painting.

Today I got to stay at Rising Star and PAINT! The children's hostels are located right above where the volunteers stay. Past volunteers have painted all the walls of their rooms with BLUE paint. Our group has been able to decorate the walls by painting colorful pictures on them. It is SO FUN. The girls hostel has lots of great paintings like Dora the Explorer, butterflies, rainbows, and fish. My group ventured over to the boys hostel to start on their walls which have been blank. We painted one huge wall with a moon, stars, clouds, and a ROCKET SHIP! We had such a good time.


The boys came in for their lunch which they eat in the hostel. We had only just begun on some of the walls but they were SO HAPPY! It was cute to see their faces and excitement. They kept saying, "Paint this wall! And this wall!" We told them we would do as many as we could. They loved the colors and the paintings.


After lunch Chelsea and I worked on Buzz Lightyear. Each room sort of had a "theme" so we stuck with the SPACE idea. It turned out really great and the little boys love it. It was fun to do a different kind of service for these children and put a SMILE on their faces. They are all so grateful. It makes me HAPPY.