On August 13, Zachary and I will join the 2012 Catalyst Foundation's Aid Expedition. This will be our 3rd Aid Expedition. We will be with a group of 36 volunteers, including 13 children. We will work in Kien Giang (the southernmost province in Vietnam near the Cambodian border). The group will be building a cafeteria, providing medical assistance to over 2000 people and volunteering at the Vinh Quang school.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
August 16 - Day 4 (Part 2)
We went back to the Catalyst school this afternoon and when the bell rang for the close of school we started doing activity stations with them. The activities included badminton, burlap sack races, drawing, stickers and tatoos, and friendship bracelets. The kids were so excited and had a lot of fun.
I helped at the friendship bracelet station. Zach was helping to put the finishing touches on the Catalyst "hope" logo on the cafeteria (I'll post a photo) and finished 2 minutes before the ribbon cutting.
Then came the big event - the grand opening of the new cafeteria. All the kids gathered at the entrance for the official ribbon cutting and when that was done the children ran yelling to find a seat practically knocking us over. There are over 200 children at the school currently and there was room at each table for one volunteer. The dinner tonight was a chicken curry soup and baguettes. It was served 1 bowl for every 2 people. The little boy next to me looked so hungry I really didn't want to take any of his. The kids at the school can hardly believe that they are going to get fed every day at school. It was explained to us that most of them probably only get 1 meal a day so the new cafeteria will make a significant improvement in their lives. Their smiling faces made all the work this week worthwhile.
Thank you again to all who donated to the cause and/or supported me through your encouragement and prayers.
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