Polis - The city of Scout

Saturday 5 and Sunday, April 6th we went to Brunate (CO), a village above Lake Como. To reach the place we had to take the funicular from Como, which took us directly to the country.

Our destination was a family home , because we decided that our squadron would have helped out this small community in the daily chores. Arriving at the family home greeted us Solange, which is the mother of two babies really adorable. Just arrived on the scene, the children, who live in the community, we were welcomed and asked us to play with them. This was our first task, which, while seemingly simple has proved challenging. Within the community, there were children with different stories behind them, and thus different, but all had in common the desire to laugh and play.

So we spent an afternoon with them filled with fun and games. The children were happy and always smiling especially when we improvised a puppet show for them where they participated actively with us. In their company we have been all afternoon until dinner. Despite the fatigue, we girls felt happy and excited that he made the acquaintance of the new children and to have met the new world unknown to us, the family home.

At night we listened with great interest the testimony of Barbara and Stephen that the founders of the community. This has helped us to understand why a lot of their choices and to understand what is involved to adopt a child. In addition to their place of speech we will have questions about the relationship between parents and children.

The next morning after attending the Mass, we have helped Abbott and Savior to carry out the renovation of the courtyard. Between us, there were leaders of the Milan squad of 11 Dolphins, who have had our own idea. The work we did was to clean up the lawn and all the stones to collect the grass that you cut. For lunch we decided to share our food with them and so we had lunch together. In the afternoon after finishing work started in the morning, we said goodbye to everyone.

The thing that struck me most was the way the children greeted us, because they made us promise to return to play with them and many of them, as indeed we have moved and this made us understand that it takes little to make a person happy.

That Sunday, we learned that the best gift that you receive by helping others has helped her to see the person happy.

Good Hunting,

Sara Gaiera
Castano 1 - AGESCI