DAY 3 Saturday May 16:

Bet… (I mean Beth!)

Today, we went to the beach again in the morning for some quiet time. The weather is beautiful here in the morning and the evening, but during the middle of the day it’s intensely hot and really best to just sleep, or that’s at least how we have dealt with it J. So at the beach, we read our bibles and relaxed in the shade. A couple kids came to visit, and per usual, I was wearing my most awesome tourist gear, so we got a lot of strange looks. Just for the record, Kate’s look was a little touristy too :-P Not to worry though, I didn’t chase any birds today. We basically just relaxed for about an hour and headed back to prepare for our next English class at three.  We started the blog, and as you can see, it is still a work in progress that we may or may not have procrastinated on a little bit. Oopsies.

 

For lunch, we took on the arduous task of cooking for ourselves with our tiny gas cooker. I would like to say that we did a pretty good job. We had ham, green beans, an apple and crackers. Kate was a little less than pleased to eat her vegetables, but with the help of the ham and crackers, she was able to manage and force them down. Kate would like to add that I did not particularly want my apple, but she forced me to eat it because I made her eat the veggies. Fine Kate, we are even J

So that afternoon, we taught class, and decided to review the alphabet and the pronunciation of each letter, because most people here have simply memorized a few phrases that don’t really sound like English because they say them with a Spanish accent. It was fun to teach them how to pronounce things like “th” (for example telling them to put their tongue in between their teeth) and the word “am”. I think they are starting to learn, which is very cool J

We played cards again that afternoon. It does get a little frustrating to play with the kids because they just say “mentira” or BS after every round. Kinda annoying, so we decided to play another game. They taught us one of theirs, which is similar to Rummy and pretty fun. I think I am going to try to teach them another game soon.

That evening, we played soccer for the first time on the basketball court. They actually don’t have a soccer field, because they used the space they had to make a baseball field, which is the most popular sport here. It was a lot of fun to play with everyone, and we decided to play men against women. I am proud to pronounce that with mine and Kate’s help, the women won. Get it girls J We may or may not have shown off our moves a little bit, just for fun. You know, after 15 years of playing we should be able to do something.

Overall, another good day J