Kids Connection Delegation

The Kids Connection delegation arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning. It has been a busy few days. We have a relaxing day in the mountains planned for tomorrow. If you would like to see some of the things that the delegation has been doing you can go to the Interlink Blog.

Although today was a bit tiring, it was very rewarding. I helped to plan a photo scavenger hunt for the delegation and 15 Youth Impact participants. At first, I wasn't sure if they were going to have fun. They all looked at me like I was a bit crazy when I explained what they were doing. After two hours running all over town, they returned to the office. Many of them took one or two last minute pictures while staying near enough to the office to not miss the deadline and loose points. Afterwards, we had dinner as an entire group.

It was so much fun to see the youth interacting with the Americans. It is very rare that you have a group of adults and youth (especially from two cultures) sitting in the same room laughing and telling stories. Each group was telling the others what kinds of pictures they took. Many of the delegates mentioned that this was one of the highlights of their trip (for some it has been the 3rd or 4th highlight in less than 3 days). One thing I especially enjoy about delegations, is watching the delegates begin to catch a vision for the work that we are doing. It is fun to see them start to fall in love with the wonderful people of Kazakhstan. All the extra work of having guests is worth it when you see the impact these delegates made on the lives of these youth after just a couple hours with them and the impact the youth made on them in the same short time.