The Boy Named Liam

15 The Boy Named Liam Friends of my parents went to Africa to help in a very poor part of a very poor country. They were there to help bring medical supplies and teach the people. One day, they were walking in a field near a town that had been burned to the ground during the war. They saw something moving in the long grass and thought it was a wounded animal. As they got closer, they saw it was a baby boy. He was only about a year old. He was burned a little, but not too badly. He was crying and sick. The friends of my parents asked their guide, “ What can we do? Can we find his family?" The man looked around and said, “ The family must have been destroyed by this war. " “ How hard would it be to adopt this little baby?" asked the friends of my parents. The man said, “ Take him. He's yours. There is no one here to look after him. " They took the little boy back to my country and adopted him. They gave him the name Liam.

Liam did not grow as big as the other kids. But he was a very good athlete. He was on our school basketball team. And he also played good volleyball and soccer. He was a special part of our school. We all liked him. Whenever there was a need in the school, he was always the first one to help out. One day, the school decided to sponsor a child living in a poor country in South America. We needed to raise money and send it every month. Liam spent countless hours setting up the whole thing. In fact, he was the best fundraiser in the whole school. No one could turn down Liam. In the end, we raised so much money that we were able to sponsor three children in poor countries. It says a lot about our school's spirit. But most of all, it says a lot about Liam. The little African boy worked tirelessly because others had worked hard to give him a chance in life.