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“Planting Seeds at Seeds of Love”
Posted by: | Comments| In late November three of our teachers will be attending a two week teacher training, developed by Oneness, a Canadian non profit. ”Planting Seeds” is an early childhood education program developed by Susan Schmaltz, co-founder of Oneness. Susan and, her husband, Richard founded Oneness in 2003, their mission statement: “Oneness is a spiritually based organization, established in 2003, to promote, encourage, support and assist those seeking ways to serve others. We aspire to unite men and women who care to address the overwhelming problems of the human condition” Read More→ |
Go Fly a Kite!
Posted by: | CommentsWe are in kite flying season. As is custom in Guatemala, the kids make their own kites, with tissue paper and thin pieces of wood. Amazing these kites can fly like they do but check out the photos of the kids running like the wind with their kites following right behind.
Please don’t forget about our drive for donated gently used Halloween costumes (see the Halloween post below).
¡Feliz Dia del Niño!
Posted by: | CommentsFriday, October 2nd, we celebrated “Children’s Day” at Semillas de Amor. And what a celebration we had! It was our job to entertain the kids. I lucked out and didn’t have to be a clown and was in charge of the barbeque and strawberry shortcake (an all-american food menu). The kids had so much fun as did all of the adults. We thought the fiesta would be cancelled because of our lack of electricity. Yes, our new generator blew up and no thanks to the Guatemalan company we bought it from because they have been less than helpful in fixing it under the warranty. But Guatemalans are resourceful people and the day went off beautifully. Even our electrician was there. Odd to have an electrician when we don’t have electricity. We celebrated with barbeque, hot dogs, hamburgers and all the fixings and for desert, strawberry shortcake. We had hoped to fill our plastic swimming pools but because of no electricity that meant no water and could only fill one pool with buckets. The kids loved it just the same. All the children dressed up in their “career outfits”, we had farmers, cowboys, artists, teachers, mechanics, writers, doctors, nurses (hmm….no lawyers present, must be sore point).
I hope you enjoy the video and share a part of the day with us. I’ve only started to make movies with Apple’s iMovie, which I love, but am still on the learning curve. Be sure and turn off the sound if you don’t like the music.
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Enjoy the party with the kids!
Feliz Dia del Nino Semillas de Amor from Nancy Bailey on Vimeo.
Party photos
