Birdhouses anyone?

I think our current community service volunteer is getting upset with me. Several projects need some TLC. Actually, there is a whole list just for him. It's all written down. Part of what we are asking him to do is build birdhouses.

Hopefully, these will generate a few dollars for Hope for Healing.Org (we hope!). Despite his frustrations with me he's doing a good job and likes building the birdhouses. So why is he getting upset with me?

He can't read.

How do you grow old enough to be a teenager without learning to read? We have to help. We found out he likes to build things and hooked him up with an older adult lady who likes to build. She has also been responsible for teaching several adults how to read.

Over the past few weeks, while building birdhouses, he's made some progress. To help him, we've started writing down what we need him to do. It makes him stretch his reading skills. It's slow progress but as long as he's moving forward we'll take it.

I've not even thought about how to pay for another prepaid card yet. I'll work on that next. One problem at a time...