Di ɛfɔt we pipul dɔn put fɔ rich di wɔl in pikin dɛm we nɔ gɛt nɔtin, e big wan. Fɔ dɛkɛd dɛm, gavmɛnt, fawndeshɔn, an ticha dɛm dɔn gi plenty taym, mɔni, an at fɔ am, an dɛn dɔn chenj bɔku layf dɛm. Wi gɛt nɔtin bɔt rispɛkt fɔ dat wok. Na di grɔnd we ɛvritin ɛls—wi sεf insay—de stand pan.
Wɛn wi spend taym na dɛn kɔmuniti dɛm, wetin hol wi atɛnshɔn nɔ bín aw lili tin dɛn dɔn du, bɔt aw ad e de fɔ prɔgrɛs fɔ gɛt rut an las wɛn di ples nɔ yet able fɔ sɔstɛn am bɔr in sɛf. So na dε we wi put wisεf: nɔt fɔ add wan mɔ tin frɔm aot, bɔt fɔ ɛp wan kɔmuniti grɔ wit in awn. Di ticha dɛm we go gɛt fɔ tich dɛn nɛba dɛm. Di dɔkta dɛm we ste an ker fɔ dɛn tɔn dɛm. Di pipul dɛm we, wɛn dɛn gɛt di rayt tul dɛm, de kare dɛn kɔmuniti go bifɔ frɔm insay.
Wi bin wan tek wetín di fild dɔn lɛn ɔlrɛdi an ɛp am fɔ rich fɔda. So wi bil Capyo lek wan kɔmplít klasrum we wan kɔmuniti kin set-op na wik dɛm an dɛn rɔn am bɔr in sɛf, simpl inaf fɔ tek am go almɔs ɛniwε, an wi mekin so ɛvri ples kin kɛp go lɔng afta wi dɔn mɔv ɔn.
Wi de mɔv wit ɔjɛns, bɔkɔs pikin dɛm de grɔ op wail di rayt plan dɛm stil de rait. Wi bɛtɛ fɔ put sɔmtin we riyal insay wan kɔmuniti an kɛp fɔ impruv am, sayd-bay-sayd wit di pipul dɛm we sabi am pas, dɛn fɔ wet fɔ sɔmtin we pɛfɛkt.
An wɛn e wok, e de bul-up mɔ an mɔ. Di strɔnges pikin dɛm de ton di nɛks ticha dɛm. Wan ples we bin able fɔ tren fyu, kin tren bɔku. Wit taym, wan kɔmuniti de grɔ in awn ticha dɛm, in awn dɔkta dɛm, in awn bil-da dɛm, an dɛn nid wi mɔ an mɔ lɛs. Dat na di ɔl pɔynt.
Wi tray fɔ ɛld wisεf to wetín rili mɛta. Nɔt atɛnshɔn ɔ pɔlish, bɔt sɛf if pikin dɛm kin rid, if dɛn kin du di mat, an if, afta yia dɛm, mɔ pan dɛn de tich, de híl, an de bil di ples dɛm we dɛn frɔm.
Wi stil dε na fɔst stɛj, an wi tɛnkful to ɛvriwan we biliv bifo bɔku tin bín de fɔ shɔ, an to di pipul dɛm we dɔn du dis wok fɔ mɔ lɔng pas wi an de tich wi ol di taym. Bɔt wi biliv simpl: ɛvri kɔmuniti dɔn gɛt di pipul dɛm insay we kin grɔ in fyuchɔ. Wi jɔs wan ɛp fɔ put di tul dɛm na dɛn an.
Wi de na dis fɔ di lɔng run, an wi go glad if yu jɔyn wi.
Max Brie & Ted Peterson
Kɔ-fawnda dɛm, Capyo