For those of you who do not know me, my name is Shauna Godfrey. I will be blogging about my travels in Israel for the month of January 2011.
At the moment, I am sitting at my gate waiting to board, so I though this would be the perfect opportunity to write my first post. For the past couple of days I have been packing, saying goodbye to family, buying last minute notebooks and figuring out which books I was going to bring for the month.
I am so excited to be going to Israel. During first week of my time in Israel I am going to be traveling with friends that have been living in Israel for the year. We will be spending time in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and hopefully some more places.
On January 16th I start, my volunteer position at Save A Child's Heart (SACH), working at the house as a full time volunteer living with the children. SACH is an organization that brings children from around the world to Israel to get heart surgery that is not performed in their home country.
Each child comes to Israel with one person; it is usually their mother. I will be living in the house and taking care of the children during the day. Playing games with them, singing songs and accompanying them to the hospital for their appointments.
I am very excited to start my volunteer position. I am very interested in how the children interact in the house with one another. The children's ages range from babies to teenagers. Not all of the kids speak English, nor do they speak a common language. It will be interesting in how difficult it is for me to interact with the kids.
Some of you might be thinking... why is this blog titled "The Pink Ukulele"?
Well, I am bringing a pink ukulele with me on this trip. I am interesting in seeing if the children will be interested in singing songs with me. Hopefully I will be able to teach them some English this way and the kids will be able to teach me songs from where they are from. I want the ukulele to be my passport into the lives of the children I meet at the SACH house.
I can't wait to start my journey.
Can't wait to read more! Good luck with your adventures and work at the SACH home!!
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