Field Trip to Hoian

Every month, Superkids takes a field trip. Today we went to Hoian, about 30 minutes away from Da Nang. It was great! Only the older students are invited to go, so they handle the activities, walking, and heat with a little more maturity... well, kinda.
It was also fun because at this stage of their English learning, they can communicate in simple conversations, not just vocab and simple sentences. This makes it really fun for me, to get to know them better and see them excited to show off what they know. I met a lot of students today who I do not have in class, so that was fun too.
We walked around Hoian and saw a lot of old sites from when the Chinese were building and starting to do business and life there. Mostly I talked with students and the Superkids staff, and really I had very little idea about what I was seeing and any history behind it...everything was given in Vietnamese! But it was a good experience and I enjoyed it.
After walking around the town we got back on our busses and went across town to the Hoian Orphanage. We got to tour it and meet some of the disabled children that resided there. We then went into a classroom full of children. Our students sang a song in English, then the other kids sang a song in Vietnamese, and back and forth for awhile. It was really fun to watch the kids interact. Then our students handed out gifts they had brought to give to the kids in the orphanage.
After that we headed back to Da Nang and we were back by noon!
It was a seemingly short trip, but with all the activity, sights, and intense heat, it was quite draining. Such a joy though, to see the children in Hoian and from Superkids, to bless each other and enjoy themselves.