I will begin by apologizing for not posting for over a month. It’s really been quite action packed and I’ve not really thought about it. But now, with just under two weeks left of this trip, I will try to update you.
I finished up my two-week second placement, and we headed back to the base. We had two weeks of real rest; we didn’t work during those two weeks. We needed it. During that time, my parents came to visit and it was nice to have that reminder of home even though we are so far away. They were also able to take me away from the base and from the group for a few days of real break.
Then my third placement began. I am currently working at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic School in Roaring Creek. I’m working with kids in Infant II, which is basically grades one and two. The kids are really adorable and a ton of fun. Actually, due to education week, we’ve mostly been boycotting education. On Monday we did class work because the real teacher was gone and we had a substitute. On Tuesday, we watched movies with the Infant I class until the teachers decided that the kids had too much energy and weren’t paying attention, whereupon they made them run laps of the field and then practice leap frog. We worked Wednesday morning, and then they had a puzzle contest in the afternoon. I spent the majority of that afternoon sitting on the floor with three or four kids positioned somewhere on my legs. Wednesday night, the school held a bonfire, so I got three more kids from the team to come with me and Nick to the school, and we all had a ton of fun. We roasted marshmallows whenever we could stand to be within a foot of the fire for too long. It also started raining during the bonfire, which was really awesome. It is the first time I have seen rain in two and a half weeks, and last time, it was just a little bit in the morning. Today (Thursday) was sports day, and so we spent the whole day running around the school field. Just like yesterday, I seemed to be covered with kids. They gravitate towards cameras, so I have learned to only pull it out at the opportune moment. Whenever I sat down, my legs suddenly found themselves occupied, and I usually had at least one kid sitting in my arms, on my back, or pulling on my hands and arms. After my team got second place in the day’s competition, I’m relaxing at the base, looking forward to no school tomorrow. Instead, I will be doing construction at Ian’s house like I did before.
After that, I will be looking forward to going on a weekend outing with the rest of the team and Ian and his family to Los Flores in Guatemala. I hope to do one more post before I can come home and tell you all about it anyway.
15 days!!!
15 days!!!
