Friday night we all were at the community centre & had a debrief to talk about the last week of camp. Listening to the Hong Kong team's (22 business men & women) stories about how the orphanage kids deeply touched their hearts was so awesome. Many of them said, with tears in their eyes "the kids showed us what love & caring for others really is."
The orphanage kids love & care for each other as if they were a big family. The Hong Kong team shared things that deeply touched them when a young boy lost his flip flop. Some Hong Kong team members did think about it & just said they would buy a new pair for him, but they had no vehicle, were 1 hours drive to the newest small town & the director said to buy the boy new flip flops would be unfair unless they bought all 80 kids new flip flops. The word spread very fast in the camp that a flip flop was lost. the boys orphanage family (other kids) & his friends stopped what they were doing to help. They searched through the entire camp & eventually found his flip flop.
The boy was so excited that his friends found his flip flop & thanked the Hong Kong teammate for "thinking" he would find it. But, she said sadly the whole time the kids were looking for his flip flop I was doubting to myself "they will never find it." This boy had more faith & believed they would find his flip flop more than I, the adult.
Teresa the kids & I spent the the day having fun & resting with the team. It's hard to believe that this morning most of them left to go back to Hong Kong so that tomorrow they can return to their office jobs in Hong Kong. But, the cool thing is that another group of business men & women will be coming tonight to spend a week out at camp & at the centre playing games, making crafts & loving these Mongolian kids.