DAY 5 Monday May 18:

Beth…

Monday was our first full day teaching both the little ones and the adults. Lord have mercy. We slept in El Transito, and put together our lesson plan pretty quickly. We decided to do the alphabet with the kids first, because after teaching the adults we realized that they have very little background. And when we say little, oh we mean little. So we went through the entire thing pretty easily, but it was a bit painful to hear them attempt to pronounce some letters and words and fail soooo badly. Hey, at least we only have up to go from here, right? We arranged a time to teach for the rest of the week with the teachers. Guess what we chose. Just try. Bet you didn’t guess 7am did you? Oh yes, 7am, perfect. We chose it because its so much cooler, and most people are up and about by then because the sun rises at like 5 anyway. This trip is about sacrifice and serving at all costs and times of day. I’m just going to tell myself its good for me. Anyway, we made lunch for ourselves with limited ingredients, we do what we can, can’t say its super healthy though. We also forgot to mention that the people here have generously fed us multiple times with delicious meals, usually beans and rice with eggs, beans and rice with cheese, beans and rice with tortillas, or beans and rice with fish. Did we mention beans and rice? I must say, its so tasty here, OM NOM NOM, according to me, or YUMMMAY according to Kate. It’s much better than in the States, probably because they cook it in fat. Funny story, I thought I was going to lose weight on this trip. Do NOT think that will be happening.

That afternoon, we taught the adults again, and reviewed question words, like who, what, when, where, why, how and which. They seem to be catching on a little bit and their pronunciation is slowly improving. We have them get into pairs and practice questions and responses with each other.

Later that evening, we played soccer again. Once more it was men vs. women, and boy, some of those girls have gotten competitive. We may or may not have had a slight influence on that. The men won the first game and the women one the second. If you look at the pictures, you can see just how sweaty I was. Cute. Good thing Kate nor I are looking for attention from los muchachos here, luckily for Josh and Martin :-P. Honestly though, we have gotten a little unwanted attention, but most of them are all talk with their friends, and actually kinda scared of us. WEANIES.

Per usual, a fun, fulfilling, and filling (thanks to the beans and rice) day.