2015.03.19 18:14
Greetings from Aceh!
Since the beginning of last week, we
had busy days. It started from the weekend evening with the preparation for
Serempah Peace Camp. Then we had to prepare all the stuff for camp and had to
complete what we had decided in our discussion. In the midst of the busiest time,
Ihksan delivered us the news that there would be an event to release turtles at
a nearby village so we went there to join in the event. RAMBARO village’s
turtle releasing event has continued for three years so far. Even though the
event didn’t attract as much as the first year, it was enough valued that
people kept their responsibilities to care for the turtle eggs and preserve
them until the eggs had hatched. I’m reminded that there are various ways to
save life, to keep life and to help life. Even if such a program couldn’t go the perfect way, I want to believe that all
manner of things shall make people convey a new awareness and warm hearts as it
has started as a respect for life. Most of all, it could be reliable evidence
that I could see bright smiles on the children’s faces. I wish I could see
again these smiles at the Serempah Camp which is coming soon.
We started
the Peace Camp with participants (Daus, Ilham, Risa and Irman) on Saturday. The
theme of camp is “Sahabat yang Jauh. (Friends
who are sharing minds from far away.)” Serempah children will meet with seven friends in the story book. All these
friends are from countries which were known as facing difficulties. And they
are living under worse conditions than Acehnese children. We want to share our minds with them. In order
to feel a little more realistic, we made them with paper dolls, doing storytelling
and greetings with them in our program. It was already proved with camp
participants that they were friendly to the characters and enjoyed to talk with
these seven paper dolls. As the campers become friendly with the seven
children, Serempah children will be enabled to share their minds. Prayer requests: 1. Pray that we
could have safe journey and meaningful camp.