June is almost over, and we have just one precious month before we return to the classroom. I have been enjoying as much time as possible with my family, as I hope you've been able to do with yours.
My 20 year-old sister recently left for Africa to work at an orphanage and visit hospitals in and around Uganda. She said it is difficult to be in a place where everyone has so little and the hospitals are so dirty, but she loves the days when she gets to visit the villages. They bring a soccer ball with them and the children run to her calling, "Kitty! Kitty!" This is what they have chosen to name her (her full name is Katherine). The children there LOVE to play soccer and their skills are much more advanced than hers.
The children in Uganda have very little to call their own. Quite often, the soccer ball that "Kitty" brings is the only ball they have to play with in the whole village. Children there do not have several outfits or pairs of shoes to choose from every day. Quite often, they own only one or two outfits, total, and they don't get to choose what those outfits look like, or even how they fit! Still, they know how to laugh, how to enjoy life, and how to have fun. How do you think it's possible for them to still enjoy life? If you were in their situation, how would you find the joy in life? What do you think you would need to be happy?
My 20 year-old sister recently left for Africa to work at an orphanage and visit hospitals in and around Uganda. She said it is difficult to be in a place where everyone has so little and the hospitals are so dirty, but she loves the days when she gets to visit the villages. They bring a soccer ball with them and the children run to her calling, "Kitty! Kitty!" This is what they have chosen to name her (her full name is Katherine). The children there LOVE to play soccer and their skills are much more advanced than hers.
The children in Uganda have very little to call their own. Quite often, the soccer ball that "Kitty" brings is the only ball they have to play with in the whole village. Children there do not have several outfits or pairs of shoes to choose from every day. Quite often, they own only one or two outfits, total, and they don't get to choose what those outfits look like, or even how they fit! Still, they know how to laugh, how to enjoy life, and how to have fun. How do you think it's possible for them to still enjoy life? If you were in their situation, how would you find the joy in life? What do you think you would need to be happy?