Uma ucabanga ukuthi uyathanda ukugoqa kuphela ugogo wakho, bese uyamangala, ufunde ukuthi ngisho nezingane ezineminyaka engu-11 zithanda ukuyela!
UJona Larson waba umuntu osaziwayo online ngokubonga kwakhe okungajwayelekile - ukugoba. Umfana wazaziwa kabanzi ngamakhono akhe okumangalisa amakhanda, futhi namhlanje unababhalisile abayinkulungwane abangaphezu kwe-144 ku-Instagram, ababhalisile abangaphezu kwenkulungwane abangama-29 ku-YouTube futhi basebenze encwadini.Umfana wazalelwa e-Ethiopia futhi wamukelwa ngumndeni omuhle. Lapho eneminyaka engu-5, wathola ukubopha futhi ngemuva kokufundisa okumbalwa kwevidiyo ku-YouTube, wakwazi kahle lolu hlobo lokusebenzisana. Wafunda ukungena ngokushesha okukhulu futhi ngokushesha waqala ukugoba ama-mittens, izingubo zokulala kanye namathebula.
Ngosizo lukanyoko, uJennifer (Jennifer), uJohn waqala eyakhe ibhizinisi elibizwa ngokuthi "izandla zikaJona", ethengisa indalo yakhe eyenziwe ngezandla. Futhi ngemuva kodumo lwegciwane lakhe ku-Intanethi, inani lama-oda lidlula imingcele yamakhono, ngakho-ke kwadingeka ngimise ukumisa ukwamukelwa kwama-oda ukwenza konke okukhona.
Umfana oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala uthola izincwadi eziningi ezivela kubantu abathanda amakhono akhe, kanti abanye bamcela ngisho nezifundo ezimbalwa. Ngokushesha ababhalisile baqala ukubiza uJohane ngesipho esinezikhonkwane nesongele.
Namuhla, umfana ohambisana nonina usebenza encwadini ebizwa nge- "Sawubona, abangane ngokugoba!" (Sawubona, abangane be-Crochet!), Kepha unezinhlelo ezinkulu ngekusasa: Ufunda ngenkuthalo esikoleni ukuze abe ngudokotela ohlinzayo.
Okwamanje, usebenzisa ithalente lakhe ukubonga izwe lakubo, iTopiya: UJohane uthengisa izidalwa zakhe ezigxekile futhi aqoqe imali yokusiza izingane zase-Ethiopia ukuba zifeze amaphupho azo!