A Crazy First Week: Part I: Dai Loc Orphanage

Well, culture shock has finally dwindled and we are feeling acclimated to the crazy moped traffic, the smells and the heat here. It's been a crazy week and a half--last week we spent working with Orphan's Voice. We biked to two different orphanages in Da Nang and did art, played games, and gave much needed attention to the children there.

Being immersed in the culture here is amazing and varied--we have already had tons of adventures and hilarious mishaps and learning experiences which we will update you on in a future post!

First, here are some pictures to fill you in on our life this past week:



At Dai Loc Orphanage we brought supplies for everyone to make and decorate a mask. They kids here are amazingly talented and put us to shame with their art.




We also prepared journals for each child and created prompts for everyone to reflect on and write or draw in the journal.


It has been so rewarding and so humbling to work with kids who are so open to learning and who (usually) are patient with our almost nonexistent Vietnamese vocabulary (so far we know "hello," "thank you," and "no problem")!