All the Volunteers filled up water balloons and dumped out their cereal containers so we would have buckets to throw water! The problem was that there was only one place to fill up with Water! This corner of the play area became the war zone! You couldn't fill up with out having water dumped on your head. It was an evening full of laughter and smiles! We ran around throwing water for hours! I enjoy moments like this where the kids are stress free and just enjoying themselves completely!
The picture above is of Miranda Rigby. She is the summer coordinator over education. I fully believe that she has the hardest job of anyone coordinators here. I know that they all work very hard in the different groups but working everyday all day in the school doing tutoring and making sure the kids are where they need to be and that the volunteers are where they need to be seems so tiring. I know that personally my tutoring days are the most draining. Working with the kids is an amazing experience and I love them all, but sometimes they don't want to read or listen or do their work. It's mentally exhausting. Miranda has to be in charge of the kids and when they don't behave and she has to be the bad guy. Not only is she at the school from 9-2 she goes back sometimes for extra tutoring at 4. Then back again at 7. Then she has to come home and work on the kids school work for the next day all night long. Her job is never ending and yet every morning she is smiling and excited to be there. She is a role model to me. She is only 18 years old, graduated this summer and she is the most organized and mature person I've seen here. I absolutely love working with her and being around her!
Krissy is in a family of girls. One of the girls in her family is new and doesn't speak English yet. Her name is Varalakshmi. She adores Krissy. Vara was teased by older girls in her family for having her head shaved. They called her ugly and said she looked like a boy. Krissy simply told these older girls that she thought they were beautiful and that she loved them and that God loves them. She then told them that Vara is beautiful And that She and God loves her too. The older girls have then since treated her with nothing but kindness.
Benson has to be one of the funniest people I know. I had so much fun with him during the water fight. He would get the kids to go against me and soak me! Every time I tried to get him back he would take my own water and dump it on me! I had a blast trying to get him back and getting the kids on my side!
Once everyone was exhausted we slowly ended the water fight and headed to dinner. Everyday as playtime comes to an end I realize more and more that our time in this beautiful place is almost up! I'm so saddened by this thought. I love these kids and feel like I can't live without seeing their faces everyday. The thing that gets me through the thought of leaving them is knowing that I will be back! I don't know when but I know that The Rising Star Outreach campus will always be home! And these kids will always be family. I will miss them terribly while I'm gone! Thank goodness I know that they are well taken care of with so many people who love them!
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