[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
My name is Sedrick Tshiambine. I live in the Democratic
Republic of Congo. [MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPEAKING FRENCH] I'm a member of the LDS Church. I'm a branch
missionary, a branch missionary at the
village of Kupisanga. I need to prepare to go
on a foreign mission. In order to go on
the mission, I need a passport which
now costs $250 US. [MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPEAKING FRENCH] To earn money, my father
and I buy bananas. Some villages produce a lot
of bananas-- Tshibobo, Lusuku, and Kamande.
Tshibobo is about
nine miles from here. Lusuku is 18 miles. Kamanda is 18 as well. We go there and
buy bananas, and we bring them back here to sell. To go to the village,
we use a bicycle. We can take four or
six bunches of bananas.
When I go by bike, it can take
an hour and a half each way, if the bike is working,
and I have the strength. [SPEAKING FRENCH]
When it is midday and
the heat is oppressive, we move slowly, because
of the heat and the sun. I can do two trips per
day if I wake up very early in the morning. It is a good way to help
pay for my passport.
Now I'm earning money,
little by little, so I'm saving for both school
expenses and the mission. [SPEAKING FRENCH] And now, after
four years of work, I have enough money for my
passport, plus $70 saved.
