hello hello,

It has been a long time since I last posted. ekks. my apologies but i have very full days here. In the mornings i´m at the orphange from 8:30-11:30.then from 2:30-6:30 i´m out at the Casa project. I love all the work but wow, it is taking up loads of time.

It has been hard working with Ramiro these pastfew days because he has been sick. At the moment I plan on teaching him to carry his own lunch tray. It will be interesting when we try to do this when the tray is full of food. haha. ekks.

Other things at the orphanage are going well and someothers things not so well. I can´t say too much but it is interesting working with special needs here as treatment isn´t as developed here as back at home.

At the casa project i am working with the older kids, mostly girls. the age range is about 9-12. everyday, another volunteer and I, work on teaching a short english lesson and then playing games with them. Hopefully sometime soon we will start visiting the homes of the children to seewhat their living situation is like.

As usual, this past weekend was full of fiestas. I got to eat guinea pig! ekks. hmmm. sorry if that grosses or freaks anyone out but it is a culturally normal here. The family who held the fiesta actually sells guinea pigs, and the peoplewho buy don´t use them as pets.

many spanish is improving but i still find myselflost in conversations. haha. it is usually fun when that happens. All you need to survive is a sense of humor.

time for me to go. I hope I don´t take so long to write again! thanks for reading.

adios