Written by: Kees Boer
Some of you might remember an old television show by Bill Cosby called “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” Cosby interviewed kids and they described things in very lively and many times funny ways.
It wasn’t so much to have fun at the child’s expense, but really a celebration of the innocence and beauty of a little child. So, I’m curious about some of the funny things that your children have written to you.
I’ll start off with something my little 6-year-old Sheyla from Peru wrote me:
“I didn’t know you taught math; I have a question: ‘Do you like ice cream?’”
Now it’s your turn.
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September 2nd, 2009 at 4:05 am
Mwajuma Aged 6. We went to an animal park. In the park I saw a aeroplane in the sky. It was shiny and noisy. I liked it.
Mwajuma Aged 5. Me: What would you like to be when you grow up? Mwajuma: I want to be a fish. I’ve never seen a fish. Do you eat fish?
Mwajuma: Aged 12. Thank you for the pictures of Japanese food. Udon looks like tapeworms. You shouldn’t eat tapeworms.
Asin: Aged 13. I drew some cricket players for you but I also grew some flowers because you are a lady. Which do you like best: cricket or flowers? I think flowers are pretty but cricket is exciting so cricket is better. God thinks cricket is better too and He is good at cricket.
Geri
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:09 am
I’ll have to look through my letters when I go back home, but one I can remember off the top of my head was from the boy I sponsored in Burkina Faso (who was taken out of the project). He would always draw me a picture on his letters, and I told him in one letter that they were very nice pictures, and I wasn’t very good at drawing. In his next letter, he said, “Don’t worry, one day you will draw well for I will pray for you”
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:31 am
Another sponsor shared with me that her little girl in Thailand wrote, “Do you know about Mickey Mouse? Is he a real mouse?”
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:52 am
I just got a letter from one of my kids and Ivan wanted to thank me for sending pot and a card. My husband was reading it to me and i started laughing he wanted to know did i send the child a cooking pot? I said no i sent him stickers in a card. I love my letters they brighten my days.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 am
I sent my little boy in Tanzania a picture of my cute little Jack Russel Terrier and he responded that he liked the picture and that the dog looked very vicious!
My dog is many things, but intimidating he is not. I thought it was very cute and funny. Maybe to my child, he looked intimidating. I am sure the dogs there may not be as nice.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:31 am
In his very first letter to me, little Gabriel from Mexico wrote, “I am sometimes mischievous.” At least he admitted it!
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
That’s cute, Kees. Can someone who likes/teaches math also like ice cream?
I’ll have to stretch my brain, ’cause offhand, I can’t think of any cute things my girls have said.
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:04 am
I’m sure something must have gotten lost in the translation, but in response to my question “Do you wear a uniform at school?” my 11-year-old Melissa in Peru wrote, “I wore a track suit when I went out to the pool.”
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:33 am
I can’t seem to find anything funny or even that clever in any of my letters. They are all fairly serious with real life issues. For example:
“Sir Michael, I greatly thank God that He hears my prayers and most of all my house will be change in good materials and the burial of my wife will be cemented.”
I would love to write something funny but nothing funny has come up yet.
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 am
Although I thought it was sort of funny,
On a sponsor tour my sponsor child’s mother said, “I didn’t think you were coming, until the Compassion office called a few weeks ago.” I thought “I didn’t think I was going either but that is where faith in God steps in and does its dance
On the Philippines Sponsor tour this past June I kept saying good morning or good afternoon and they have a term for noontime and they kept correcting me. It would be like saying “Good morning repeatedly when it is lunchtime. I thought that was kind of funny.
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
In his very first letter to me, Andre Lucas (age 7) stated that he wishes he could meet me so we could play. Micael, who is 6, wanted to know if I would like to come to Brazil. It was his first letter, too.
Adaglilson, who is 9, and Anderson, who is 8, said I look like President Obama. I think I look better than him. But some people would probably say he looks better than me. You know what? God made both of us beautiful.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Writing to Nandhini (age 11) in India, I described the 4th of July fireworks and explained that the U.S. was once a colony of Great Britain, and each year we celebrate our independence.
