Disney Voluntears

Today we volunteered for a local school in Nanjing.  It was an amazing experience and it really brought things back into perspective.  Today we walked into a regular elementary school in a poorer area and the kids went crazy.  They were running through the school following us around like we were famous people.

We went into the classroom and I was in a 3rd grade class.  The kids were so funny.  They were all wanting to know about me.  They wanted to know what kinds of things I liked.  If I could speak Chinese.  If I liked their work.  What kinda fruit I liked.   We just did simple craft projects with them and it just seemed to make their entire day.


I was nervous going into the school because I wasn't really sure what I was supposed to do with the kids but       the kids were amazing.  They were just so excited to have foreigners in the building.  They tried to use all the English they knew and were so excited to make the crafts and play games.

I was reminded today of how lucky our kids in the states were when I walked into their school they have just basic desks with one computer.  They had no heat and have to wear jackets all day.  There were 32 kids in the class and one teacher.  That was  a lot of kids to have in one room.

At the end of the day the principal asked to take pictures with the classes and us.  The kids were so funny they were all trying to hold my hands.  And then at the end we took a picture with the staff and the kids were pulling out their phones to take pictures of us.

It was such a great Christmas reminder about how much we have and how little others have.  It was a great day for all of us and I think it just reminded us of how blessed we were.