The HALO Center is honored to turn its blog writing pen
over to HALO Center youth, Esther...
"Hey everyone, my name is Esther Mayobo. The name
Esther means start in Persian and to Christians it is the name of a queen in
the bible who saved thousands of people from being killed. To me my name means
hard working, creative, loving, kind, generous, talented and forgiving. I
was raised to treat everyone the way I would like to be treated and treat my
elders with respect. I have always done the right thing but hard times have
always seemed to love to creep in and make things hard for my family and I. We
became homeless last year on October 1 2012. I remember this day because my
cousin died on the same day. To be honest being Christian I felt for a very
long time like god was punishing my family. "How could all these bad
things be happening to us, they must be for some reason," is what I constantly
thought. What gave me hope and kept my faith in god going was Halo. When I
decided to do Halo at the Restart center(homeless shelter I lived at) I meet
Chelsea and many Halo volunteers just like her who showed me that things do get
really hard in life but the one thing you have to do is keep going. They were
so kind and they dedicated there time helping kids like me and other kids
around the world. I am glad to say as of December 13 2012, I no longer live at
Restart, my family and I live in Orlando Florida because I have a performance
coming up for talent scouts and producers who are looking for talented kids
like me who are willing to work hard to follow their dreams. I'm hoping to get
signed and start making albums and auditioning for big roles in movies and T.V.
shows ASAP! I want to thank Halo for helping me get ready for this performance
by encouraging me and letting me perform at Dance for change to get used to
performing in front of a crowd of people."
Esther performing
at HALO's 2nd Annual Dance for Change.
Esther is an incredible young woman with a bright
future; HALO is honored to have been involved in her life. We challenge you to
"keep going" just like Esther, it's amazing what wonderful
opportunities lie ahead!
Surrounded
by HALO fans after he performance.