Her reply: “I’m preparing for my quarterly examination. I’ve learned in my school lessons that my country and your country are slaves under Britain’s rule.”
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Our 10 year old in Mexico said in her 3 letter to us “I’m short, chubby and kind of lazy” Then she said “I like basketball but do not have a ball” We got her a ball and we were sent her picture with it. She did not look chubby to us.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I did think of something funny/and or interesting.
On the Philippines Sponsor Tour (June 2009) after the little fish ate the dead skin off the bottom of our feet at the acquarium and we ventured to the Mall of Asia in Manila. We were walking to the movie theatre and the whole mall was vacant. But as we were walking in, a young man close to my age (26) was sitting at some restaurant/cafe and one of the dad’s of the boys I sponsor kind of locked eyes with each other and from my perspective the young man “wilted” this dad wasn’t super intimidating but did have a dent on the side of his head that the project director told me came from when a neighbor went through the neighborhood in a “rage” and was hacking everybody and everything. What was so funny was the dad for some reason stared this guy down or maybe I was reading the situation wrong but that is what I remember and still laugh about it when I remember. The other thing which I hold very near and dear to my heart which many may not relate but some will is after we ate at Jollibee one of the boys I sponsor decided to go the bathroom on the sidewalk by the bus. The reason this is so near and dear to my heart is because growing up in Virginia Beach…nowhere near as tropical as the Philippines but green with Ocean nonetheless, my friends namely just me and Patrick Murphy would always go the bathroom in the bushes on the side of our houses. When my sponsor child did that I was instantaneously reminded of my own childhood if only for a brief moment
So I do have some funny things…just not in letters…good thing I went on that sponsor tour otherwise I would be out of the conversation for funny/and or interesting things.
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:49 pm
I love these. I got a few letters in today. And I liked this picture that Angela sent me. She drew a boat in Lake Titikaka and on the boat there is her and I and my little dog Corgi. This is the picture:
http://www.positive-entertainment.com/compassion/angela027drawing.jpg
Also, on the photograph above, there is a special thing with it. It was taken by one of my Compassion children Shedenka, while she was sitting on my lap. She took it of the other Compassion child Jhoselin. Now, if you look carefully in Jhoselin’s eyes, you’ll see Shedenka sitting on my lap. You can see a larger version here:
http://rm.awarenessnetworks.com/7172247116829821913.JPG
Blessings,
Kees
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I love getting letters from Nells, age 11, in Peru. She talked about going to the beach over Christmas break from school. She asked if my country (USA) has a beach, and whether it is hot here.
I just had to laugh about whether it is hot where I live, since we’re just coming out of the hottest part of the year in the Gulf Coast.
But it made for a topic of an entire letter–the similarities in climate (we both live near a coast), and the differences in seasons, since we’re in different hemispheres. And I was able to send photos of beaches, both of the Gulf, near where I live, and a northern Atlantic beach, to show the contrast.
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:04 am
Kids are really smart and it’s really funny how they come up with their answer and reasoning.
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:16 am
@geri –
I love all of those stories Geri! Thanks for sharing!
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:08 am
When I wrote to Fred, our sponsored boy in Uganda, that we were also sponsoring a boy in Kenya, he wrote back with detailed instructions on how to take a bus from Kenya to where he lives in Uganda, just in case we ever visit our sponsored child in Kenya!
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:35 am
My husband’s sponsored boy from Tanzania asked him if he is afraid of the gazelles and wild dogs near our house. (We live in Illinois.) We had told him there are deer and coyotes near our home.
Magdaline from Ghana, in her introductory letter, told me she is “a ten-year-old girl, chocolate in complexion.” I thought that was so sweet.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:48 am
My little girl in Thailand asked me, “What kind of rice do YOU grow?”
