In 2 weeks these children have completely stolen my heart. I cannot even imagine leaving them right now! They have so much potential and they really do want to learn, life is just not fair for them because they have to work during the day so they don't have the opportunity go to school. It breaks my heart because they all have these big dreams, but the reality of it is that they will never be able to obtain the education needed for the professions that they want. And I just want the to succeed so badly. They are a group of amazing kids, I mean, just look at their smiles! They are so happy with what they have, which is not that much. They really need school supplies that we take for granted. They really need pencils, erasers, and paper. I have already bought them some pencils, but the demand is just so high. They also need workbooks for kindergarten level and up to 3rd grade maybe? They just need everything...I am going to include the address in case some people feel led to send them something. They would greatly appreciate it and I plan on doing a fundraiser through my sorority next year.
But on a happier not, I love these kids! Here are some great pictures of what we do during play time :)
I always race some kids to the play area, I don't ever win though...you know it's bad when a bunch of ten year olds beat you. I think you can clearly see me in the picture too. Then, "Sir" led us in some really strange stretches...they were rather awkward but they made the kids crack up, so it was worth it!
This is Daniel! He has completely stolen my heart! Look at that smile! He is also really quite smart. Right now we are working on reading, well more like vocabulary. You can't read english until you know english...it is so hard..he also calls me "Auntie Lexie" or "Sister Lexie".
And this is Mabel! She also has my heart. She is so sweet, but she is really shy. She will not talk louder than a whisper. I have to like shove my ear in her face to hear her, but you can tell she is warming up to me though, which totally warms my heart. She waits for me now to walk to play time and her face lights up when we play games and race! I love it!
Here is crazy Coby, he is Daniel's older brother. He is in the level 2 class, which is taught in the same room as level 1. He cracks me up! On the first day we were there he was late to class and "sir" asked him why he was late and he said his aunt (I think) was in the hospital. "Sir" then asked who could vouch for that and Coby goes, with a smirk on his face, "God" and sits down! It was so funny! He is a clown. He also likes to play let's break Alexa's back and jump on it and have her play soccer at the same time. Not my favorite game in the world, but his laugh makes it mildly worth it.
And I have no idea who this acrobat is, but he wanted to play with us and he was doing these crazy, intense tricks! He looked at me and goes, "Your turn." I just laughed. I can't even do a cartwheel!
