Kids leave tomorrow. Early. So the ‘goodbyes’ will be said tonight. Around the campfire. Like in the old days when kids ‘went to camp’. It will be fun. It will be a bit sad and it will be good. It always is.

But there the similarity ends. Each group of kids is different and this group is as unique as the others were. Hazel is dynamic and full of beans and ‘up’. Her English is not the best but her willingness is. She is a lot of fun. Smart, too. Tracy is much the same only quieter, a bit more lady-like. Very easy to like. Eddy is a real ‘guy’ and wants to do well but he is the most likely to stay in Hong Kong and live and work there. There is something of a ‘home boy’ in Eddy. Eric is a bit odd. Quiet, gentle, almost effeminate, he likes to chop wood and wanted to learn to box! Big fan of Bruce Lee.

It is a lot of fun getting to know these kids. And it will be even more fun when they stay in touch which at least half of them do. We’ve already seen and heard of ‘milestones’ passed as the first kids graduated and took jobs and partners.

Interesting.

“It’s different and the same all at once”.