I am very impressed with the children here. Many of them try hard to speak English with me. Some frustrate me by refusing to try harder to speak English and resorting to having others translate their Thai to English. I guess it's really frustrating to me too since I understand basically no Thai except for Hello and how are you and I know for sure that they understand a decent amount of English.
However, once I get frustrated I often realize once again that I am not in just some school, but all of these children are orphans of one sort or another-meaning that some of them still have living parents, but those who abused them or couldn't care for them. I learned many of their stories the other night from Bill from Washington state who helped organize Ban San Faan. The tales of how the children ended up here gave me more compassion towards the children, and a willingness to put up with more. It strikes me as really sad what the children have already been through, yet really uplifting that these children have been taken into such a loving environment.
They were watching A Night At The Museum tonight before bed (we've seen it 3 times since i got here-hah) and when it was over and it was time for bed, they all went around hugging all adults in the room-it was so cute. Abby, the youngest, likes to make sure she sits right by me and holds my hand a lot. Kids have so much love to give. It's startling to me that anyone in this world could hurt a child without remorse.
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I'm so glad you put this up! I was wondering what you were doing during your days but didn't want you to have to write me long emails when you were tired... I know how draining little kids can be from coaching at cheerleading camp, and I was only there from 7 to 5 during the day. That's cute that Abby likes to hold your hand- those kids must love that there are adults there who really care for them... It's sad that their own parents can't care for them. I'm proud of you Bubby- it sounds like you're doing something really worthwhile. Wish I had the courage to do the same :) Love you!
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