cooperacion

My Monday beginner's sewing class is quite the joy for me. This new group of sewers has several older girls in it and they are learning so quickly! It has been fun to have a group that understands what they read when we have our Bible readings and that seems to catch on to what I teach them in sewing.

Last week we were cutting out bags, using some new fabric I had bought just for them (which was quite exciting for them). And the girls shocked me... they all started to cut out their bags together. Three of them helped one girl pin her pattern on; two girls, each with a scissor in hand, cut it out together! It was cooperation!

I realize that cooperation is not foreign to this culture- I have seen it before. However, it seems that in sewing class the girls sometimes get tired of sharing equipment and space and each starts to defend her territory. So, it was so refreshing to see that in sewing class on this day the girls chose to all help one another and stick together on their project.