Yesterday I went to the Our Lady of the Lake hospital to complete some service hours while on break. While many would think this wouldn't be a very enjoyable experience, it actually wasn't all that bad. Usually when people come the hospital looking for service hours or volunteer work they are placed in the hospitals playroom. The playroom is for the younger patients in the hospital who are not contagious and who's condition is not too serious. As you would imagine, it is imperative to keep the playroom as clean as possible. Surprisingly there are many other jobs in the hospitals playroom that are actually kind of fun.
Although the majority of the time we were cleaning board games and toys for the kids I was able to do other things as well. I got the opportunity to sit down and talk to a few kids that were in there. Most of the kids that come in the playroom are around 1-10 years old and even though some of them understand that they are in the hospital for whatever reason, they are still very positive and excited to try new things to get better. I really enjoyed the experience and getting to talk to these kids.
It's really awesome that you got to play with kids at Our Lady of the Lake for your service hours. It reminds me of the time in 5th grade when I went to Honduras on a mission trip and played with all the poor kids and gave them food and supplies. Maybe i'll do something similar to your experience for my service hours next year.
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