Around 7:15 am, 15 minutes before our alarm goes off, we hear a call outside our door…MUCHACHAS!...it is usually our sister or our mom making sure we are awake for the day. We lay there a bit longer until our alarm clocks really go off. And then head downstairs for break fast which always includes café con leche. Yum. Mi Favorito! We then continue getting ready for our day.
At about 8:20 we start our 20 minute walk to the school down the road where we work for the mornings. We assist teachers in the classroom. This is a special school only for students who would not be able to make it in a regular school. It is a challenge everyday, but there are rewarding moments too. There are also students who are deaf so slowly we are learning a bit of sign language…Spanish style! Ha. It is fun.
Around 12, we leave the school and walk back home for lunch. (a lot of walking!). We eat lunch with the family and then head out around 2pm for Los Pipitos which is the organization who we are working for. A lot of the afternoon is just observing instead of working. This has proved to be very hard for me as I want to be active and helping, but they have a pretty good routine down and it{s hard to intergrate people at this point. It is okay to observe but I am struggling with not be able to help out. Maybe we{ll start helping more and more….
We leave Los Pipitos around 5 (or kind of whenever we want) and head back home. We sit around for a while, maybe take a nap or read and then start on dinner. The food is great here. Momma is a great cook!
Our favorite part of the day is the end! We love dinner and then after dinner we usually find a bit of time to wind down on our AWESOME porch that is connected to our room. Our room is on the second floor of the house so the balcony overlooks the neighborhood. This is a great way to get to know the neighbors! Including some cute little kids. It is definitely a good time to wind down from an exhausting day. We often read or journal or listen to our iPods. Sometimes we think about collecting rocks to throw at the dogs that bark obnoxiously, also at the loud obnoxious males that walk by whistling and whatever else…(thanks but no thanks).
After the post-dinner wind down we are ready for bed by 8 or 9. We walk down stairs to brush our teeth and say Buenos noches to the family, head back up stairs and turn on the fan for noise control. And as soon as our heads hit the pillow we are out until about 5 a.m. when the bird lands on our tin roof and dances around….every morning!
Good day, huh?
5 comments:
Thanks for making me laugh and smile. Glad you are doing well!
Love, MOM
It's good to hear from you again! I've been busy w/Katy & Tristan....she makes a good little Mommy to her big boy! He's such a good baby...eats..poops..sleeps..farts..poops..eats..I think you get it! He's getting up about every 3 hrs. or so in the night and she's feeling a bit more healed and a little more energy!
Love you & Happy your time away is going well! Keeping you in our prayers!
Sounds like you are in a good routine! Stay well and miss you!
Hi Alli..... I did tell Nathan that you go to GC. I would love it if you could tell him about it from your perspective when you come home! He seems pretty interested!
I miss hearing Spanish everyday... :( If you could like record it for me or something that would be wonderful! haha
Anyways I'm glad to see you are having a good time!
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