KCCL Trip

Today I went for my second KCCL trip. We left just after school finished, and the drive was around half an hour or so. When we got there the kids were all waiting in the garden, and ran up to us to give us hugs, introduce themselves (if we hadn't previously spoken), and ask as how we were and what we'd been up to. A girl of about 11 came up to me and without saying a word hugged me extremely tightly and wouldn't let go! This was really sweet, and we talked a lot on this trip.

We all headed over to the mural painting site. Unfortunately, there had been a small mishap - some kids had gotten their hands on paints and had scribbled over the entire wall! Therefore, after setting up the paints and plastic sheets, we set to work painting over everything with white paint. A few KCCL kids stayed to help us, while the others went inside to do other activities. The children were laughing and playing with each other, and we all conversed as we worked on the wall. Luckily, none of them seemed disappointed that we were covering up their artwork!

This took the majority of the time, as the wall was huge and there was a limited supply of paintbrushes. By the end we had covered all of it, though some images were still showing through slightly. Hannah and I started to draw on our design in pencil - the theme being friends, so the pictures of pooh and piglet, and people holding letters to spell the world 'friends'.

I think that this was a reasonably productive day, as we can now complete our two pictures on the next trip. The kids all seemed extremely happy with our visit, and were excited for our next trip over. We spent a lot more time bonding with the kids this time, and I feel that I now have solid friendships with quite a few of them.
I learn a great deal about leadership, understanding, creativity, and the overwhelming passion and positivity of life from these KCCL trips and I'm looking forward to continuing this for 12 months.

[photos coming soon]