Great news! God answered our prayers! The Kadamtola Learning Center will be ready to start when I get back. Since the curriculum I was planning on using is still not available, I will need to use a different curriculum in the mean time which is totally fine with me. We are also planning a winter camp for the kids called Winter Safari. I think it will help build momentum and give us a chance to get to know the kids before the school starts.
About two months ago I went out to Kadamtola to assist with the feeding line where CMM faithfully feeds the families rice six days a week. We arrived early, so I took advantage of this opportunity to teach the children a few songs. When I started singing “If You’re Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands” a huge crowd of around 100 women and children gathered around me. I tried to get them to participate, but they just smiled and stared. I thought maybe the “Hokey Pokey” would bring them out of their shells. I have to teach the kids what it’s all about right? They did get a kick out of it, but were too shy to participate. To my surprise the next time I jotted out to Kadamtola around 50 kids came running up to the van. I didn’t want to disappoint them, so I gladly sang some songs with motions for them. This time some of the children were even comfortable enough to participate. I think I gave them quite a shock when I sang a kids song in their local language of Bengali. I’ll never forget them, and I’m so excited that this is just the beginning.
My friend Melanie wrote this incredible blog about Kadamtola on Nov 18th, so I thought I’d share it with you. She highlighted me on the 17th too : ) Feel free to view her other blogs about Calcutta Mercy Ministries as well. Here’s the link.
http://melaniebeagley.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html
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