September 3rd, 2009 at 8:43 am
My Gabriela lives in El Salvador and once stated, ” I want to tell you that at the Student Learning Center I have learned what you like to eat you in your country, for example, fast food.” HA! I laughed so hard and kidded saying to myself, “what are they teaching those kids over there!” That could just be the way we are viewed. I hope you smiled too.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:20 am
That is an amazing picture in a picture, Kees. Thank you so much for sharing it. I love all of these stories!! Keep em coming!
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
So sweet Kees — and you get the best artwork from your kids!
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm
One of my kids once told me their writing was much nicer than mine — I thought that was funny (and true)
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Thank you. Yes, I do get a lot of artwork. Right now, they redesigned the stationary of Compassion Bolivia and they pretty much have to put some artwork on them.
I thought of another funny thing that I heard a sponsor got in a letter one time. The child asked:
“Do you have a goat.”
The sponsor wrote back, “No.”
Then the child responded by writing: “Then I will pray for you every day that God will provide you with a goat.”
Blessings,
Kees
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
@Juli Jarvis – Hi, Juli,
This is another one, I just got today. It’s a child praying.
http://www.positive-entertainment.com/compassion/Gladys040ChildPraying.jpg
Blessings,
Kees
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I got a letter today that has a funny thing in it. As you might know I have a dog named Corgi. (He has his own website, see: http://www.aboutcorgi.com and as you can see on his website, he is also an advocate for children in need!) Anyways, this is what the letter said:
“I hope you are well, as well as your parents, Corgi and other people.”
Kees
September 4th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I got a letter from my Mariam in Tanzania a couple days ago, she said: “She asks, do you know how do draw a pineapple?” It was so cute!
September 4th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
@alyson – Cute! Did you draw her a pineapple?
September 5th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Hi Cailin! Yeah, in her reply letter I drew her a pineapple and told her so. The translators will probably think I’m crazy but Mariam will understand!
September 6th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I received a letter this week that I just thought was precious. Back in the Spring I had sent a booklet of butterflies from around the world to each of my kids. This week 7 year old Citlali wrote back by herself about her favorites and added:
“I hope to go where the butterflies live someday because I like them, one day a butterfly was on my head, I walked slowly so I do not move her and it was funny.”
I loved the spontaneity of this, and it was only her 2nd letter. I think the place where the butterflies live is a sanctuary in Mexico. I had written her about how Monarchs fly there in the fall from Michigan and then back in the Spring.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:23 am
OK Kees – I just have to share this with everyone since you brought up funny stories. My wife and I are hopeful that this is a funny translation error rather than truth:
A child worker wrote on behalf of Nathaporn (6) of Thailand: Right here it is the time of the school holiday and there is a noise of cicada. Sometimes we feel be annoyed by a noise. Sometimes when entering near it, it will urinate. As to its urination, it is cool and fresh.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Oh, I hope that is a translation issue!! That is so funny (if it’s an error!)
September 9th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I recently got a letter from my 11-year-old girl in Thailand who writes, “I wish you would take good care of your health and eat food that has 5 group of vitamin.” She is so precious!
September 9th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Good to know she’s paying attention to her nutrition lessons!
September 14th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
THESE ARE GREAT! I don’t have any that funny , yet I did just receive a letter from a correspondence child in Indonesia that made me chuckle. Vano’s “brother” wrote: “Vano was so happy receiving the gift, especially looking at your photo, he was laugh and jumping. Do you mind if he calls you with brother?” Now my hair is a tad on the short side yet I am most definitely a young woman. Is “brother” used for either gender there? Is Vano’s “brother” what I would consider a “brother”? Did he actually get MY photo? Hmmm…
September 14th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Hi, I don’t know Indonesian, but I sponsor a child together with Hunter Gomez in Indonesia. Well, the child, (she is 19 years old now) has seen several of our pictures. Somehow, when referring to me, she refers to me as a female. I have come to the conclusion that the Indonesian language doesn’t probably have a different word for “he” or “she.” That makes me wonder if it is the translator that didn’t know the difference and picked one.
