Don't Look, Mom!

Here are some photos from ziplining at YS Falls!

Friday was one of our final days of orientation. We had meetings in the morning, but the afternoon was spent at the Bosco Boys' Home where they performed several short plays for us. Jen has been volunteering there teaching them drama for several months now, and this was their culminating performance. When we got there Natalie and I immediately ended up back stage where we fixed costumes and offered support to all the boys whose nerves had brought them to tears. None of these boys had ever been in a play before, and many suffer from low self esteem anyways, so there were plenty to coax onto the stage. Despite needing a little nudge out onto the stage, the boys came off the stage beaming, so proud of themselves for what they had accomplished. One of the boys, Clayon, who had cried a good amount before the show, threatening to quit and not go onstage, followed me around for a while after his performance (in which he hadn't said a single one of his lines), proudly remarking that this was the first play he had ever been in. It was really great to see what Jen's presence had done for these boys this year. The self confidence that she brought to them was apparent in the pride they showed yesterday, and they are definitely going to miss her and their drama class.