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"Bathe Me, I'm Dirty"

Last two weeks ago, i had this wonderful experience. It was when we had our VCS (Vacation Church School) at our church which lasted for a week. The kids who attended were from the church but most of them were from the outreaches, so you would imagine how we, teachers, managed the class to become acquainted and be friends with each other because most of them really are too poor to have their clothes changed for the next day. So this is what we did. We decided to collect old clothes from our church members, bought soap, shampoo and powder so that we could bathe them before our classes start the next day. Tuesday came and the kids were already around waiting for us to bathe them. I still couldn't forget the feeling that I had for these kids, I was like a mother who cared for my own children. They were like yearning for water and soap that they were so excited to indulge in the water from the hose. I, Rona and KC started to bathe them using a hand towel to brush away the