Everything I Know, I Learned in Kindergarten

I think this might be one of the first posts in months I am not way behind on writing! Well, anyway. Sarah invited Ping and I to come to the daycare and visit with the children for a couple days, but Ping wasn't feeling well, so only I got to go. Ping's cookies got to go with me too! The daycare was a bee hive basically, not in the fact that there are dangerous and angry bees waiting to sting you, but that there was so much going on and so many bodies going in so many directions, it was crazy! I met Joe the handyman extraordinaire who has been volunteering regularly at the daycare for quite some time. He started a painting project, and with the help of Sarah, P Wow and some other volunteers, it is coming along quite nicely. There was also a group of 10 volunteers from a Christian organization that has been coming lately and they help out with the kids a lot, playing, telling stories, teaching them songs, etc. All of them are from England, so Sarah got to learn "proper English". I joined in on the fun some too! I say that everything I Know I Learned in Kindergarten because it's exactly what I was thinking as P Lek patiently watched me with her hand on my lap as I cut out paper doll princesses for her. The whole time she was so amazed that I knew how to cut with scissors! It made me think about how the littlest act of kindness or love can mean so much to people. Everywhere I looked there were acts of love going on there. The older girls took turns holding an umbrella for Toby who was painting in the sun (partly because they think he's cute, but they know he has a girlfriend and they helped anyway). P Gorb was constantly sending me food and drinks because she was afraid of me having low blood sugar and not feeling well. Some of the older kids helped the teachers with the great feat of bathing the little ones before nap time, and Sarah got to take out time to tell them a story about Jesus'love for them through the story of Mary and Martha, to which they clung onto every word. Really, amid all the chaos, you realize it's just a great place to be because it's so full of love. For many of these kids it's the one place they know they can go for love, safety and normalcy. I wish you all could have a chance to spend time there. Sharing, helping our friends, being nice to each other, learning, growing, laughing, loving; these are all things we learned in Kindergarten. I'd say if you've forgotten these important things, maybe you should go back to Kindergarten too and learn what it's all about!