Kees
September 14th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
My child in Indonesia writes about herself in the first person, the translator changes it to I, me, mine, etc. Perhaps they’re not big fans of pronouns…
September 16th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Iris age 9 – What have you done all this time? I have played!
David age 8 – He says that you are nicer in person
(I recieved this letter after visiting him; hmm:)
September 16th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I too sponsor a child in Indonesia and have noticed the inconsistency in gender pronouns. I would guess that it is not a part of the Indonesian languages. I even have some letters (written by a project worker) that use both “he” and “she”.
On a separate note I have also been called “Dear Uncle” by one of my Indian children, and I don’t even have short hair!
September 16th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
One thing that I have yet to figure out was from Kevin age 11, from Ecuador. He asks “Do you like to treat with special people?” I know a little Spanish but I was still not able to figure out what he meant. Any ideas?
(En Español, )
September 16th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
En español, ¿a usted le gusta tratar con personas especiales?
September 17th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I found a few more…
Eelix age 11, Peru – Mothers day is about to arrive… I send you a huge kiss for your day. (My only kids are Compassion kids)
Scarleth age 7, Honduras – (Form Letter) The thing I like most about me:– my hair because it is curly
Zacarias age 14, Dominican Republic – I like riding horses and bikes. I move my cows and horses. (I am not sure how you move cows and horses. The Spanish was actually singular –“I move my cow and horse”)
Danstun age 13, Uganda – The part about the clouds turning bright orange in your letter has really amazed me because even this way one day something like that happened too. (I had written to him about the beautiful sunsets)
September 18th, 2009 at 5:19 am
I think he’s asking if you like to entertain any special people/friends. It’s been awhile since I took Spanish.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Hm… I can only think of one really funny thing my Compassion kids have said to me: I think this was the second letter I received from my sponsored child Jasmin in the Dominican Republic; (who had just turned 6 at the time) it was in response to a letter I had sent introducing myself, and I had told her I was 15, and about my nieces and nephews. In her letter she asked, “do you have any son?”
This one isn’t all that funny, but it was so sweet, in my most recent letter from Jasmin, (who is now 7, it’s the first letter she’s written on her own) she said, “I ask you to pray for our friendship that it will be forever.” so sweet.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I just recently got a letter from 11 year old Liline in Haiti, “If you someday come to see me in Haiti, we will consume corn together.”
She’s very shy about requesting things of me, and that’s the closest she’s ever come to asking me for a visit, which made me smile. If she was trying to bribe me, it might work, I like corn
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October 5th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
That is so sweet Caitlin!
October 5th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
My child Maria in Colombia said that she is praying that God will give her many presents for her birthday.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I received a letter today from my little friend who asked if I had a live turkey at my house? I told her about thanksgiving in my last letter. So, maybe I need to clarify.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
One of the tutors/teachers of a project in the Philippines told me that one of her children wrote to her sponsor: “I am sorry I’m very naughty. I promise to lessen it or my mother would faint”
Blessings,
Kees
October 9th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
My boy, age 10, in Uganda wrote, thank you for the pictures (I sent pictures from a trip to Mammoth) but I don’t understand the concept of snow.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
The cutest thing to me was my little boy in Mexico told me “I am very handsome boy”..I had to agree.
October 13th, 2009 at 7:12 am
I’m Peter Muchiri, aged 20 a sponsored child at Compassion International Kenya and in the LDP. This is so pleasant; it just reminds me of my letters to my sponsor when I was a kid, they qualify to compile a Holywood comic script.
Tammy Marshall is my sponsor, I really love and appreciate her and her family.
October 13th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
My kids are constantly saying the SWEETEST funniest things.
My sweet Mampi has begun every letter for years with “At first you take my heart” – every translator has translated that exact term. My husband and I want to make a Compassion tshirt with that on the front.
