Kaiizen is for kids!

This weekend I had the chance to volunteer at an orphanage in Mexico. My friend, (Josh Budinger--he's kind of famous), is one of the founders of a charity group called Kaiizen. I took five of my former students from the great Canyon Springs along on the trip. Avette/Evette/Ivette, Regg Mac, Boo Baby, Niesha Dorito, and Tsitorius.




My students and I spent most of the morning painting a clinic that's used as a doctor's/ dentist office. We made friends with a little boy named Nacho and a tagger named Abel who kept telling us he was 2000 years old. The kids were a lot of fun and definitely enjoyed the attention. Ivette made bracelets for all of the kids at the orphanage. We drew pictures, decorated sock puppets.


Saturday afternoon Josh and Luke told the story of the monsters. Reggie was one of the best little seahorses I've ever seen. He received numerous compliments on his performance and is now thinking about becoming a professional actor.

We wandered around Ensenada a little bit, testing out our bargaining skills, then headed back to the beach to camp again.
After J-Dogs and a little wrap-up meeting, we were ready for the much anticipated dance party. I'm sure you can understand how watching white people try to "Walk It Out" can be the highlight of any weekend.

We left camp at 5:00 am, which was a little rough after such a crazy dance party the night before. (Again, the kids are right. White people really can't dance.) It took a little while to get through the border and of course we got stopped on the way.
We stayed in San Diego Sunday night. My friend Trent was gracious enough to let us crash his place. (What are best friends for?) We were just happy to shower. We wandered about Balboa park, listened to a Christian Reggae band who's best song was "Wat ju tink about Jezzus?", and later enjoyed a thrilling ride on my favorite roller coaster at Mission Beach.



The kids and I went to Sea World on Monday. As Reggie said, "Shamu needs to get put into a retirement home with that lazy polar bear." Otherwise, we had a good time.
Maybe a little too much time in the car, but a great trip. If anyone's interested in going sometime, check out the Kaiizen website. www.kaiizen.org