PARTY!

At the end of each trimester we have a party to celebrate the accomplishments of the kids and the ESL students.  It is a lot of fun to get everyone together.  During the party we have a potluck, give awards and the kids go up stairs to play games and the adults stay downstairs to hear a message from the Bible.  It is always a great time. 

If you know of any youth groups or church groups that are looking for a service oppertunity we are looking for a group to help with our spring party in March 2011!

Kids Club!

Every Tuesday night about 40-50 Bhutanese kids, and 10 wonderful volunteers gather for KIDS' CLUB! A fun time where we sing songs, play games, have fun, and learn about the BIBLE! (that's how the kids say it) Tonight is our last Kids' Club of the trimester before we take about a month long break to give the staff, volunteers and participants a chance to recharge their batteries.  If you are ever in KCK on a Tuesday night you should come check it out!

Knitting

Many of the Bhutanese are very good at knitting and weaving.  The women have been getting together for the past couple of months to work on different projects with the hopes of selling them for supplemental income and maybe eventually making a living out of it.  This Monday and Tuesday of this week they got their first chance to sell their goods at a Fair Trade Fair at a local high school, where they made about $250, a great first chance.  We are always looking for yarn and knitting needles for the women to use and venues for them to sell their products.

Thanksgiving Break

So, I know I am behind on this... But, over Thanksgiving Break my roommate Molly (she helps with the kids on the Hispanic side of Mission Adelante's ministry), myself and Michael (a volunteer from the Hispanic side) took some of our kids down to Crown Center to spend the afternoon at Kaleidoscope.  For those not from KC Kaleidoscope is a great place that is funded by Hallmark Cards.  Kids can spend time at Kaleidoscope creating art projects and what not, and it is totally free!  I like free.  We all had a great time and it was fun to give the Bhutanese kids and the Hispanic kids a chance to hang out. Most of the pictures came from after we did our art projects.

the best room in all of Kaleidoscope....melted crayons and black lights..