A 2.5 Hour Caring Citizen....?

   Kids running around, grains of rice all over the floor, and piles of leaves on a truck. On Friday, I went on a trip for a community service at Pattaya. The teachers divided all the students into 3 groups, and I was in the Daycare center group. Most of the kids in the Daycare center are either orphans or their families are too poor to raise them. The kids there were really energetic, active, and their eyes are filled with curiosity when they looked at us.
   At the Daycare center, we played with a huge group of kids, but we also raked and huge pile of leaves. We did everything we can to help the Daycare center. First, I started with raking the leaves. There wasn't a lot of leaves, there was a massive amount of leaves that you can't even imagine. While I was raking the leaves, I felt like I was only making a small portion of devotion for the daycare center. The teachers there had to do this for almost their entire lives, but I was only there to help for about 2 hours and half. Having that thought in my mind, I worked extra hard. I wanted to give as much help to the daycare center and I wanted to be a really useful person just for 2 and a half hours. For that instant, I felt like a caring citizen. Since I devoted as much energy I can to this little community.
   After raking the leaves, I was sent to carry water into the freezer, and move the rice into another shelf. When we were carrying the water, I loved to be the one standing in front of that gigantic freezer. After raking 40 minutes of leaves under the hot sun, coming in door and having this big box filled with cool air. That was just like paradise! The cooling air pressing on to my face, that feeling was AWESOME! I really enjoyed carrying the water into the freezer, but not the rice. When we were carrying the rice onto another shelf, there were many grains of rice that has escaped from the bag. Let me tell you, the moment when that grain of rice falls onto your knee. A combination of itchy and pain occurs like a chemical reaction on your skin. After carrying the food or supplies for the children, I went to play with the children. That was the funnest activity, yet the most tiring activity. Many kids wanted a piggy back ride and they really enjoyed drawing with the markers. One of the  children really enjoyed piggy back rides, so I carried him around, ran as fast as I could with him on my back, and turn around in circles. When I felt that I need a little bit more oxygen than usual, I would put the child down. The child would ask " Are you okay?", and that moment I felt really happy with some physical tiresome. All of these kids have a really kind and nice heart, we should be more caring citizens are keep on doing community services for these children. I was a caring citizen for 2.5 hours, I tried to fulfill the children's wish with all the energy I had.