Today, was quite uneventful to start out with. The children were really busy because a Thai professor (the wife of the builder of Ban San Faan) came to assess their Thai. They were taking tests for most of the day and the Kindergartners were busy being antsy and trying to avoid doing their homework.
At 1pm, I taught an English lesson to Mali and ChiChi, the House mother and one of the nannies, respectively. During our lesson, a new child arrived. His name is Caleb. He is 7 years old and does not speak English. He is really small and looks more like a small 5 year old. He seemed to warm up fast-the other kids were really helpful since at first, he seemed really frightened. He was repeating English words that Averil was speaking to him so hopefully he'll be a fast learner. It struck me as really sad to see the small bags of clothes that were the only things that accompanied him to his new life. However, the children here are really lucky to be here, they have more here than probably most Thai children who live with their parents.
Tonight, we had a group of English people come and sing Christian songs and do a short play about the life and death of Jesus Christ. It was actually really cute. The woman who sang and played the guitar comes weekly with her husband. The mother of the children who did the play, Esther, comes weekly as well to do crafts with the children. Two other families accompanied them who were just visiting from England. I love English accents! :) It's funny how I see Westerners here and immediately think oh yay another American, but for the most part they are either European, English, Australian, or from New Zealand.
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