Nani Boy

Written by Andrew for his class presentation with my help

This past week we went to Atlanta, Georgia to see my great grandfather, Nani Boy. He is very sick in the hospital with heart failure, and we rushed to Atlanta to see him before he goes to Heaven. When I think of Nani, I think of Jesus because he loves Jesus. I think of how he called me "Old Man" and whenever he would call me old I would call him Old Man too. I also think of Nana, my great grandmother, Ruth, who Nani was married to.

I used to love to visit my great grandparents at their house in Lilburn. They would give me too many cookies and juice, tickle me, and give me lots of x's and o's. Nana would always tell funny jokes, and Nani would always bring out all the toys for me and my sister to play with. My favorite toy was this cool basketball hoop, but I also loved Grumpy the Gorilla who when you sqeezed him would say, "Hi, I'm Grumpy the Gorilla. Don't squeeze me unless you love me."

My great grandmother passed away 2 years ago, but I still have so much fun with my great grandpa. We always wrestle, and joke around.

One really cool story about my grandpa goes like this: He was in the Navy during World War 2, and he didn't know Jesus. However, he would carry a little steel covered new testament Bible in his shirt pocket. Four different times, he was shot in the chest, but the bullet would always hit the steel covered Bible. That Bible saved his life, but it was not until after the war that he came to Christ. A friend shared God's love with him. After that, my Nani became a Gideon and handed out Bibles to everyone he came in contact with. I remember that he would give Bibles to the waitresses at Johnboy's when we ate lunch together. He would always point to the plan of salvation in the back cover and share Christ's love with them.

I'm gonna miss that Old Man when he dies, but I know we will be with him soon in Heaven.