Surprising Results from Pilot #1 at Orphanage
Day 3: Teaching outside to a group of 3- to 12-year olds. We've taught four different classes at the orphange in May. When the Pilot #1 study was approved it was specifically for 5 orphans and 5 house mothers to learn English and Reading in short 20 minute lessons. However, that's not what happened. Right away we were told that it was way too hard for the administration to assign the house mothers. So we were just going to teach the kids. Okay, we're flexible. In the end, our plan to teach the same kids didn't work out. Each day we received different kids. Also, we were asked to teach for 90 minutes. Keeping a 3 year old and a 12 year old and tons of other kids between those ages engaged for that long is tough to do. Praise God that He gave us what we needed to provide exciting lessons each day. This is not how we expected Pilot #1 to work out but here's what happened. DAY ONE: On May 8th, we arrived expecting the room to be ready and kids selected. However,
