Some pictures of our new home and from the special education school.
On Monday I went out with some of the children to play football in the yard. One of the kids with limited English gave me the choice of either playing on the side "Manchester United" or on the other side "Arsenal." Thinking that a team named after weaponry was considerably more fun sounding then a team named after a united front of some English city I have never been to. I chose Arsenal. We began play and very quickly it became obvious how stacked the other team was against us. They had three of the big boys with fine motor skills.
Despite our best attempts to strategize and one of my team mates borrowing a rain boot to play in, leaving the other foot bare. We lost by 16 goals. Maybe we should have pulled out our goalie at some point. He is shown below.
Oh man, this was one of my favorite posts...keep 'em coming. Sounds like you guys are having an amazing time.
ReplyDeleteGuys, this is so cool. Thanks for the amazing pics and the story. Sounds like great work is being done with the kids. The photo of the now-defunct classroom could be an iconic political shot if used in certain places. Perhaps we could get a huge poster made to take to Sacramento.
ReplyDeleteThis is a public, government funded school. Crazy that an an entire block of crumbling classrooms, forcing students to push their beds aside to study in an already too cramped room, does not warrant funds for infrastructure. A building here can be constructed so cheaply, its a shame money originally intended for such things disappears (too many greedy middlemen). But what is so great is that this kids have a place where they are embraced and cared for, and the staff enthusiastically makes due with the very little they have. I am so proud of Bennett's work over there - I know that he brightens everyones day when he walk onto the grounds. I'll march to Sacramento with you Mark :)
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