Sunday, August 16, 2009

Peru 2009 Video

Doherty HS trip to Peru in the summer of 2009.
A short video that does a great job of describing the experience.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Building Friendships

Through Adopt-A-Village International I had the chance to go to Ecuador and experience how people live in another country. With Adopt a Village's help, our group went to a village in Cayambe, Ecuador and painted a communities school. We played with the children. It is truly amazing how privileged we are by just being born in the United States. Through these children I learned that happiness does not come with possessions or money and these kids proved that to me over and over again. Plus it was incredible how even though we both speak different languages and neither of us can communicate in that sense we could still understand each other and build friendship without having to talk.

Steve

An Ecuador Experience

We went for a walk with the kids from the school, and they knew how to have fun. These two boys worked hard to break branches that were taller than them off a tree. They then started sword fighting with each other, smiling and laughing the whole time. I couldn’t stop laughing with them while they would playfully jab at each other. Even though these kids have so little, they know how to make the best of it, using the enviroment they have around them. They also helped smaller kids break off branches so they could join in the fun. I learned the most from these kids out of the entire trip. They showed me you only need imagination to have fun. The kids would pick flowers for us along the walk, and run, and jump in puddles. Their hearts were so big, and I realized that what you need in life, is a big heart and a smile like the kids from Cayambe.

Kimi