Jung Min - Swimming Day

Yesterday, the Emu group (Inez, Seohyun, Tristen, and I) were chosen to teach swimming to the filipino kids outside the gates of the K.I.M ministry centre. We started off with a group of boys who were decent at swimming and only one of them good prove to me that they could swim to get a turn on the slide. After 30 minutes, we had to kick them out from the pool so we could bring in a group of girls who were waiting outside. From that group of girls, I met a cute filipino girl named Joyce. She could not get in the pool because she was scared of water. I went up to her and asked her if she could come in the pool but she resisted. After a long time of pleading she finally walked down the steps one by one and finally grabbed onto Inez and had fun in the pool. Thirty minutes passed and we had to kick the group of girls out and Ms.Bandy suggested if we can continue to swim with another group of kids who were waiting outside for a long time. We took the last group of kids, most of them were small girls and one baby boy who was attached to Ms.Bandy the whole time. Finally the thirty minutes were over and we had to kick them out.

This story from Ms. Cantrell's perspective:

I was supervising from the second level and making sure little ones were making good choices.  As I was watching our students give these Filipinos their attention and care, I was bowled over by Jung Min's interactions with the kids.  He was so insistent making sure they could swim before they could slide.  But on top of that, he was intent on teaching ones who couldn't swim how to move their arms and legs.  As if that weren't enough, Jung Min helped the little boy who was clinging to Ms. Bandy when he was shivering from cold (it was an overcast day).  Jung Min used his own towel to dry off the little boy, then Jung Min took the time to put the little boy's shoes and socks on him.  It was my favorite moment of the day!  I really almost can't handle how amazing our kids are; their hearts are blowing me away!