Well today was day three in Lusaka, and day two at the Bird land School and so far the kids, people, and place has exceeded every initial expectation! Coming to a foreign country and feeling so excepted so fast is beyond anything I could have wanted out of this experience. Yesterday, if you have been reading this blog you know was the first day, where we just met the kids and played with them, but today we actually dove into the class room and started to help!
We started the day with the seventh graders, giving them “how to write a fiction story” hand books made by our eighth grade kids at Seattle Academy. We broke up in groups; each SAAS representative had four to five kids. Each of us gave them their individual, personal book and let them read the directions given by the Seattle eighth graders. Then we proceed to talk about what they knew about writing creative stories, and possible topics for them to start thinking about for their own personal creative story, that we will be reading in a couple weeks!
Personally I met so many new kids, and fell in love with every one. I got three “buddies” or “pin pals” today that I will be keeping in touch with and sending letters and gifts to, so I am so excited!
All of us are very tiered, but ready for tomorrow! There will be more blogging to come, so stay toned!
Courtesy of Sunny Garcia
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I wish I knew which school my sponsored girl attended...it would be really cool if she went to Birdland! She's 14 now, so she might be in 6th or 7th grade, I think. So, if there's a Gift Mupeka there, give her a big hug for me!
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