Bojo Samson

Bojo Samson, called “BOH-joh”, age 8

Families at the edge of poverty can be utterly wrecked by the death of a parent. Bojo’s mother died from a snake bite when he was just a baby, and his father, traumatized and grieving, was badly injured in an accident a few days later. Unable to work as a result of the accident, he brought Bojo and his older brother Korsuk to live at Amazing Grace for a better life than he could offer them.

Bojo is extremely active, and loves to play games. Even while playing football (soccer), dirt is a distraction and he’s often found hunched over, playing with handfuls of it. When the ball comes back to his end, though, he jumps up to get a foot in the game. He plays so hard during the day that he often falls heavily asleep during evening prayers and has to be shaken several times to get him awake enough to drag himself off to bed.