Famento Blog » OMI http://blog.famento.com Official Famento.com Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Life story classes show diversity of experiences http://blog.famento.com/2009/03/life-story-classes-show-diversity-of-experiences/ http://blog.famento.com/2009/03/life-story-classes-show-diversity-of-experiences/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:51:45 +0000 Lauren http://blog.famento.com/?p=149 Last Wednesday, we completed our second week of a four-week life story class at the OMI Senior Center.  I can’t even begin to describe how inspired I felt when I left the class that morning.  It was so amazing to hear the stories that the seniors were sharing — life in the Philippines during World War II when Japan invaded; moving to England alone at fifteen years old not knowing any English; home and family that the church provided; and more.  It was not only educational for me, it was also an important reminder that life has so many possibilities.  I’m excited that this Wednesday, we’ll actually start recording some of these stories on video.  We’ll share more video highlights over the next month.

In the meantime, here are some pics from our class last week:

dsc_0232 dsc_0239 dsc_0243 dsc_0236 dsc_0245 dsc_0246 ]]> http://blog.famento.com/2009/03/life-story-classes-show-diversity-of-experiences/feed/ 1