Team Journal for Thursday November 19, 2015 Message of the day: “Flowers only bloom when they are ready. People are the same way. You cannot rush or force they open just because you think it’s time. Be patient.” – Timber Hawkeye Everyday it seems to get easier to work with our students as we get […]
In my class today, I received some helpful advice for teaching in China. I had asked for feedback from our team leader on how to improve our English instructions. She kindly told me that I had to speak slowly. So, this would be my theme for the day: Slow down, give students time to process […]
Danielle Silver visited the Cook Islands Global Volunteers program earlier this year. She provided support to Takitumu School and met some amazing young people. Victor was one of them and here she shares her poem about the experience she had while providing service in the Cook Islands Victor A bright sunny island day, the […]
This is the last week of service for the remaining Vaka Team members. We were 15 and are now 7 members strong as the others completed their service. (it is yet to be determined if we are the Magnificent 7 or the Seven Dwarfs!) I want to share some of the team observations and learnings […]
China Team Journal for Friday October 23, 2015 Message of the day: “Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people. And give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.” (excerpt from a 17th century nun’s prayer) The unexpected discoveries and unanticipated experiences of the past […]
China Team 218 Journal for Monday October 19, 2015 by Jo Carol Message of the day: “I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” J. B. Priestly After six days of teaching my Chinese […]
The 2015 World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings took place in Lima, Peru. The highest authorities of both institutions, ministers of economy and finance, and governors of central banks, met in Lima to discuss poverty issues worldwide and policies to alleviate it. Both institutions agree in their analysis of Peru’s economy: the last […]
China Team 218 Journal for Saturday and Sunday, October 17 & 18, 2015 Message of the Day: Treasure family & friends, respect everyone, work for harmony and peace. Anonymous Saturday: Carolyn & Jo-Carol departed with their High Tech hosts to visit the site of the tomb excavation of Emperor Qin from whose name CHINA is […]
China Team 218 Journal for Wednesday October 14, 2015 Message of the day: “Don’t judge a man by where he is because you don’t know how far he has come.” C.S. Lewis I see China and my students through virgin eyes. This is my first trip to China so all I have known about this […]
Magical Cacao Beans Most people appreciate the deliciousness of chocolate, but most are entirely unaware of where it comes from or how it becomes so delicious. While volunteering in Monteverde, you can learn about and delight in Costa Rican chocolate. Native to the Americas, the cocoa tree is believed to have first been discovered in the […]