I just got back from a little adventure with the boys at the orphanage. We jumped on their bus, which needs to be hotwired everytime anyone wants to drive it. I´ll be sure to post a picture of it sometime soon. Well we drove to a farm and picked a little fruit that looked like a mix between a blueberry and a grape. The boys would climb to the top of the tree and shake the branches. The boys on the bottom would collect and eat the fruit. It was a fun experience as the farm seemed to be in the middle of Quechua land. You don´t have to drive far out of the city of Huancayo to be in the heart of the peruvian culture. People working in fields of all different kinds of crops. All the farming is done by hand. They don´t seem to be in any rush because everything they need is only a short walk away. Staring out the window of the big blue bus made me feel like i know little abot a hard days work.

There are a few things going on with my projects. At the moment, expand peru is opening a new house were local children of the Chupaca region, a small part of huancayo that is only about a 20 minute bus ride from where i live. The house is called La Casa and it will be a place for the children to play, relax, get help with on schoolwork, and more. Next week the children will be going to La Casa to sign-up for the program and I have been asked by the expand peru staff to make a psychological test for the children. ekks. well i´m not going to do that but i am working on making a general psychosocail assessment. This will enable the staff to gather general information about the children and give light to any difficulties, insecurities, interests, thoughts, and more. I want to make so it will be easy for the staff to follow, which means it needs to be in spanish. ahh. i have lots of work to do.

This past weekend I went on a little tour in the mountains around Huancayo, and there are a lot. From the top of my house, on a clear day, I can see a peak covered in snow. This is a place i hope to travel to in the future. anyway, the our was fun and I went on it with 3 othr volunteers. the tour was in spanish so i can´t give you too much info but it was a good time.

adios