School, Kids, and Food

Marcos with Diego and Jose

Monday, June 8

The advanced class is still acting crazy- they refuse to speak English and keep acting out since I've been there.  Marcos says it's very unlike them, but I'm not entirely convinced.. :)  We had shortened classes today because the kids start learning a dance for the festival coming up in July, called Festival Julios.  Carrie and Jamie did a great job choreographing it!!  It is so much fun! Classes were also short today because the Georgia team put together a mini carnival for the kids.  They had a toss game, a catch the cheetah tail game, a game where the kids stood in a line and passed a wet sponge to the front where it was squeezed-the team to fill their bucket first won.  They had a sack race and played the game where two people stand back to back with a balloon in between and teams of 2 race each other.  The kids looked like they had a lot of fun and loved getting candy, pencils, and other prizes.  

Squeezing the water out of the sponges

Sack race!

We used saran wrap to create the texture
when the watercolor was still wet.

The beginner class has been a lot of fun so far, which Marcos says is very unlike them, too.  We'll see about that!  They really love art, so we've been doing a lot of it!  Today, they finished up their watercolor projects and tomorrow we start PRINTMAKING!  One of my favorite types of art making! 

Students chose to write their favorite verse or draw a picture
over their water color.  This is Fermin's work in progress.

After school, I went home to catch up on some journaling and reading.  I really needed the quiet time and didn't realize it until I was in the midst of it.  I love people and I love being around people, but I most certainly need time to process and be away from others.  

Anderson sharing a toy

Virginia was one of my favorites to play with after school

Eventually, I went over to the Fund for a little while.  I played with Anderson by helping him run up and down the slide a bajillion times as I held his hand.  I watched the older boys play soccer, while a few younger girls persistently put things down my shirt...  "Dead bug, teacher!!" "Rocks, teacher!" with MUCH giggling in between..  Seriously though, a dead bug??  

For dinner, the mission team took all the teachers out to eat as a treat for all their hard work.  Thankfully, I was able to join them! We went to an Italian restaurant that was absolutely delicious!  Soda lemonade, chicken with bacon, potatoes, veggies and a yummy sauce on top.  Yummm.  I can still taste it.  Even better than the food, was the company.  Marcos and I sat with Heather, Christian, and Sarah, all girls from the mission team.  We laughed SO much!  Heather is a mom with an absolutely amazing testimony that we heard some of at dinner tonight.  Christian and Sarah both just graduated from high school, one is taking a year off and the other is headed to college (I can't remember what for).  

Left to Right: Heather, me, Marcos, Christian, and Sarah