Saturday, April 24

I volunteered for the third time this Saturday. When I got there they found me a job to do almost immediately, which was a change from the usual so I was happy. The job was putting together pamphlets for the patients of the Emergency Center at Ben Taub, so naturally I looked at what the pamphlets were as I put them together. The pamphlets contained a sheet with patient rights, and another one that had 5 easy ways to prevent infection which I thought was a great idea. This was also a great opportunity to talk to one of my fellow volunteers as he was also putting the pamphlets together. He has led a very interesting life, he was born in Cambodia and his family moved here when he was very young, he has 7 siblings and since the family has moved here they have not had much money. He has a great outlook on life, and God, and it amazes me that even though he has been in the situation he has been in that he still volunteers. This week I learned that you don't always need to interact with the patients at the hospital to get a valuable lesson. I didn't think I would have such an enriching experience since I wasn't going to be talking to patients but this was my best volunteer shift yet.