Salam(Hello),
Today has been such a nice day. We started our morning at the Vo-tech with some history of CARD and a tour. We heard such great stories of children who had no future before CARD and now they have a trade and are able to have confidence in their future. The children are such a delight to see. They are excited to have the opportunity to learn. Some of the team helped create Wheel of Fortune for the English students to practice spelling. It was properly called Wheel of G-town. Our special treat was the cooking class. We made homemade fudge brownies and started the Hobo Stew. It was great to laugh and continue to build relationships. There is a special young girl whom the team has seen the last couple of years. Seeing her is a sweet reunion. Our guys finished the baby’s gate and went to hang it at the baby’s home this afternoon. This will be great help when trying to separate the children from the toy room.
This afternoon was probably the highlight of the day. We returned to the psychiatric hospital to pass out the photo albums to the women and watch an art class. The ladies were so grateful for the photo albums. It was thrilling to see their faces light such a dark place with some joy. One woman said that “we make her heart beat faster with joy”. She had tears filling her eyes and it was a bitter-sweet moment. The art is quite amazing. They are ALL far better artist then we could think of being. We were honored enough to be able to purchase some and help them feel special for their ability.
The men had a chance to pick up a basketball game with some of the young men at the Vo-tech. It quickly turned into young-vs-old (American-vs-Central Asia). It was funny, one young man kept telling Matt to “take it easy”. It has been a blessing and has brought joy to our hearts to be able to share in their lives.
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