I have been working with these kids for a month and a half now and today I had to say goodbye..needless to say, it was emotional. I taught the youngest class, so they dont really understand English; I don't think most of them understood that I wasn't coming back. I had to keep saying that it was my last day. In class, I passed out paper and crayons and we drew a map of Africa and America. Then we drew a plane going across the ocean and wrote my name. That way, they could kind of see where I was going. I put a star where Ghana was and told them, "See that star? That is GLONA. This is where we are right now," Then I drew a star where Virginia is and said, "See this star? That is my house. This is where I am going on Wednesday, May co mi fee en America." Then they kept asking if I could come back and if I really had to go home...it was so sad because I am going to miss them soooooo much.
These are the happiest kids I have ever seen. I brought bubbles and brought them to recess one day and I have never in my life seen kids get so excited over bubbles! They screamed and ran to pop them a laughed when I let them blow their own bubbles; it was incredible. And then I bought the school a soccer ball and Kobby gave me the biggest hug I have ever received in my entire life! I almost cried then and there! And don't even get me started on their love for stickers! I passed them out on our last day and they placed them all over their notebooks and face and backpacks, it was so freaking adorable!
These kids hugged me everyday, could always crack me up, and made me feel so much joy that my heart was overflowing. It was the first time in a very long time that I felt like I was important and making a difference in somebody's life. Here are a few crazy pictures of them being goofballs, attacking me, and just showing me lots of love :)