My sweet Jobina is so humble and sweet. She always asks me “please pray that i am smart and will do well and advance in school because I am not smart” yet I get the fun letters everytime she moves on to the next level. She is bright and her letters always make me smile.
There are always funny inserts in the middle of letters. Seemingly random thoughts that remind me that my sweet Compassion kids are like my kids – short attention spans! Like a letter I received today where in the middle of telling me about an Independence Day celebration at my child’s school, she inserted “my pets are fine.”
I love these kids! And love Compassion. Thank you for letting us do this.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
One of my little girls in Peru asked me if I liked fruit salad, and then she described in great detail how to make it. She was 5 at the time.
October 13th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
My sponsor child, Neema, from Tanzania wrote to me once, “I will pray for the swelling in your stomach.” I don’t know if she was praying that I would get pregnant or what. She might assume that I want to have kids and can’t or something… It seemed to be in response to something I had asked her to pray about but I really don’t know WHAT! Anyway, I think it’s just one of those ‘lost in translation’ kinds of things.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:19 am
I have received 3 letters from Caroline in Uganda (9 yrs old) in the past 6 weeks. This kiddo loves to write! She writes mostly in English but occasionally in her native language. Her letters have shown me that she is super spunky
In one of the letters she talked about her best friend Robinah and how they like to play dodgeball together. Robinah was mentioned about 5 times in this form letter and the final thing was that she asked that I would pray that she gets to play outside with Robinah. Too cute!
Another funny thing is that she always draws me little pictures all over her letters. In a recent letter, you could tell she must have fussed at the translator because squeezed in the translation space is a list of EVERYTHING she drew, including a grandmother with a walking stick.
And finally (laughed until I cried with this one), her dream is to become a nurse and travel to London to see the white people. (this was written in English, so not a translation error!) Too funny!
This kid has some serious flair. I am sure she is a joy!
October 15th, 2009 at 6:51 am
I thank God for the good work that Compassion has been doing to the needy child. More thankful to compassionate children of God who have taken away shame and burden of the needy child by sponsoring them as their own. Joyce my sister and David my nephew are now at University!! thanks compassion and LDP. May God bless all that have used their resources to brighten the future of the needy child in the Diaspora.
God bless you all.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
When I wrote my first letter to our child, Winifrida, in Tanzania, I told her that we have three cats. She wrote back “Why would you want cats?” I’m sure that the cats in her neighborhood are not the cuddly and cute kind. So I sent pictures of us holding our cats, and explained to her that in some parts of the world there are small cats that are tame, and that they are called “house cats”, “barn cats”, or sometimes “alley cats”, and that some people keep them because they kill mice. She wrote back that she is very interested in a cat called a “Tigger”.
Rice seems to be a real treat for her. When I send birthday money she always buys a bag of rice. On Christmas and Easter she always mentions “We ate rice” She asked me what we ate for Christmas dinner, and I was able to truthfully answer that we had eaten rice, too. I went to visit my brother and in their small town the only restaurant that was open on Christman was the oriental restaurant.
When she receives her birthay present I am touched by what she buys. Once she bought a bedsheet, a bottle of orange soda pop, and a bowl for serving rice, and well as a nice dress and a pair of shoes, and of course, a bag of rice.
She always refers to the crops that are grown in her area, and wants to know if we have harvested yet. I try to watch the fields around us and tell her what the farmers are doing. I’m sure she doesn’t understand that our seasons are reversed.
Wini keeps me humble because she always prays for my husband, who is ill. She really touches my heart.
October 16th, 2009 at 10:50 am
I went back and read some old letters, and I found another quote! What most American parents wouldn’t give to hear their kid say this – from Virginia, my family’s sponsored child in Bolivia, shortly before her 10th birthday:
“I love to go to school because I love to do homework and share with my friends.”
