Jennifer and Vanessa, two of the girls from our apartment complex, have been volunteering as Ruthie's helpers at Refugee Beads. They made the coffee while Ruthie got started.
Today, Ruthie helped her class enter their sales into a computer. Even basic data entry is a huge hurdle for someone who lived without much technology most of her life.
Meanwhile, I picked up Aziz and we dropped by Bennett Eckandem's activities center. Bennett has been working with Aziz for years now, and his work has made mine pretty easy.
Aziz and I then worked on some writing and video projects for the rest of the morning before I had to leave for my other job.
Eric arrived home from work this afternoon to find a crowd of kids waiting for guitar class. Since there were five guitars and ten kids, the instruments kept switching hands until everyone had a chance to try the chord.
We're still trying to figure out good ways to manage the volume of kids that have been coming to our activities center.
When the school year rolls around and Eric is off to Liberty University, we will need enough manpower to help everyone with their homework and continue building relationships with the kids.
We'll see what happens when that time comes. Until then, we've got plenty of other things to keep up with.
Question. The mission I work for is trying to start up an internship program to ultimately help recruitment. One thing they discussed having as a promo item when they go to colleges is bracelets - hand-made bracelets. Does Ruthie's group do things like that? Can I see some photo samples? kmann@eastwest.org.
ReplyDeleteYes. That's the main thing they do. She'll send over some samples tomorrow.
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