06/11/2011: Last Work Day at Hoa My Dong II

By Thanh Nguyen

Today, at Hoa My Dong II, we had our last work day. It was a bittersweet day where we both saw our huge accomplishment: all of the walls, windows and the name was completely painted. After days of hard work(especially today finishing the final touches like scraping the leftover paint). Yet I am sad that we had to leave the worksite. I feel that today was amazing in that we were able to provide a school that was clean and functional. The school is beautiful with its final touches and the sign for the school says it all: Sunflower Mission with the sunflower logo. The sunflower is a symbol for me that we are providing for the children the facilities for education and a newer and better day. Even though I feel accomplished that I made an impact for the children, I will keep with me the wonderful memories of playing with the children (especially the frisbee and the climbing games) and interacting with the workers. The children taught me a lot about myself and how I am lucky to have the things I have while they have so little. However, I end with this note: thank you to the children for providing me the insight and the drive for me to keep helping the Vietnamese community.