Today, I finished the third week of this fall semester, and I find it hard to believe how time has already flown by so fast. As usual, I was very hesitant in starting another semester (new semester = start of new ventures), but with these past 3 weeks have come many fun times. So far, I have met 2 international students, one from South Africa and the other from Zambia. They are both really great people and, a plus, is that he and she are a fellow brother and sister in Christ. I look forward to knowing them better as the semester progresses.
One thing that I am trying to do more of this semester is volunteer, and this Friday morning, I started my first of 9 meetings in a swimming program for students with disabilities. I was paired with a fellow classmate and together, with the help of a lifeguard, we worked with 13 year old twins who have Muscular Dystrophy. I wasn't expecting them to have the ability to swim well, given their condition, but the pool was their domain. I was very surprised at how well they could freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. And even with their disability, they act just like most junior high boys. Hopefully, they will warm up to my friend and me in the next few meetings.
Tomorrow morning, I am volunteering at a Paralympic Sports Clinic at UTA, and I am very excited about it! Playing sports alone is great, but being able to see individuals play those same sports with wheelchairs and prosthesis' is going to be AMAZING. The agenda: wheelchair tennis, track and field, swimming, and wheelchair soccer. I've been told by some of my professors that some of the professional Paralympic athletes will be there tomorrow. I wish Murderball (wheelchair rugby) was available to play there. While I was in the OTA program in Austin, I saw the movie Murderball, and was just in awe of the players' stories of how they became disabled. This documentary also showed the "intenseness" of wheelchair rugby. It is a very interesting movie, however, there are a few inappropriate scenes. Just so you know.
So thankful for the weekend! I believe, this Sunday, that Jeff and I get to see our "soon-to-be-NEW" home one last time before it is officially ours later next week. I don't know if Jeff or our realtor will get me to leave. Owning our first home makes me giddy. =)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Iam so excited that you have a blog now Yeeeaah. That is great! You have such a big heart Sarah. That is awesome that you volunteer for some of the programs you mentioned. What a blessing it is to be able to help those in need and watch them enjoy something that they maybe thought they couldn't do. Come check out our blog it's montgomeryfamilyblog.blogspot.com We are pretty bad at updating it but love having one.
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