Sawadee Khrap
Now for the children’s party. As I mentioned in the earlier post , Tasanai and I brought several 5 gallon containers of cookies for the kids. When I saw the line form I was really worried that we hadn’t brought enough for all – but it was perfect – everyone had theirs and some even got seconds. Since we had gotten there early it was a perfect starting point for the day – about 10ish Michael and his volunteer troubadours arrived from Chiang Mai. And the show began!
Here’s a shot of Michael’s group as we finished up the cookie line.
They brought a lot of donated stuff for the camp and then started to put on the entertainment. Games, games, games.
We had darts, football, rope skipping, dancing contest, Western dance lessons, pop-the-balloons, relay race, and finally the
Tug-O-War
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Quite a day – 200 screaming kids – excitement, excitement , excitement.
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And finally the closing prayer at the temple – all the kids were there and it was amazing to see even the littlest with clasped hands and praying with the others.
What a great day – I did get a little sun burned – forgot my hat – but that faded too –
Tasanai took about 1 hour of video so over the next week I will try to make a flash movie to post and let you see and hear all the screaming kids and excitement we had that day – I will also try to get more names and post about each as we go on – but remember my motto – “I only do one thing a day” The rest of the day is spent planning tomorrows one project and relaxing – soooooooooooo it might be a while.
Ciao