October 17th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Aww, I laughed so hard while reading all of these comments! So cute! I can’t really think of any funny comments from my kids, but the mother of one of my sponsored girls writes to me and upon learning that I live in NY state, she asked me if I had been affected by the September 11th “bombings”! I thought that was so sweet of her!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 am
After conducting a workshop for youth in foster care, one young girl wrote me a note, “I learned today that not all men hit their ladies.” It’s not funny, but meant a lot to me. We need to be serious about teaching children that their future does not have to be based on their past.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I sponsor a 9 y/o boy named James in Uganda. I had sent a family gift and they bought a young cow. In his letter he asked me if I kept cows at my house. I had been sponsoring him for about a year and had told him I lived in a town. Wouldn’t my neighbors be excited if I kept cows at my house?!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 am
Samuel told me that he likes to do “mischief things, like play with my sisters and fight with my friends in joke. do you do any mischief thing?” So I told him about pillow fights =]
October 27th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Wilnes asked, ‘Is your roof made of tin?’ I tried to explain the difficulty of surviving the winter in Cheyenne, WY with a tin roof, haha
October 30th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Isn’t it amazing how different their lives are from ours, yet how similar we really are. Most of the differences are based on developing vs developed countries.
Anyway, I felt kind of ashamed when my sponsor child asked me what crops I’d planted. I thought, “Wow, I don’t even grow my own food- what’s wrong with me?” But, I did tell him how making tortillas reminds me of him.
My child also begins all of his letters very formally with the words, “I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” It struck me as funny because it seemed pretty stiff for a twelve-year-old. Now, it’s just endearing.
October 31st, 2009 at 1:44 am
Two of my children begin also their letters greeting me in Jesus name. It is dear to get such letters and then I thought, that well, why wouldn´t I do the same, because I mean it anyway from all of my heart. So now I begin letters to my every child ” I greet you in the precious name of Jesus” and I enjoy when writing so.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:03 am
Milagros (14) lives in a slum outside Lima, Peru. In 2008 her mother died of cancer; her father is living somewhere near but not with them; she lives with her 3 sisters, two of whom are in their late teens. The girls are living with their uncle’s family – possibly in an improvised room. Milagros assured me she was living in a “safe place” with a “roof made of straw.” The next thing she wrote was, “Do you have thunder there?”
November 4th, 2009 at 1:25 am
Hi, Denise,
I have a 10 year old girl named Milagros in Lima Peru also. The name Milagros means “Miracles.”
Blessings,
Kees
November 5th, 2009 at 9:49 am
A child my church sponsors wrote to us in a letter:
“It rains a lot in Peru. I think I am in love. Can you give me advice?”
November 5th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
My little girl Clemence in Kenya (7 years old) wrote in her first letter that her favorite subject in school was writing capital letters. I thought that was so cute of her. I wrote back, “I LIKE TO WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS TOO!”
November 5th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
One of the boys my son sponsored named Amando who just graduated from college in the Philippines was telling about going to the beach and asked if we get to go to the beach often, we wrote back and told him that no we don’t go to the beach often as we live in Kansas and the beaches are about 1500 miles away from where we live.
November 13th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I just heard of a funny thing that a 5 year old Compassion child said on an assessment test. The question was: “What do you want to become when you grow up?” Her answer was: “I want to be a teacher because I want to be able to wear heels.” I thought that was funny!
November 14th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
It is so wonderful to read all of your comments. I have been sponsoring a child in India for the past 4 years or so but I have not been good about writing him and his letters to me about every quarter are very formal and basic (but he also draws pictures for me). Reading these has really encouraged me to try to further develop our relationship. Thank you to all.
November 20th, 2009 at 11:28 am
One of my boys from Africa had purchased a pig with christmas $ we had sent last year and always tells us how precious and fun his pig is and how much he loves it. In a recent letter I opened his letter to read it to our church kids and it said ” Do you eat pork? My pig is getting fat!” all the kids were gasping and going oh no…but then later in the letter it said “my pig is about to have piglets” We were all laughing so hard! It was great!