was of gret pleasure recieving your reply . I never thought that I
could be e-mailing with somebody around the world before .I was very worried as
it was my first time playing with a computer Iheared that you were suprised to
get my e-mail it was also a surprise to me as it was long since I say hi to you
and I had no ways of communicating with you so I decided to go to the bureau and
igave them your address and the message and they showed me how to do it but they
said I had to have my own e-mail address And so thats how I got my own address I
just went to kilifi town They charged me 5 shillings per minute it cost me as I
was very slow but not that much by the way how are you doing and how is
everybody I hope everything is wonderfull did you have fun on your party do I
know anybody who attended the party by names, like mike and Esther morghadam?
say hi to all those who know me. I wish i could be there parting with you. how
is the little magic doing ? I hope it's growing as fast as it could.
may i congratulate michael on his hard working braveriness to be the
champion as the best swimmer in your city.
i'm very proud of him and wish him the best through, both on studies and
games.the same way goes to christopher, tell him to keep it up . i'll be very
seeing you soon.Thought you would say you were coming this soon.But all the same
it’s okay .I know you are very busy tying to settle back and start a fresh
.The sam,e way applies to me on my studies .You said michael is in grade 10, I
think that is form 2 cause grade 11 is form 3 and grade 12 is form 4 it’s the
same as in Kenya.
On the case of getting in touch with you it would be very exciting
getting communicating with you almost everday but the very unfortunatrethat most
of the time am at school and asking you to give me some money for sending
e-mails to you will be as if iam asking too much from you .May be during
holydays or on halfterms don’t worry .I’ll try my best to make sure that am
as well communicating with you .About the pictures I want you to send them
through my school addrees cause of the time am at school.
SOKOKE SECONDARY SCHOOL,
P.O BOX 237,
KILIFI
KENYA
I wiil send you some of my pictures wearing my school uniforms. I am
playing basketball for my school team .And we went for a provincial level this
time but we were beaten. Much greetings from Dad,Mom,Mark,Katana and hamisi. Bye
Love always,
Boniface.
Boniface
and his principal at Sokoke School, Kenya