The education of a child

It's my last day of work! Kind of sad! I'm not so sad about work, but I will be sad to leave the country and the people! I have exciting news! I may not be a mother, but I am sponsoring a girl in the orphanage to attend school. Her name is Eat Yeung. In Cambodia, the family name comes first, so you call her Yeung. She is from a very poor village in Cambodia. I saw pictures of the village. It has all dirt roads, huts, no clean water, electricity, plumbing, etc. They are very poor. There is also no school, so she has never attended school. She is 11 years old. She has not been at Acodo long, so she does not speak English. She is very sweet though! She held my hand and gave me a lot of hugs and talked to me through an interpreter. The volunteer said "now, you are her mother!" Not really, because her mother is still alive. She just can't afford to take care of her and can't offer her an education. All the children were so happy that she can attend school. They were jumping up and down. They are very cute and very sweet and very loving children. I took balloons with me this time because I ran out of bubbles, and balloons are the closest thing I could find.