CELEBRATING WITH VALENTINE THEME

Every Friday Tom and I divert from English study to do something fun.  Since Valentine Day in the US was on Friday, what an opportunity.  Valentine Day is not celebrated in Cambodia.  We bought Oreo and some white sandwich cookies about the size 
of Oreos.  Some decorator frosting was mixed us and colored ready to decorate cookies for the evening meal.  Each of our groups participated as well as the 3 new students who study English with Dara since we cannot visit with them very well yet.  We watched a video about decorating with zipper bags by cutting a small opening in a corner.   


We were concerned how this was going to work, but it was great.  The corner is reinforced with tape and none of them burst.  The students were quite creative and seemed to enjoy the new experience.  The Youtube video was in English with English captions as well.  Some new words were learned as well as some new skills. We told them that in the US mothers would decorate heart cookies for their children to take to their classmates at school.  



The students like pizza but do not get it very often so we ordered pizza from the "Pizza Company" and Dara took care of getting them to the center in time for our evening meal.  We were happy as Pizza Company was having a buy one get one free special.  





Avy prepares veggies and watermelon as well.  The cookies made a colorful dessert.
As we gathered around the tables for prayer Tom and I told a little more about the special day in the US when we especially remember to encourage one another and show our love in a variety of ways.  We gave each of the students and staff a nice note tablet, pen and a personal note from us.  We encouraged them to use their tablets to write notes to show their love and encouragement to others.  They also each received a can of Coke, which is an uncommon occurrence here.  

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