Service Learning 1 with World Relief

Today was my first service learning with world relief. I met with a family, I believe is from Nepal or a similar asian country. The family hardly spoke any English, except for one of the kids. When I first arrived, I was surprised that where they lived was so run down. They lived in the basement, where there were no windows. Inside there was barely anything in the house except a couple chairs and a couch and of course beds. They had an activity book that had english and anglo-koran, their language, that had basic descriptions of body parts and average items you would have in a household. We all sat around the table and I went over the different things in the book and pronouncing them slowly so they could repeat it back to me correctly. We did that for about a half hour. Then we worked on counting and the ABC's in english. Kelly and Anna showed up a bit later and we all moved to the living room. There we sat on the floor and showed them flash cards with different items people would own and had them say the english words for them. We had them review different items and body parts and asked them what each one was called to see if they remembered. We also went over money, what each one looks like and the value of them. The kids were really into it and were laughing and having a good time. The adults seemed a bit confused and werent sure about some of what we went over but I believe they were getting the hang of it. I really enjoyed working with this family. They were very friendly and eager to learn english. I can't wait for the next service. I definitely know what I can bring the next time to further help them learn the english language. I can already tell that after my required service is done, I will be volunteering to continue to work with them.