My Story

Hello! My name is Antonio. My birthday is on July and I am 13 years old. I am doing well and my health is good. My favorite color is black. Actually, I like this color on mobile phone, cars, etc. My future dream is to deal with sports and to become a basketball player or fooball player. Recently, my parents have registered me in the basketball club of our town and I go twice every week there, practicing to play this game. I spend the first part of my day frequenting school. At present I go to seventh grade. I always go prepared at school and spend time in the house to learn as much as I can. The subject I like to get involved in school the most is Physical Education. During this lesson hour, we learn about all kinds of sports and we spend time playing football, basketball, etc. During the lesson breaks of ten or 30 minutes, the friends of my class and I spend time to fellowship and we have a lot of fun and play games. After school, I spend a while helping my parents in the house and I do some cleaning, shopping and I care for my younger brohter and during the winter, I also help my parents chapping wood to start the fire. I like to meet with my friends and take walks by the lake with them after school or during the evenings. In our town, evening walks are traditional and usuall and we are taking walks more often, especially now that the weather is nicer and the days are longer. Our family contains six members. Our home is quite new and offers appropriated living conditions to us. Our house is quite big because the family of my uncle and my family live in the same building. My father is working as welder. He is a mechanic as well and has a full time job. My father has his own car that he uses for transportation as well as for his job. My mother is not working. She is yet too busy doing the housekeeping and carrying for us, children during the day. In the same time, she is carrying my grnadmohter who live with us. Her day is busy doing cooking, cleaning, washing, doing shopping, bringing my brother to kindergarten and walking him back home, etc. My grandmother receives a small pensions which she gives to my parents who care to supply all she needs for living. My brothers are 9 years old and 4 years old. One of them goes to the same school I do and my younger brother goes to kindergarten, very near our house. The three of us are registered in the sponsorship program of Adopt a Child and we benefit food packages, clothes as well as Biblical educations. My mother comes to the church services every Friday. We are blessed to be part of the church and program. Thank you for your care and provision. God bless you richly.

Translated by Martin Rucolli

LW/Adopt a Child Albania