7/8/12
Today we were working again in Flor
de Bastion. We
went straight to the piece of land where we set up and are allowed to play with
the kids. Today Martin brought some English books so the kids could get a look
at them. Christian, Samantha, and a few more kids were already there while we
set up some tables. We played a couple of games of Uno that took forever for us
to finish. More kids started to show up as we played and they just jumped in to
join the game. After a while Christian, Martin and I started to play soccer
with Christian's little cousin. Everyone pretty much started doing their own
thing at that point. Samantha joined us so we started playing volleyball with
everyone, even one of the other girls, Ana, jumped in to play with us. We were
having a blast then we all sat down and the kids were talking to me. They asked
me questions about how to say things in English, and then they asked if I could
sing for them. I wasn’t prepared to sing anything so I got kind of embarrassed.
The kids started chanting, but usually when I am asked to sing I forget all the
songs that I know. I told Christian that if he went first I would follow.
Christian didn’t end up singing, but one of the older guys named Jordan sang
and he sings really well. The girls sang next and at that point we were all
just hanging out. Then they asked if we could dance and what type of music we
liked to dance to. Samantha offered to dance with me, but it was getting late and
we had to pack up so we promised them to do it next week. These are all such
great kids that were put into difficult situations but if they keep on the path
they are on they should have no problem becoming what they aspire to be.
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