The little 9 year old boy that I mentioned in my previous blog that was in jail showed up to the boys club this morning wearing the brand new outfit that we left at his house for him. His name is Jose Manuel, and on Thursday, we told his parents that he must show up for Boys Club wearing his new outfit on Saturday morning. We wanted him to wear his new clothes so that we knew the family did not do something else with them. Normally, we have to go and get Hose Manuel at his house otherwise he does not show up. However, there he was today, on his own in his new outfit. It was awesome! He is finally getting the message of responsibility, as is his parents.
There are a few older of the older boys in the club who have specifically asked to learn English. Although Liz covers the basics of English such as days of the week, colors and numbers in the boys club, we decided that Nikki and I would take those boys aside and teach them a special English class to help them become more fluent. So after the did thier leadership duties in the boys club, we took five boys to another room and began working on a review worksheet that I made for them. Although they have memorized some things from oral learning, they did not know how to spell anything in English. So that is what we began working on today with the boys; spelling out the numbers, days of the week and colors. Although we will only be here for a couple of months, Nikki and I are going to design an English "course", so that when Liz has missionary groups down they can pick up wherever the boys are at.
I was really excited for the boys that we were teaching English to, because they were so eager to learn and get their work done. They paid attention and were really excited. It was really amazing to see how much potential these boys really have.
In the afternoon we went to the boys art class that DOVE missions pays for. Only 8 of the boys go to the art class, and it acts as art therapy. As I mentioned before, most of the boys were part of a pedophilia ring that broken up last summer. So the art class is like art therapy for the boys to release whatever they need to through art. It also provides another safe place for the boys to spend thier Saturday afternoons.
Today was awesome and we have planned to meet the boys tomorrow for a sports day at the beach. Can't wait!!!
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